Reviews Santina Amato “Monster” at Heaven Gallery Janet Cheung July 7, 2018 Heaven GallerySantina Amato When the dough was ready, she broke it into balls and stuffed one after another into the small vessels––as if injecting a fertilized egg into a womb. This anomalous conception beckoned chaos.
Reviews Emily Jones “Sand Dollar Sea Biscuit” at Prairie Micah Schippa April 11, 2018 PrairieEmily Jones At any given moment, at any given scale, Jones’ work skateboards back and forth (or perhaps tendrils out like a cephalopod) between organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere, almanac, or even dramaturgy.
Reviews Exhibition as Dramaturgy: “Falling for You” at Triumph Brit Barton March 19, 2018 TriumphCatherine SullivanChristalena HughmanickJoel ParsonsMichaela Murphy At center stage was veteran artist Catherine Sullivan who arranged a slew of theatrical props. Decipherable among them were: wooden handles, brushes, marching drums, a wooden spoon—splayed and organized, ready to be picked up as part of the performance.
Reviews Isabelle Frances McGuire “I’m a Cliche” at Prairie B. Ingrid Olson February 26, 2018 PrairieIsabelle Frances McGuire In its imbrication of food, imagery, text, and sound, the experience of the exhibition elevates common rituals surrounding food, albeit in an absurdist fashion.
Reviews “Ritual”: The 2nd Floor Rear Festival, Part 1 Brit Barton February 21, 2017 2nd Floor RearHumeTritriangleAnnie KielmanFontaine CapelJCSpaceRadioJosh PattersonThe Trickster Quartet Still, more troublingly some of the performers played directly to the camera, seemingly valuing the photography or filmmaking over the live audience. Having “good” documentation is par for the course in work based in time and space. But, does that “good” documentation have to happen concurrently with a present audience?
Reviews Brain Frame: Performative Comix Reading Bill Bacarella October 19, 2012 Brain FrameBrad RohloffCarter LodwickLyra HillMarissa DeitzNicholas O'Brien The real-life protagonists played themselves.