The more things change, the more they stay the same—especially for a contemporary arts festival founded to highlight the most cutting-edge innovations in art. The Time-Based Art Festival—PICA’s flagship event for the past 20 years, known to most of us as TBA—is going through some changes this year. As an experiment, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA) has modified the 10-day whirlwind format of past years, opting instead for a more leisurely timeline of performances.
Reuben Roqueñi says that as he begins work as executive director of the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art (PICA), "my job initially is to come in, and be a good listener, to invite the community into our space and let us know what kind of space is going to work for them.”
In his stage performance NOTHINGBEING, multidisciplinary artist Takahiro Yamamoto interrogates the unfiltered self iexaminer.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iexaminer.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.