The Way That We Rhyme in Motion at YBCA March 29, 2008

The Way That We Rhyme in Motion is a full day of events, scheduled on the first opening day of the exhibition The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art & Politics. The opening day events include a women-only salon discussion about the possibility of creating a future feminist state with Vaginal Davis, Stephanie Syjuco’s Counterfeit Crochet Project, MK Guth Interactive Weaving Performance and a panel discussion with The Way That We Rhyme artists about their bold and unapologetic engagement with history, identity and politics. In the evening there will be a one-night-only performance with artists Nao Bustamante and Julie Atlas Muz. Our gallery hours will be extended until 8 pm to accommodate this marathon schedule of exhibition tours, panel discussions, film screenings, workshops and interactive performances.
Below please find the full schedule of events:

Noon
The Room for Big Ideas
Vaginal Davis Hosts Bilitis: A Feminist State
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
Join performance artist Vaginal Davis in a women-only salon discussion about the possibility of creating a future feminist state. This event has a limited capacity and attendees are encouraged to sign up in advance. Please email [email protected] to reserve a seat. Unclaimed reserved seats will be released to the public 5 minutes before the event. 21 and over only.

Noon–3 pm
Galleries
MK Guth Interactive Weaving Performance
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
MK Guth’s Interactive Weaving Performance is loosely based on the fairytale character Rapunzel, whose braids act as a metaphor of entrapment and as a vehicle for escape. Groups of women will be braiding and extending MK Guth’s hair and visitors will be invited to write a comment on a white ribbon that will then be woven into the braid. With each new ribbon, the braid will grow, creating new branches and configurations. At the end of the day, the braids will be cut off her body and hung in the main gallery.

2 pm–7 pm
Galleries
Stephanie Syjuco’s Counterfeit Crochet Project
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
Stephanie Syjuco teaches people how to knit counterfeit luxury accessories in crochet, offering the public a do-it-yourself alternative to investing in corporate brands.

3 pm
Screening Room
Artists Insight: Women, Art & Politics—Remembering, Rhyming, We Won't Stop
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
Join us for a panel discussion that brings together artists Nao Bustamante, Tammy Rae Carland, Taraneh Hemami and Laurel Nakadate from The Way That We Rhyme exhibition to speak about their bold and unapologetic engagement with history, identity and politics. These artists riff, rhyme, provoke, and inspire. At the same time, they embrace the significance of personal history and collective memory. The panel is moderated by Tina Takemoto, Associate Professor of Visual Art and Critical Studies at CCA.

4 pm
Galleries
Vaginal Davis Hosts Colonize Me
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
Performance artist pioneer Vaginal Davis will make herself available for 5-minute one-on-one discussions with men only in her gallery installation. Attendees must sign up in advance. To sign up for private time with Vaginal Davis, please email [email protected]. Unclaimed reserved seats will be released to the public 5 minutes before the event. 18 and over only.

5 pm
Screening Room
LTTR Videos: The Dead, The Absent, and Fictitious
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket
A program of LTTR video shorts which includes the works of Curtis Carman, Math Bass and James Pei-Mun Tsang, Itziar Okariz, Bill Basquin, Moyra Davey, Zoe Leonard/Nancy Brooks Brody, Emily Roysdon, Chris Spinelli, Susanne Oberbeck, Hedia Maron and Faye Driscoll, Ilona Berger, Lovett/Codagnone, Ulrike Mueller and Dafne Boggeri.

7 pm
Grand Lobby
Reception
FREE with gallery admission or performance ticket

8 pm
Forum
Evening Performances with Nao Bustamante and Julie Atlas Muz
$15 / $12 / $11
One-night-only evening event with artists Nao Bustamante and Julie Atlas Muz.

Who:
Vaginal Davis, Stephanie Syjuco, MK Guth, Nao Bustamante, Julie Atlas Muz and others

Where:
YBCA, 701 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103

Public Info:
415-978-2787 or www.ybca.org
Daytime events free with gallery admission
Evening Performance are $15 regular; $12 students & teachers; $11 YBCA members

Official Website: http://www.ybca.org