M 2 3 opens an exhibition of works by Bat-Ami Rivlin
Installation view.
NEW YORK, NY
.-M 2 3 is presenting No Can Do - an exhibition of recent work by Bat-Ami Rivlin. No Can Do is on view 12 February through 21 March 2021.
Re-mesh sheets, foam, zip ties, felt, wood plank. Metal gate, yellow foam, duct tape. Wire, spring. Bat-Ami Rivlins sculptures are titled with industrial incantations, lists of materials that conjure larger systems if only to be released from their terms. While these materials are all described as found, some could plausibly have been found together, like the gate of a chain link fence jutting out from the wall that has been softened by the addition of foam padding at hip-height, as if by a worker who had bumped into its lock or latch one too many times. All of these objects were, in fact, previously used or cast off. Yet here, moved off the construction site or out of the factory or beyond the institution, the materials new arrangements and function
New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative
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In order to increase access to the program and respond to the ideas of a broad range of storytellers, these 20 participants were recommended by 14 leading artists of stage and film for their accomplishments in exploring new forms of storytelling. The leading artists selection committee includes Ayad Akhtar, César Alvarez, Luis Castro, Elsie Choi, Marcus Ga
What s a dance theater without an audience?
The Henry Street Playhouse, part of the Abrons Art Center in Manhattan, which has been used as a food pantry since the pandemic closed performances, Feb. 2, 2021. Todd Heisler/The New York Times.
by Brian Seibert
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- At the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side, the seats are empty but the stage is crowded. The audience is gone, banned by pandemic restrictions, yet since last summer the stage has been covered every Tuesday in hundreds of bags of groceries, lined up to be delivered by stagehands, theater staff members and artists to nearby housing projects and senior homes.
Whatâs a Dance Theater Without an Audience?
A food pantry or a place to vote â or a place to make dance with different expectations: âWhat weâve taken off the table is the pressure of the result.â
On the Lower East Side, the Henry Street Playhouse, part of the Abrons Arts Center, is being used as a food pantry.Credit.Todd Heisler/The New York Times
Feb. 9, 2021
At the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side, the seats are empty but the stage is crowded. The audience is gone, banned by pandemic restrictions, yet since last summer the stage has been covered every Tuesday in hundreds of bags of groceries, lined up to be delivered by stagehands, theater staff and artists to nearby housing projects and senior homes.
Valerie Green/Dance Entropy s HOME project continues with a new residency with visiting choreographer Souleymane Badolo from Burkina Faso. Company members and guest artists will present Souleymane s version of HOME in an informal showing and discussion at Green Space, which will also be live streamed on Dance Entropy s Facebook and Instagram accounts. HOME is an international collaboration with choreographers from Sweden, India, Burkina Faso, Colombia and Lebanon. Each artist examines the concept of home from their own unique perspective, drawing upon the significance of this idea from their home country, as well as factors including culture, upbringing, economics, politics, and personal identity. Five Choreographers are invited to NYC in 5 phases to work with the dancers in 10-day intensives at Green Space. Currently in Phase ,4 Dance Entropy is working with Souleyman Badolo on this idea of Home. I am like a snail, I carry my house with me wherever I am wherever I go. I stil