live action New York '09: Scandinavian Performance Art
[Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland]
www.liveactionnewyork.org
Tue, November 10, 2009 - Wed, November 11
7:00-11:00 pm
Free + open bar
LIVE ACTION NEW YORK 09:
SCANDINAVIAN PERFORMANCE ART
CURATED BY JONAS STAMPE
Scandinavian Performance Art
Jonas Stampe
. . . for more information about this mini-festival, celebrating the performance arts of Scandinavia, visit the link below, for artists info, schedules and locations:
www.liveactionnewyork.org
Scandinavian performance art is on the move!
Live Action New York 09 features in its first edition some of the most important contemporary Scandinavian performance artists like: Roi Vaara, Irma Optimist and Pekka Kainulainen, from Finland Kurt Johannessen (Norway), the Icelandic Love Corporation, Elin Wikstr�m and Hans Sternudd (Sweden), and Fluxus artist Eric Andersen (Denmark). Live Action New York also presents emerging and thought-provoking visual performance artists Jin Jane Kaisen (Denmark), Agnes Nedregaard and Stein Henningsen (Norway), Joakim Stampe (Sweden) and Mimosa Pale (Finland).
Featuring the cr�me de la cr�me of Scandinavian performance art in an intense and exciting event going beyond mainstream contemporary art, Live Action New York 09 is here and now, it's ephemeral, it has attitude, it's fleeting, and it is avant-garde.
Live Action New York 09: Scandinavian Performance Art is presented in collaboration with:
Gallery A50
Nordic Performance Art and Infr'Action - Festival International d�art Performance
the Nordic Culture Fund
Nordic Culture Point
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182 AVENUE C NEW YORK, NY 10009
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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
