There will be a continuation of the Dark Matter breakdancing performance for the first time in Washington D.C., September 11 at The David C. Driskell Center at University of Maryland, and September 12th at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
December 18, 2014
Curated by Matthew Goulish, Lin Hixon, and Caroline Picard
Doors open at 7 pm
June 14, 2014
Northern Spark 2014 Commissioned Artists Preview 1/5
Video and performance artist Jefferson Pinder met Northern Spark artistic director Steve Dietz years ago when Dietz gave a public talk about an earlier festival endeavour of his, Zero1 San Jose. They struck up a conversation and when Northern Spark began four years ago, Dietz encouraged Pinder to apply for the open call. It took a number of years for the right project to materialize, but all the conceptual pieces came together for this year’s emphasis on Projecting the City. Pinder is creating a new video performance work for Northern Spark called Relay, which draws on his ongoing exploration of the embodiment of labor and physical exhaustion, an interest in cultural reference to long distance running and Minneapolis’s Somali-American community.
Opening reception: October 21, 2014
Dark Matter Break-dancing Performance on November 7, 2014
Ben-Hur
Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:30 PM
*NOTE SPACE IS VERY LIMITED. YOU MUST RSVP TO ATTEND: Annie.Gawlak@Gmail.com
Continuing his investigation of dynamic movement, Pinder will be setting stage in the intimate gallery space of G-Fine Art. In Ben-Hur, the audience will witness six performers uniformly exerting their physical prowess, attempting to find the ‘perfect pace’ on rowing apparatus. Working in unison, the performers will confront a variety of obstacles that will work against their efforts to remain in-sync. Loosely inspired by the galley scene in the Hollywood epic, this crew will work themselves to exhaustion in this time-based endurance piece. Accompanied by the music of Madlib, Dan the Automater and White Shadow, this choreographed performance will delve into an outward display of virility and struggle.