2010 Withney Performances:
_Theaster Gates “Cosmology of yard”
http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/TheasterGates/CosmologyOfYard
Theaster Gates will collaborate with academics, artists, and street musicians on a series of “monastic residencies” during which the Museum’s Sculpture Court will evolve into the cosmology of yard.
About Theaster Gates:
www.thastergats.com
Martin Kersels’s 5 Songs is a sculpture that attempts to be an extension to any performer while at the same time being extended by any performer.
About Martin Kersel:
http://www.acmelosangeles.com/artists/martin-kersels/
_Rashaad Newsome “Five”
http://www.whitney.org/Events/RashaadNewsomeFive
Five serves as a platform to help voguing transcend its marginalization and be seen as a legitimate art form. Using custom-made interactive sound and video manipulation technologies, Newsome creates line drawings from the five dance elements of voguing.
Aki Sasamoto “Strange Attractors”
http://www.whitney.org/Events/AkiSasamotoStrangeAttractors
Strange Attractors, consists of sculpturally altered found objects and insistent repetitions of performances that alter and add to the feelings of the installation; the objects themselves provide guidance for the artist’s structured improvisation.
No dedicated website but she’s on FB.
_Ari Marcopoulos
http://www.whitney.org/Events/MyTurnAriMarcopoulos
Ari Marcopoulos’s photographs and videos capture the rhythm and feel of diverse youth-oriented subcultures from snowboarding to underground music.
_Emily Roysdon
http://www.whitney.org/Events/MyTurnEmilyRoysdon
She’s an artist and a writer and explores questions of civic engagement, public speech, politics, and history. Her work spans mediums—from performance and video to photography and printed matter—as she bridges visual art and writing.
