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The II International Edition of Art is Action presents a selection of the most influential artists of the 90’s generation of new performance for the first time in Spain. The work of these, generators of debate and controversy, has influenced many artists and thinkers. In addition to the performances, there will be round tables with the artists and selected works will be shown on video. The second edition of Art is Action will be held on the 2nd July, 3 and 4, 2009 at the Valle-Inclán? Theatre in Madrid. Organised: Ministry of Culture of Spain Curated: Marcel•lí Antúnez Roca. Admission to all activities is free and tickets can be obtained beforehand + INFO www.mcu.es The News is written with Blood_Cuco? Suárez Thursday 2 Julio. 19.00 Open-air, outside the Theatre. Poetical terrorism in a performance for peace that condemns post-colonial wars. His work presents an exorcism of violence and a dismantling of warlike impulses. Cuco Suárez is an Asturian artist. His projects are related to the radicality of body experience through performance and installation. http://www.cucosuarez.com Generic Capitalism III. Tania Bruguera Thursday 2 July 20.00 Sala Valle-Inclán? Generic Capitalism III explores the socio-political issues that Tania has been developing in her work. Bruguera has developed what she calls the art of behaviour, in which the visuality of art creates a dialogue between its interactivity and ordinariness. Tania Bruguera is one of the most representative artists in Cuba. She is an interdisciplinary artist working fundamentally in behaviour art, performance, installation and video. www.taniabruguera.com Hipermembrana_Marcel·lí Antúnez Thursday 2 July 21.00 Sala Valle-Inclán Hipermembrana is a mechatronic performance with two performers, a scream machine, a dreskeleton and various sensors. Hipermembrana explores the nature of myths, combining elements such as the landscape of Dante’s Inferno, the Minotaur and the eucariotic cell. Marcel•lí Antúnez Roca is a Catalan artist internationally well-known for his mechatronic performances and interactive installations. He has developed a methodology called sistematurgia, which refers to a dramaturgy of computational systems. www.marceliantunez.com I’m thinking of you_Franko B Friday, 3 July 19.00 Sala Valle-Inclán? 'I'm Thinking of You' presents a surreal dream, a romantic vision of childhood fantasy and abandon. This piece was inspired by a childhood object altered for adult use thus allowing adults to play, forget their problems and let go. Franko B is an Italian-British? artist who works in performance using installation, sculpture, video and sound. He is one of the most brilliant performance artists of his generation www.franko-b.com Dirty Sexecology – or how to make love to the Earth_ Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens. Drected by Patty Gallagher Friday, 3 July 21.00 Sala Valle-Inclán? Annie and Beth have come out of the eco-sexual closet. After watching the Earth being raped and abused for so many years, they have decided the Earth needs protection and pleasure and in this performance they take the Earth as their lover. Annie Sprinkle, an American artist, is a post-feminist and post-porn activist. She defines herself as a prostitute and porn star turned sex educator and artist. Elizabeth Stephens is a multimedia artist and professor of art at University of California in Santa Cruz. Currently her work focuses on environmental performance. www.anniesprinkle.org Mapa/Corpo_Guillermo Gomez-Peña Saturday 4 July. 19.00 Sala Valle Inclán Mapa Corpo is an interactive ritual that explores political acupuncture and poetic witchcraft. The naked bodies of a man and a woman are the scene of the performance under the attentive eye of a transvestite shaman. Guillermo Gómez-Peña? is a performance artist, writer, activist and teacher. He was born in Mexico and resides in San Francisco. Most of his pioneering artistic and intellectual work explores the interface between North and South (Mexico and the US). www.pochanostra.com Self Obliteration #1: Ecstatic Self Obliteration #2: Sustained Rapture_Ron? Athey Saturday 4 July. 21.00 Sala Valle-Inclán A man painstakingly combs his long blonde hair. When will he finish? A glass platform is Ron Athey’s minimalist stage on which he uses his own blood. Ron Athey is an American artist who became famous for his Torture Trilogy: Martyrs & Saints, Four Scenes from a Harsh Life and Deliverance, one of the most intense performances of the 90s. www.ronathey.com |
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Presentation of Metamembrana in New York, during the Sonarsound 09 NY and the Catalan Days Festival organised by Institut Ramon Llull. After his premier in Catalonia, the interactive installation Metamembrana will be presented in New York on 12 May. Venue: Baryshnikov Arts Center.. Address: 450 West 37th Street, Suite 501. New York, NY 10018 Date: 12 May 2009 Event: Sonar Sound New York 2009 Time: 8pm to 01am Artist tour installation by Marcel•lí Antúnez Roca at 9 pm; 10:30 pm; 12 pm. Link: Metamembrana OTHERS: Protomembrana show at Caixa Forum Madrid 17 May, and at Caixa Forum Barcelona 22 July. Protomembrana is the first episode of the Membrana project. It is a mechatronic lesson, in the guise of a performance, featuring a dreskeleton, an interactive audiovisual environment and a range of dynamic interfaces. Venue: Caixa Forum Madrid and Barcelona Date: 17 May Madrid; 22 July Barcelona at 9 pm Link: Protomembrana Admission Free Opening of the exhibition “Amusement Arcade” by Marcel•lí Antúnez Roca in Leioa (Vizcaya). This solo exhibition will open on 20 May, and will include some of the most significant interactive installations by the artist, such as DMD Europa, Requiem and Alfabeto. Venue: Sala de Exposiciones de Leioa Date: From 20 May to 28 June www.kulturleioa.com Link: DMD Europa, Réquiem, Alfabeto Admission Free
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