PETER DOBILL

Performance in Crisis is a series of site-specific performative responses to the many crises in the global society from a particular view of the artists' aesthetic. Often it is a presentation of an extreme action. These “performances with a purpose” are a radical and profound look at the art of performance / actions. Exit Art is doing this project to make space for the urgent matters of our culture in crisis.
 
The upcoming solo retrospective exhibition by Guatemalan performance artist Regina José Galindo will be the inauguration of the Performance in Crisis program. These performances will happen over three months at Exit Art, using Galindo’s performance work as a point of departure. The performances will be documented with photography and video which will become part of the exhibition both in the gallery and on the web, creating a shifting installation each week over the three months. What begins as a solo exhibition will become a collective expression of performance in crisis; the Galindo presentation will merge with the works in Performance in Crisis and continue to evolve in the space until the program ends on December 19, 2009.
 
These performances / actions will examine our cultural condition and respond urgently to the monumental challenges we currently face, from health care reform to immigration laws, to the horror of war and the manipulation of banks, from the poisoning of the environment to the corruption in our government. Performance in Crisis confronts these issues, exposing them and encouraging further response.



Performance in Crisis conceived and curated by Papo Colo with Associate Curator Herb Tam.

Directions
Exit Art is located at 475 10th Avenue at the corner of 36th Street, 1 block east of the Javits Center. Exit Art is located near midtown, within walking distance of Chelsea, Broadway and the Hudson River.

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For twenty years, Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art awards have been given to emerging performance artists to allow them to do major work in New York. Events are presented in partnership with collegial venues, or, in the case of site-specific collaborative groups, in the city environment. This season, Franklin Furnace received 465 applications.

Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2008-09 grant recipients are:

Danielle Abrams (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Katherine Behar (New York, New York)
Jibz Cameron (Brooklyn, New York)
Peter Dobill (Brooklyn, New York)
Shelly Mars (New York, New York)
Amapola Prada Mendoza (Lima, Peru)
Elaine Tin Nyo (New York, New York)
Yoonhye Park (New York, New York)
Edward Purver (Brooklyn, New York)
Saya Woolfalk (Scarsdale, New York)
Maria Yoon (New York, New York)

Information will soon follow on the presentation of the grant funded performance.

MARCH 12, 2007

PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT: An Evening of Performances Presented by: Grace Exhibition Space, and CAVE Curated by: Drew Ford

Artists: Peter Dobill, Naoki Iwakawa & Shige Moriya

Performance date: Saturday, March 24, 2007 - 7:30pm-10:30pm

Performance schedule: Peter Dobill 8:00pm-8:30pm Naoki Iwakawa (music by Tim Wright) 8:45pm-9:15pm Shige Moriya (music by Blake Fleming, Petre Radu Scafaru, Ninni Morgia) 9:30-10:00pm

Grace Exhibition Space 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, New York 11206 (718) 594-0642 www.gracespace.multiply.com

Grace Exhibition Space and CAVE, presents PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT= three individual performance pieces in one exciting evening of live art.

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PRESSURE+MOVEMENT+LIGHT alludes to the key aspects of each of these three unique performer’s artworks. These three words are connected, as the artists are connected through the use of performance as their chosen vehicle for visual, auditory and physical communication. This title, however, should be seen as an unanswered equation, to be comprehended by the viewers as they bear witness to the performances.

These artists have all, at one time or another, found a home at CAVE. For years, CAVE has operated as one of the premiere gallery/performance spaces in Brooklyn, functioning as a gallery in Williamsburg. Currently, CAVE is gearing up for the production of the biennial New York Butoh Festival, the physical space itself currently used as a rental studio, with few in-site events open to the public. However, CAVE artists continue to perform in a myriad of other venues, in New York and also internationally. The artists, and CAVE, are pleased to collaborate with the newly formed Grace Exhibition Space, in this upcoming evening of performances.

ARTIST BIOS: Born in New Zealand, Peter Dobill is an emerging Brooklyn based artist who has performed across the country. Incorporating physical endurance within his work, the focus is on the body in action, seeking communication within physical and mental limits. Dobill will present a new “endurance” piece, where he will once again test the human body’s strength while at the same time laying bare it’s inescapable fragility.

Hailing from Japan, Naoki Iwakawa is a painter who uses movement and intense action in his work. His unique style of live action painting incorporates elements from earlier action painters, possessing a dimension of physicality rarely seen, at times throwing his entire body against the paint-covered canvases. He collaborates with musicians and movement artists, adding even more layers to an already complex and engaging performance style.

Shige Moriya, originally from Japan, works as a live video-based performance artist. His projections are sculptural images made from the movements of light in the interactions with darkness. In all of Moriya’s art, he communicates a message of deep spirituality and the yearning to return to nature, searching for beauty and substance amidst the light and shadows he explores. Mesmerizing natural images seamlessly reflect onto the movements of water and cascade across the room, creating a total atmosphere of luminous depth and subtlety.

Grace Exhibition Space, co-directed by Jill McDermid and Melissa Lockwood, is a newly established creative arts space, whose mission is to make possible the exhibition of live performance art + sound, video, installation & film - for local artists and from around the world.

DIRECTIONS TO GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE: Flushing Avenue Stop on J-M-Z Train Walk 3 blocks East on Broadway (away from Manhattan) GRACE Space is on the right side (btwn. Ellery St.& Park Ave.) 840 Broadway, 2nd Floor (left of liquor store) Ring top buzzer. The train tracks will be over head.

Founded in 1996, CAVE is one of the longest running experimental art spaces in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. CAVE is a not-for-profit 501c-3 organization that provides resident workspace, studio workspace, educational workshops, exhibition and performance opportunities, and assistance in the realization of projects that support risk-taking in the visual, media, and performing arts. Its mission is to establish an environment that attracts, provokes, and supports exchange, generative confrontation, and collaboration among artists and audiences of diverse cultures and artistic backgrounds. CAVE is co-directed by video artist & curator, Shige Moriya, and theater & dance director/performer, Ximena Garnica.

Primary programs include: (1) CAVE gallery, an art exhibition series (2) CAVE residences, workspace for local and international artists (3) CAVE AcTS, performance/workshop series (4) CAVE New York Butoh Festival (5) CAVE studio, a rental dance studio facility open to the public (6) CAVE productions, special projects, productions and commissions. CAVE Organization Inc. 58 Grand Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 T/F (718) 388-6780 www.CAVEartspace.org