ENDLESSLY PERFORMING ART

and beyond

 

Self-recorded Video Performances

 

For years, I assumed that my artmaking had to take place in a studio and that my performances needed to be witnessed by other people (i am a live performer after all). pre-pandemic, my long commute to my full-time job made this a challenge. in 2019, I found the solution that I CALLED “EVERYDAY ACTS OF ART.” If the studio, the stage, and the audience were out of reach, I would bring them directly into my home via video IN SITE-SPECIFIC where I could ignite my creative power at will. Then the pandemic hit. lockdown. shelter in place. the world went online and i’M still with it.

I was perfectly prepped when in the Spring of 2021, I joined the international virtual performance project Endlessly Performing Art. I’ve thrown it all on the wall, so to speak - movement, dance, butoh, conceptual performance art, theatre, and fell in love with video editing as part of the creative process. You can view them all on my YouTube channel.

Check out the amazing performances by the other artists in the group YT: #endlesslyperformingart, Insta @endlesslyperformingart, and FB @endlesslyperform.

Below are highlights of some of my favorite performances.

 

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Candy: A Day in the Life. A performance inspired by a site-specific location that was spotted while on a working vacation in Montgomery, VT. A satirical take on old-school music videos and a continuation of my work focusing on the presentation of female beauty.

Under My Skin Bonita. Continuing the on themes, mythologies and trappings of feminine beauty…

CHOKED. How pollution-related sickness and death is magnified in the age of COVID.

Bifurcated Bonnie: A putoh exploration about the labels we give ourselves and others give to us.

Almost: The Sad Man Series. A portrait of yearning, loss, regret, and hope.

Sweet Desire. A piece is about the sheer pleasure and sensuality of food and a statement about the sugar addiction here in the U.S.

Bathtub Reminiscence. This piece is inspired by a haunting performance by the brilliant artist Xavier Lopez Jr. that he created years ago in my apartment. Here, I am channeling Xavier, channeling his mother. Music: "Vi Iz Dus Gisele" sung by the Barry Sisters.

Something for Your Mind: A Pandemic Performance. One wig, a parking garage, two floors of storage rooms, a closet full of clothes, and one great song. What more can a performance artist want in these unprecedented times in lockdown and sheltering in place.

Rolling. A piece inspired by Nektan Art’s Butoh Correspondence Training. A warm-up of rolling joints in a cool room with a dress purchased at a local thrift store while on vacation, turned into an interesting character and story.