The Henry Art Gallery: Eyes of The Skin

http://henryart.org/exhibitions/upcoming/1159
http://www.majapetric.com

The Eyes of the Skin* is a dance/new media installation that delves into the complex nature of tenderness. It is a site specific piece created for the Henry Art Gallery.

This cross-departmental collaboration between choreographer, Jennifer Salk (Associate Professor, Dance) and new media artist Maja Petrić (PhD candidate, DXARTS) explores concepts of tenderness and fragility with a multi-sensory journey allowing viewers to experience the entire museum in unexpected ways. Upon entering the Henry viewers move through the interstitial spaces — hallways, stairwells, elevators, ramps — experiencing sound, light, and dance. These small environments create places of vulnerability, playfulness, intimacy, fragility and cruelty among a tightly knit group, choreographed by Salk.

Using light and projection technology, Petrić’s installations will appear in distinct locations in the Henry where the dancers interact. In the Stroum gallery, a large wall provides the backdrop to the main dance; it slowly “cracks” and discloses an illusion of a realm behind the wall.

Mixed Media Art Installation
Artist: Maja Petrić
Video Mapping: Hrvoje Benko
General Assistant: Jovanka Uzelac
Technical Assistant: Kim Brown

Dance
Choreography: Jennifer Salk
Stage Designer: Amiya Brown
Stage Manager: Monique Courcy
Light Board and Assistant Stage Manager: Esmeralda Valenzuela

Funding for Eyes of the Skin is provided by the University of Washington Donald E. Petersen Endowment for Excellence.

Performances are on January 26, 27, and February 2, 3 at 7:30PM and January 28, 29, and February 4 at 2:00PM. All performances are non-ticketed and free with museum admission.

Henry admission is by suggested donation: $10: General, $6: Seniors (62+), Free: Henry members; UW students, faculty, and staff with ID; high school & college students with ID; children 13 years and under, first Thursdays.
Petrić’s mixed media installation can be viewed from January 26 until February 4, 2012.

*Title of the dance performance is inspired by Juhani Pallasmaa’s book Architecture and the Senses: The eyes of the skin.