When Time Becomes Form
Panel Discussion, Dec. 15
Performance by TallBlondLadies, Dec. 18-22



Saturday, December 15, 2007, 3-5 p.m.
WHEN TIME BECOMES FORM

Public Program
Performing Life

What is real life in performance art today? How many lives can a
performance have? Are virtual experiences comparable to live
performance? What is the future of performance art? Please join us for
a panel discussion inspired by these questions and the ongoing
performance series When Time Becomes Form curated by Marina Abramovic
for Artists Space.

With panelists: Marina Abramovic, Emcee C.M., Master of None, Beate
Zurwehme and Ana Prvacki Moderated by: Jovana Stokic


About the participants:

Born in Belgrade, New York-based Marina Abramovic has been producing
seminal work in performance, film and video since the early 1970's.
Using her body both as subject and medium, she has produced work
independently as well as in collaboration with Ulay, who she worked
with until 2000. She has received numerous awards and distinctions,
including The Golden Lion at the Biennale di Venezia in 1997.

Brooklyn-based Emcee C.M. is an emerging everyman nobody, a loving
caricature of the worlds preoccupation with the questions of work and
leisure. He received his MFA at the University of Connecticut in 2005
and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2007. He
has presented numerous unofficial and collaborative projects in public
spaces and is currently artist in residence at the Cue Art Foundation
in Chelsea.

Beate Zurwehme from Frankfurt on the Main (Germany) is one of the
highest profilized theoretical gender and politics experts in media
arts. In 2005 Zurwehme's political installation artwork "PARIS / TEXAS"
lead to ongoing hazardous situations in French capital's suburbs.

Born in Pancevo, Serbia, performance artist Ana Prvacki lives and works
in Singapore and New York. In 2003, Prvacki founded Ananatural
Production, an innovation and lifestyle consultancy that combines
conceptual concerns, contemporary issues and various methods of
communication. For more information visit www.ananatural.com

Belgrade born, New York-based art historian and critic Jovana Stokic
isa Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York
University. She received her BA from the Faculty of Philosophy,
Department of Art History at Belgrade University (Yugoslavia), and her
MA from the Art History Department at the University of California,
Riverside. She iscurrently Curator of the Kimmel Center for University
Life, New York University.


When Time Becomes Form is an ongoing performance series of
long-durational work curated by Marina Abramovic. The performance
series grows from Artists Spaces commitment to experimentation across
all art forms and recent efforts to return performance art to its
central position within the gallerys activities and exhibitions. The
series consists of twelve distinct, but interrelated, durational
performances, each created and presented by a different performance
artist, all members of the Independent Performance Group (IPG). The
series explores and questions issues of concentration, will power, and
determination, and uses the gallery space for 6 hours during each day
of its presentation.


December 18-22, 2007*
TBL (TallBlondLadies): Solidly Grounded
Opening Reception: Tuesday, December 18,
5 p.m.


Artists Space is pleased to present TBL (TallBlondLadies), a
collaborative project between the artists Anna Berndtson
(Sweden/Germany) and Irina Runge (Germany). This exhibition marks the
third installment of the durational performance series When Time
Becomes Form curated by Marina Abramovic. The duo will present Solidly
Grounded, a collection of three works, performed over five days for
five hours per day, in Artists Spaces main galleries.

TBL inverts female stereotypes through the composition of absurd and
unexpected performative gestures, often incorporating a range of
accoutrement from high-end fashion to sports gear. Their works present
diametrically opposed concepts; beauty and grace are juxtaposed and
diminished through brute action and athleticism, tacitly disrupting and
challenging gender-based categorizations.

The three pieces to be included, Big Dip, Ascendant Landing, and
Potential Fertility Rite, are distinct yet share the recurrent core
elements of sound, rhythm, and form embodied through purposeful
movement. The symbols of the Celtic knot, the line, and the Lemniscate
(eternity sign) provide the foundation for each of their performances,
allowing for a poetic exploration of female tropes through notions of
timelessness and the everyday.

*PLEASE NOTE: special gallery hours
Tuesday-Friday 5pm-10pm
Saturday 12pm-5pm

Additional support for TallBlondLadies: Solidly Grounded has been
provided by Ledragomma (www.ledragomma.com)




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