re/action: performance art now
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re/action: performance art now
"RE/ACTION: PERFORMANCE ART NOW" To coincide with the closing of the exhibition "The Theory of Flight" by Johan Thom on 8 August 2007, the Bag Factory Gallery presents an evening of Performance Art. This event showcases the outcomes of an extensive workshop in Performance Art that the artist, through the About Art programme, presented at the Fordsburg Artists Studios from the 25 July -- 8 August 2007. Young and emerging artists from as far a field as Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria participated in the workshop, each brining their own skills, insight and artistic voice to the group dynamic. For many of them the works showcased on this exhibition also represent their first active exploration of the possibilities of performance art. Nonetheless, the all the works reflect something of the incredible group dynamic that existed throughout the duration of the workshop. From the group discussion, group actions and even the "Guerrilla style" public performances created at the Johannesburg Art Gallery during the course of the workshop, each activity was fiercely debated and probed for aesthetic possibilities that could still be explored in greater depth. Tonight each of these artists presents a new work that actively engages with the strategies, concepts and possibilities of performance art, whilst maintaining affirm link with their own field of interest (albeit painting, installation, sculpture or drama etc). LIST OF ARTISTS AND WORKS IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: 1. "Justifiable Detachment" Artist: Bronwyn Lace Medium: Performative Installation, Fishing line, Perspex bowl and gold fish Venue: Studio 2 West passage Time: 18h45 onwards 2. "Good Girl" Artist: Debbie Rogers Medium: Performative installation -- live feed of performance on television Venue: Studio West passage Time: 18h30 -- 19h00 3. "Departement of Bureaucracy" Artist: Rat Western Medium: Performative installation Venue: Main Gallery Time: 18h00 onwards 4. "Untitled" Artist: Candice Hirson Medium: Performance (laughing & crying) Venue: East passage Time: 18h00 -- 19h00 5. "Untitled" Artist: Malvern Makhonya Medium: Performance Venue: Studio 1 East Passageway Time: 18h00 -- 19h00 6. "Untitled" Artist: Mishkaah Roberts Medium: Interactive Performance (dancing+cellphone) Venue: Throughout Gallery Time: 18h00 onwards 7. "Exposed Pupa" Artist: Lerato Shadi Medium: Performance Venue: Lecture Hall (far eastern side of studio complex) Time: 18h00 -- 19h00 8. "4'33 (Silent Prayer for Darfur)" Artist: Shane De Lange Medium: Sound Performance -- Digital remix of John Cage's 4'33 Venue: Lecture Hall (far eastern side of studio complex) Time: 19:15 Strictly! 9) "Self Portrait" Artist: Robbie Peers Medium: Interactive performance Venue: In foyer area Time: 18h00 onwards NOT INCLUDED ON VIDEO: 10. Aerobics at the Bag Factory Artist: Anthea Moys Medium: Group performance Venue: Main Gallery Time: 18h15 11. Skype Conversations Artist: Anthea Pokroy Medium: Digital Interactive Installation Venue: West passageway Time: 18h00 -- 20h00
YouTube | September 7, 2007
