Social Practices Arts Network (SPAN)
Panoply Lab Conference
Sat, November 5, 2011
4:00 - 10:00 PM
The second in a series of creative production conferences, Conference of Work: Operations and Participations is part group exhibition and part theoretical thinktank.
These November weekends will bring together performances, workshops, and discussions that deal with the operations (social, political, aesthetic, economic, etc) of participatory, interactive, aleatoric, and other �open source� forms in the practices of artists, curators, and cultural organizers. Open to the public ALL DAYS. Both the beer and the portmanteaux will flow!
Performances and presentations taking open source forms will be enjoyed and discussed. For a schedule and complete list of presenters, check back here as the conference takes shape. Group discussions will allow artists across disciplines to share concerns and ideas about the use of participation, aleatoricism, engaged practices, and �community driven� work with its many incarnations and implications.
INITIAL CONCERNS TO CONFER ABOUT: Open source and socially engaged forms operate in new ways as developments in interactive technology both online and in live performance multiply. Audience expectations shift, and artistic modes of production meet institutional structures as bubbles burst, grassroots political organization meets performance, and more individuals cognize themselves as artists. How are our concerns evolving now, postdramatically, post-modernly, and perhaps post-humanly? How does the institutional rhetoric surrounding �community involvement� and �social practices� relate to aesthetic developments and methodologies in our various mediums and disciplines? These questions and those they spawn will collide with performance work created in their metabolic soup.
Ongoing:
Social Practices Arts Network (SPAN) site and interviews: come discuss your practice for archiving
Fill out story cards for the initial stage of Anna Jane McIntyre�s piece, to be performed Sat. the 12th
4:00-7:00pm: Dimanche Rouge Skype Exhibition and Simultaneous Performance:Alexandre Pombo-Mendes
7:30: Jules Rochielle skype
8:00: TBA
PLEASE JOIN US FOR ALL OF OUR FALL PROGRAM:
TUESDAYS, 7-9 PM
NEW! WORKSHOP/CLASS: MAKING FLUXUS ACTIONS!
FRIDAYS 9-11 PM $5 DONATION
LIVE PERFORMANCE ART SERIES
NEXT: Paris Biennale Workshops
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS 1-5 PM EXHIBITION OF ARTIFACTS AND DOCUMENTATION
at GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor Brooklyn 11206
SATURDAYS 6:30-8:30 PM
BARSIDE CHATS WITH GRACE SPACE at ZEBULON bar/cafe in Williamsburg
Informal discussions about the Friday night performances, and performance art in general. We can also screen work, so if you have a piece you want to show/discuss/chat about, please bring
ZEBULON: 258 Wythe Avenue. Brooklyn, NY 11211 (between Metropolitan Ave & North 3rd St) link below:
ABOUT GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE
182 AVENUE C NEW YORK, NY 10009
Facebook Instagram Twitter
GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
Grace Exhibition Space follows the We Have a Voice Collectives Code of Conduct to Promote Safe(r) Workplaces in the Performing Arts For more information and resources, visit: www.wehavevoice.org
