Spacetaker ARC Exhibition: iPerform by Continuum August 26, 2011

Spacetaker ARC Exhibition: iPerform by Continuum

Free and open to the public

As part of its ARC Exhibition Series, Spacetaker presents iPerform, a performance-based exhibition and series of participatory events created by Houston’s newest performance art collective, Continuum, at Spacetaker’s ARC Gallery. iPerform consists of an opening night, three free performance art workshops, and a closing event.


iPerform will open with a public reception on Friday, August 26 from 7 to 10 p.m. during which the members of Continuum will display documentation of their work through video and photos, and share live performances that are an extension of this work. In addition to viewing the live performances, the audience will be able to interact with several performative installations and partake in a variety of participatory performances, including:

·Guided visualization/meditation

·Cleansing through ritualistic sweeping

·Confessing sins in exchange for an alcoholic beverage

·Preparing a “shoeulogy” for a shoe graveyard

·Making photocopies of random body parts for a wall collage

In addition to the opening reception performances, Continuum will host three free performance art workshops where participants will be a part of an encouraging and safe atmosphere in which they can explore themselves through the medium of performance. The exhibition will culminate in a closing night showcase of the work that has been developed during the workshops.

Performance Art Workshops:

During the run of the exhibition, the artists of Continuum will facilitate three performance art workshops that are free and open to the public. The workshops will provide opportunities for the community to learn how to create their own performances. Continuum will provide guided exercises, encouraging feedback, and their own performances created specifically for the audience and the space. The closing event will be devoted to performances that arise out of the workshops.

Performance Art Workshop #1: Monday, August 29, 7 – 10 p.m.

Performance Art Workshop #2: Monday, September 5, 7 – 10 p.m.

Performance Art Workshop #3: Monday, September 12, 7 – 10 p.m.

About Continuum:

Continuum is a group of performance artists that came together in a performance art workshop facilitated by Julia Wallace in March and April of 2011 at The Jenner House. Through the four week interactive experience we discovered ways of creating powerful performances through collaboration, participation, experimentation, documentation and encouraging feedback. We are connected in the desire to help and encourage each other's self discovery through performance, as well as a desire to give the gift of performative expression to others. For more information about Continuum please visit www.continuumperformanceart.blogspot.com.

Continuum’s Participating Members: Meghan Carey, Bryce Galbraith, Koomah, Jonatan Lopez, Raindawg, Hilary Scullane, Christine Cook, Emily Sloan, Julia Wallace, and Sway Youngston.

Official Website: http://www.spacetaker.org/culture_guide/event/arc-exhibition-iperform-continuum