Hi All,
I am showing my world-renowned video experiment this Sunday—365 Faces!
365 Faces took me exactly a year to complete. As an act of artistic contrition, I uploaded a short video clip of myself each and everyday of 2008. These clips are meant to showcase the wide array of expressions and emotions my face is capable of.
And here comes the final product: an actual live auction of 5 selected Damarisland clips (you yourself can actually OWN a limited edition Damarisland facial expression). I have hired a celebrity to be the auctioneer: the one, the only Arthur Francisco will be heading up the bidding!
I am asking audience members to forfeit their insubstantial, monetary currency and to bid using the “Universal Currency of Approval” aka “The High-Five”. Be ready for heads to roll.
Do come out and support me and PERFORM Williamsburg,
“365 Faces, if you want me, you got me, but you have to pay”
Sunday, September 13, 2009
7:30-8:00 pm
FREE
URBAN ART PROJECTS is pleased to present the premiere edition of PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG, a multi-disciplinary festival celebrating alternative performing arts in New York. In advance of this year’s performance art biennial, Performa, Williamsburg-based Urban Art Projects (UAP) will host a day of performances by urban poets, emerging artists from Brooklyn, established New York performers, and an outstanding roster of international artists. PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG will commence in the beautiful setting of the East River State Park, overlooking the East RIver, Manhattan, and the burgeoning Williamsburg waterfront skyline. Later in the day, the festival will move into the nearby UAP gallery for more performances and a one-hour video program, featuring work by performance and interdisciplinary artists.
PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG
Sunday, September 13, 2009
FREE
Live Performances in East River State Park
North 8th & Kent Avenue, Williamburg
1:00-2:00 pm
Urban Voices United
Featuring poetry by D-Cross, D.Black, Jamica, and Nayrubi Selah
2:15-3:00 pm
Marthe Ramm Fortun
“Ghost Baby”
3:00-5:00 pm (ongoing)
Lydia Bell
“Work for Pay”
3:30-4:00 pm
Genevieve White
4:00-4:30 pm
Jason Martin
Live Performances at Urban Art Projects
136 Wythe Avenue (between North 8th & 9th)
6:00-6:30 pm
Karen Azouley
“Earthly Strata, Studded with the Minerals of Time”
6:45-7:15 pm
Andras Böröcz
“Bread Head Fables”
7:30-8:00 pm
Damaris Drummond
“365 Faces; you want me, you got me, but you have to pay”
Video Program at Urban Art Projects
136 Wythe Avenue (between North 8th & 9th)
8:00-9:00 pm
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
“ambienTTransformation”
Monika Weiss
“Anamnesis (Swiatlo Dnia)”
Jennie Hagevik Bringaker
“Den Andre (The Other)”
Nadja Marcin
“The Fall and Rise of a Fish”
Amber Hawk Sawnson
“To Have, To Hold, and To Violate: Amber and the Doll, Las Vegas Wedding”
Curated by Matthew Teti, Gillian S. Wilson, Kaia Hemming, and Derick Cross.
Urban Art Projects
136 Wythe Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Press contacts:
Martha Henry, Co-Director (917) 699-7894 martha@uaprojects.org
About Urban Art Projects: Urban Art Projects, Inc. is a non-profit corporation registered in New York State for charitable educational purposes. Urban Art Projects, Inc. provides the organizational framework for public art exhibitions, both nationally and internationally.
PERFORM WILLIAMSBURG is sponsored by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Mikey’s Hookup Brooklyn; and Boaz Vaadia Studio. In addition, this event is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts. In Kings County the Decentralization Program is administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC). This event has also received funding from a New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation FY2008 Initiative Grant, and the Sponsoring Member of the local legislative initiative pursuant to which this Contract is funded is Assemblyman Joseph Lentol.
