chashama Curriculum Vitae 2008

CURRICULUM VITAE 2008

8PM (April 24 - May 6, 2008)
a performance and visual art installation by Kate Fauvell and Leanne Schmidt
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street
www.leanneschmidt.com

Visual artist Kate Fauvell and choreographer Leanne Schmidt will present 8PM, a visual performance installation that does not currently exist. The artists, who share a desire to bring immediacy to their work, will transform chashama's 266 W. 37th St. window, an empty and otherwise still space, into a place where motion and art coexist. They will draw inspiration and life to their work from each other and their surroundings as they make new pieces on the spot. As they create, the audience, time, space and sound will affect their process, and as those variables alter, so will their work. At the end of the opening of this installation, the new work will remain behind in the form of Ms. Fauvell's paintings and Ms. Schmidt's dances caught on video -tape and displayed throughout the space. To experience the creation of the work, please join the artists on April 24th and May 1st at 8PM. about 8PM

Leanne Schmidt, a native of Buffalo N.Y., has presented work throughout New York City at venues including Triskelion Arts, Dance New Amsterdam, chashama, Dixon Place, and WAX. In addition to New York City, her choreography has also been seen in Phoenix, Buffalo, Washington, D.C. and at Built on Stilts in Martha's Vineyard. Leanne has received commissions from Kent State University in Ohio and Happendance in Michigan. Leanne holds a BFA in Dance from SUNY College at Brockport and a MFA in Dance from Arizona State University. Leanne is the artistic director of Leanne Schmidt and Company whose mission is to present dance that is human, vulnerable and accessible. about the choreographer

Kate Fauvell is originally from New York City where she was born and raised in Queens. She is a visual artist known for her expressive manner of creation, using drips to paint humanity's insides. In 2002 she received a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking from Binghamton University and in 2004 a MFA in Painting from The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Kate has been involved in shows at PS 122, Artists Space, A.I.R. Gallery, and Galeria Galou to name a few. Most recently she has exhibited her light boxes in a two-person show at Teneleven in the East Village. In addition to her exhibiting, Kate has taught Fine Arts for The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Mural Arts in Philadelphia, and for the New York City Department of Education. Currently, she works for the New Museum and is working on the Visual Performance Installation 8PM with dancer/choreographer Leanne Schmidt. about the visual artist

ALEGRIAS ON 42ND STREET (April 25 - 26, 2008)
"A Night of Song and Dance"
chashama, 217 East 42nd Street
Featuring Carmen Salao and her Flamenco show, with special appareances by Jorge Navarro and guitarist Pedro Cortes.
www.alegrias.com

24-Hour Conversation (April 19 - 20, 2008)
Performance by Ted Efremoff and Rebecca Parker
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street
Broadcast via streaming video on www.24hourconversation.com from 6:00 am on Saturday, April 19 to 6:00 am on Sunday, April 20.

The artists aim to directly communicate with the audience in an open forum of creative discourse. In a time when the nation's conversations are politically motivated we invite you to join a conversation with aught ulterior motive.

This event is intended to construct a social network between the artists and participants, many of whom would likely not meet otherwise. There are no predetermined ideas for conversation. It is conceived as an open forum in which all participants come together to create an experience that is larger than any singular interpretation. We hope to engage in conversations that are personal, abstract, ongoing, political, controversial, spiritual, therapeutic, and even about the weather. The event is designed to build community by inviting all who are willing, to sit down, drink tea, and engage in conversation with others.

The duration of the live performance is intended to give the participants an opportunity to engage in a conversation that goes beyond the bounds of normal discourse. This event is the first of a series of 10 annual performances, which will be streamed live on the web as well as transcribed into book form to create 10 volumes of communal authorship. Invitation to take part in a conversation.

Born in Moscow, Russia, Ted Efremoff's work concerns itself with time, place and testimony in the exploration of public and private stories. He explores these themes through the creation or modification of real and virtual events and spaces. Efremoff creates performances, books, maps, drawings, boats, theaters, villages and apartments to allow these stories to be heard or seen. The public interaction with these modalities and spaces is important to his work. The ideals of positive social change and collaborative effort are the driving force behind his art.

Efremoff has performed and exhibited at The National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria, The Gongju National Museum in South Korea, The National Center of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Russia, and The Museum of American Art in Philadelphia. His work is in the collections of The Sound Museum in Rome, the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art in Los Angeles, and The Synagogue of Bad Sobernheim, Germany. about Ted Efremoff

Rebecca Parker's work is an exploration of identity as informed by gender, culture, and regional influence, particularly her southern heritage. Her work also explores the nature of relationships and how they're formed. Her performances are collaborations with individuals and audiences to create spaces and situations that entice the exchange of personal information.

Parker received her bachelor of fine arts in ceramics from Middle Tennessee State University and her masters of fine arts from University of Connecticut. She has performed and shown work in various galleries in the area such as the Nexus Foundation for the Arts in Philadelphia, PA; ArtSpace in New Haven, CTand Sideshow Gallery in Williamsburg, NY. about Rebecca Parker

ALEGRIAS ON 42ND STREET (April 18 - 19, 2008)
"A Night of Song and Dance"
chashama, 217 East 42nd Street
Direct from Spain: Raul Ortega, joined by Sara Salado al cantante and guest guitarist Pedro Cortes.
www.alegrias.com

Frank Leslie Hampton (April 17 - 27, 2008)
featured artworks
chashama Harlem Studios Gallery, 461 West 126th Street

Frank Leslie Hampton is a painter/photographer working mostly in large formats. His work can be seen by Googling "Frank Leslie Hampton" for hits of his public artwork. Leslie is happy to exhibit his new artwork at the chashama Harlem Gallery space this month. Many viewers may have seen his "Riding the Redbird" in the subway stations as part of the MTA UNDERGROUND series. His mosaic work can be seen at the Tremont Station in the Bronx (D line). Hampton acknowledges that "there are social and economic problems in many of our urban areas. However, negative and sensationalist images of New York often seem to be the only ones that many people are people exposed to." His artwork is a colorful celebration of apartment life in New York. Frank's retrospective works span over the past 40 years of creative insight, here and abroad. about Frank

ROOTLESS: La No-Nostalgia (April 11 - 13, 2008)
A theatrical concert about immigration by Karina Casiano
chashama, 217 East 42nd Street
Piano by Harry Miller
www.karinacasiano.com

Super Combo (April 4 - 25, 2008)
organized by Celso
chashama ABC Gallery, 169 Avenue C
celso@elcelso.com
www.elcelso.com

featuring the artistic collaborations of: Abe Lincoln, Jr., Celso, Darkcloud, Dave, Brad Downey, Elbowtoe, Endless Love Crew, Ryan Frank, Gaia, Anthony Goicolea, Gore-B, Haculla, infinity, Mark Jenkins, Klepto, Evelyn Metzger, Skewville, Stickman and special guests. more

I AM KAREN FINLEY (April 4 - 6, 2008)
Written and performed by Paula Hunter
chashama Performance Window at 217 E.42nd Street

In this one-woman tour de force, Hunter, in a pristine white wedding dress, dances in a mid-town Manhattan store front window as she transforms herself into a landscape of junk food.

Inspired by the great performance artist, Karen Finley, and by the junk food of her youth, Hunter subverts the now unappealing salt, sugar, and fat-laden foods that fill grocery store shelves, and give them new life as a medium for body sculpting. A twisted mix of satire, tragedy, loss and comedy, I AM KAREN FINLEY always entertains. Hunter revels in and dances through a child-like fantasy world where food is liberated beyond one's wildest imagination. Only Hunter can effectively use ketchup and cheese spread as fabulous body moisturizers and shampoos. "...Inspired by the great performance artist, Karen Finley..."

Since she began showing her work in the early 1980's, Hunter has consistently developed as a choreographer and performer. She has performed at such venerable venues as what is known now as The Construction Company, DTW, The Kitchen, PS 122, Movement Research, Dixon Place, and beyond, as well as several sites in Providence, RI, where she now resides. Providence, home to Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, is overflowing with creative and innovative visual and performing artists, yet Hunter is well-known there as an independent and fearless performer who defies simple categorization. Her first serious review in DANCE MAGAZINE in September, 1983, defined the rest of her career well: "Her choreography is full of quirky gestures repeated again and again with different timing, in different directions, and in different order. The movements are culled from sports, street dancing, numerous other styles of dance, and the deepest recesses of Hunter's imagination. …all make you feel as if you've crossed into a time zone where motion follows laws you've never learned and may never understand." "...Hunter has consistently developed as a choreographer and performer..."

Her performance schedule comes at some cost to her, as she is a severe agoraphobic who finds traveling beyond her home area code nearly impossible. In fact, after first developing the disability as a teenager, she found leaving her home state of Michigan the greatest challenge she had ever faced. She was successful only with the 20th effort to do so. As a form of self-therapy and in a desire to share her story with others, she began to talk and dance, telling the tales of her eccentric Midwestern family and revealing to audiences the bizarre workings of her own mind. "I was teaching dance at Hamilton College when I booked Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane for our annual Guest Artist series," Hunter said. "When Bill began to talk while he and Arnie hurled each other around the stage, a light went off! Until then, I never knew that talking was permissible while dancing."

In Providence, Hunter founded JUMP! - a young people's dance company that mentors and produces the work of its young choreographers/dancers. In April, 2007, DANCE MAGAZINE cited Hunter as one of a handful of dance educators around the country dedicated to teaching the choreographic arts. "I love creating my solo works and then heading off in the late afternoon to then teach and guide young people," said Hunter. "My life offers a wonderful duality—being completely attuned to my own thoughts and desires and then being responsible for the artistic life of my young dancers." "...Her performance schedule comes at some cost to her..."

District Nest Street (March 26 - 28, 2008)
A Performance Installation by Anya Liftig
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street

Anya Liftig lived in an empty storefront in the garment district for three days and nights. She used found and recovered yarn to slowly weave herself into the environment using her body as a physical loom and her hands as needles. Her previous performance work has been shown in a variety of venues including, HERE Arts Center, DUMBO Under the Bridge Festival, Galapagos, Movement Research, The Tank, Art Basel Miami, Eyedrum Atlanta, The University of Wisconsin, The University of Chicago, Mess Hall, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center and many other locations. more

Bike Porn Eastern Swing (March 22, 2008)
curated and introduced by Reverend Phil
chashama, 217 East 42nd Street
www.BikeSmut.com

por·no·gra·phy of the bi·cy·cle:

1. short films depicting things both erotic and ridiculous, intended to make you laugh uncomfortably, squirm in your seat, and adjust your pants;
2. the depiction of acts with and on bicycles, intended to provoke, titillate and arouse;
3. a one-of-a-kind film event coming to your city.

On Saturday, March 22nd 2008, The Pornography of the Bicycle will be playing a midnight screening for one night only at chashama in New York City. The 90-minute showing will consist of 28 short films from a variety of artists across the west coast on the theme of "bike porn." The movies range from the contemplative to the inventive, to the [ahem] fully demonstrative.

"Pornography is difficult thing to define," says bicycle pornographer, Reverend Phil. "Often we use a community standard to decide what is obscene as opposed to just erotic. People often say, 'I know pornography when I see it.' I feel pornography is the visceral reaction we get from something that is so graphic that we must turn away, or is so graphic that we cannot turn away."

The various artists, some operating under pseudonyms, take us though a range of videos -- most of which are not available anywhere else. No DVDs of the work are available for sale; barely any works are on the Internet. This is your only chance to see The Pornography of the Bicycle in New York City.

Times: 7:00, 9:00, 11:00 pm
Admission: $6. about the screening

Learn How To Swim (March 20 - 30, 2008)
an exhibition of installation work by Inga Huld Tryggvadottir
chashama Harlem Studio Gallery, 461 West 126th Street
www.ingahuld.net

Learning How To Swim was inspired by Tryggvadottir's exploration on the theme of superstition. "The theme of superstition is very exciting because it goes to the core of a lot of issues we deal with today-especially when it comes to the nature of power. As much as we can control certain things in our lives there is an overwhelming randomness to our daily existence. Most people feel powerless to some extent and sometimes it is easier to hand off power, which we don't have anyway, to someone or something else. For some people that means religion, for others a pair of lucky socks."

Inga Huld Tryggvadottir is an Icelandic artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She is currently a chashama visual art studio residency recipient and this is her first solo show in New York City. more

Prepare for Impact (March 10 - 22, 2008)
A fashion installation by Dinna Soliman
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street
www.dinnasoliman.com

"Prepare for Impact" celebrates the launch of Dinna Soliman's namesake women's Fall 2008 clothing line. The avant-garde take on camouflage and nylon, typically utilitarian fabrications, juxtaposed with lace exemplifies the designer's fashion philosophy of utilizing high-tech fabrics in and unconventional and ultimately feminine way. This piece, the first of many fashion installations by Dinna Soliman, lets the audience know that she has landed and is ready to make her mark in the world of fashion and art. about the show

Dinna Soliman, born in New York of Filipino and Egyptian parents, works and resides in New York City. She studied Fashion Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in the evenings as she solidified her career during the day as a designer and consultant for several brands. After taking advantage of industry experience and with much anticipation, she is launching her first collection. Her last few years working extensively with outerwear has influenced her greatly, which is evident in all her work. about Dinna

Accumulation Project: Selections (March 7 - 27, 2008)
chashama ABC, 169 Avenue C Exhibit Space
OPENING RECEPTION Friday March 14, 6-9pm
www.accumulationproject.org

This exhibition of selected works features the six projects by local artists: Paul Baumann, Yellow Things; Irene Chan, Barcodes; Lisa Dahl, Discarded Dreams; Tamara Gubernat, Accumulated Objects; Songyi Kim, Post-It Notes; Sam Imperatrice, Plastic Bags from the Street. artists

From September 1, 2005 to September 1, 2006, 18 selected artists from around the country committed to the challenge of acquiring or producing "accumulates" for the purpose of creating work for exhibition. The accumulation period lasted from September 1, 2005 to September 1, 2006. Chosen accumulates ranged from tangible objects such as unwanted plastic bags and discarded chewing gum to ephemera such as opinions and wishes. Documentation of each contributor's process and progress was updated monthly on the Accumulation Project website, www.accumulationproject.org.

The project was originally conceived of by members of Other Leading Brand collective as an exploration of the roles that time and quantity play in creative practice and as an experiment in approaching art production as problem solving. "We were curious about how people would transform their attraction to something into an ordered system or practice, and how their connection or understanding of their subject might change as a result", says show co-organizer Sam Imperatrice. Co-organizer Eric Brown adds, "We were also curious about who would be interested in participating in and sticking with a project like this. What sort of personalities would be attracted to this?" While many contributors entered the project with clear ideas as to how to organize and ultimately exhibit their final collection of accumulates, several participants figured things out along the way--their questioning, inspiration and often their frustrations made public on the project's website.

In addition to the monthly web documentation, the project's structure called for two gallery exhibitions. The first after 3 months of accumulation, which was held in December 2005 at Lunarbase Gallery in Williamsburg, and a final exhibition displaying a full year's worth of accumulation held at Art House Productions in Jersey City, October 2007. more about the exhibit

I In The Sky (March 6 - April 26, 2008)
an interactive public art project by Raul Vincent Enriquez
chashama, 112 West 44th Street
The Michael Caselli-designed photo booth is free and open to the public Thursdays through Saturdays, 12-8PM.
From March 6-April 26, 2008, New York City residents and visitors will have the chance to see themselves larger and brighter than life – 48 stories above Times Square.
To learn more about "I In The Sky" and for b-roll and images, please visit www.durst.org/iinthesky.

Internationally-acclaimed artist Raul Vincent Enriquez has joined forces with The Durst Organization and chashama to present "I In The Sky," an exciting and interactive public art project.

"I In The Sky" comprises a street-level photo-booth at the chashama gallery paired with the Lumacom electronic display sign atop the 4 Times Square building. The Lumacom will broadcast digital portraits taken by photo-booth visitors that have been animated by Enriquez to resemble flipbook images. The process will take about 20 minutes and is free of charge.

"I In The Sky" and the Lumacom are best seen in Manhattan on 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues, and 9th Avenue at 44th Street. The portraits are also viewable from the New Jersey side of the Hudson and online at www.durst.org/iinthesky. I In The Sky continued

Raul Vincent Enriquez works in various media, including photography, animation, live performance, moving image, and sound. He has a history of hosting events, such as the Bean and Cheese Burrito Party and the ongoing Salon Desayano Robusto, which foster mastication among audience members.

Enriquez's work is geared toward revitalizing social relations and interactions in many different contexts. His animated "wiggly" portraits create unnervingly candid moments of extreme eye contact between subject and viewer; his live food performances re-energize the flaccid mass-market food service dynamic by shaking up visitors' expectations of "service." As a performer, Enriquez displays a kind of radical hospitality, which invites enthusiastic and frank participation by the audience.

In recent years, he has showed work at New Museum (NYC), Queens Museum (NYC), Scope (NYC/London/Miami), EFA Galleries (NYC), Conduit Gallery (Dallas), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Performance Studies International (NYC), New York Theatre Workshop, NYU Performance Studies Program, and Cal Arts (LA), among others. In 2002, Enriquez was an Electronic Media Artist grant recipient from the Experimental Television Center, NY. In 2008/09, he will create a traveling Media & Burrito Truck, a mobile live food-performance radical hospitality unit.

from the artist: "I find portraits to be a timeless and accessible art form. In each portrait, several photos are sequenced and animated, framed to create the impression of extreme eye contact. My goal is to make provocative art that captures viewers." About Raul Vincent Enriquez

The Durst Organization is one of New York's oldest and most respected privately held owner/builder/managers of commercial and residential real estate. Started in 1915 by Joseph Durst, the company owns and manages more than 8.5 million square feet of Class A midtown office space as well as over 1 million square feet of residential rental building. The Durst Organization is recognized as a world leader in the development of technologically advanced and environmentally sophisticated commercial and residential property. The Durst Organization built the nations first Green Office Building, 4 Times Square, in the 1990s and today is building the World's First LEED Platinum Skyscraper - The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park. about The Durst Organization

A BLESSED DAY! (February 29, 2008)
Short Films and Live Performance
Original music by Jeff Layton
Friday, February 29, 2008, 8PM

A Moment To Breathe, 13 min.
A young pig slaughterer dreams of escaping from his suffocating life in the Italian countryside. In a moment of panic, he makes break for the big city – bringing along his girlfriend's teenage sister for the ride.

SARA COLANGELO is a Student Academy Award nominated director and Masters candidate in New York University's Graduate Film Program. A native of New England, Sara graduated from Brown University with a degree in History. After graduating, she was awarded Fulbright Fellowship and lived in Bologna where she studied 1930s and 40s Italian cinema and began to have a more pointed interest in filmmaking. Sara has worked in the music video and commercial industry in New York and is currently in development in a number of projects, including her first feature film. "Un Attimo di Respiro" is Sara's first narrative film. It has screened at film festivals across the United States--- including the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival--- and recently won the 2007 Wasserman Prize or Best Direction at New York University.

"A Moment To Breathe" Sara Colangelo

Lawrence, 12 min.
Filmed on location in Chinatown, NYC, a noodle factory worker struggles through a romantic relationship with a girl he has never met. Is unrequited love enough to satisfy this shy young man?

GREGORY MITNICK is currently pursuing an MFA at NYU's Graduate Film Program where he is focused on cinematography and directing. With a background in anthropology, Gregory is constantly inspired to make films that explore the frontiers at which cultures collide. It's in this volatile area that new ways of living and understanding are produced. With basic spoken language skills in Japanese, French and Mandarin Chinese, he enjoys still photography and has worked as an ssistant to several well-known fashion photographers. Gregory has also worked as short-order cook, lawnmower salesman, shrimp-peeler, and Chinese food deliveryman. As director of photography, Gregory has photographed over 25 films.

"Lawrence" Gregory Mitnick

Sin Salida, 12 min.
Estelle lives a never-ending cycle of regret, constantly confronted with the choices that she made in her past by her younger self.

A. SAYEEDA CLARKE is a Dean's fellow and MFA candidate in film at New York University. Her award-winning short "Sin Salida" is now premiering on HBO. Sayeeda's short, "The Grey Woman" had its world premiere at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater. Her photography and self-portraits from Italy and Cuba have received honors and were chosen for exhibition. At NYU Sayeeda was Spike Lee's assistant and worked on the Emmy Award-winning documentary, "When The Levees Broke". She has studied with Shelia Nevins, Spike Lee, Sandy Sissel, Lee Grant, Milcho Manchevski and Mary Ellen Mark. Sayeeda is passionate and dedicated to the art of directing, alternating between film and theater to inspire and enlighten her craft.

"Sin Salida" A. Sayeeda Clarke

4960, 14 min.
Aida and Josef try to communicate past the distance from point A to point B. An exposed space, clearly visible to snipers, prevents them from doing so.

WING-YEE WU as born and raised in Stockholm by Chinese parents. She received her BA Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins College in London after which she worked in the British and Swedish film industries. Wing-Yee now finds herself at the NYU Graduate Film Department developing her thesis project, her short films have screened worldwide and "4960" was recently awarded the 2008 Slamdance Special Jury Honorable Mention for Narrative Short. Wing-Yee is currently also developing a feature length screenplay and plans to have her cake and eat it.

"4960" Wing Yee Wu

LIVE PERFORMANCE OF "4960" SOUNDTRACK LED BY

VINNY IANNELLI is a graduate of NYU's Gallatin Program where he majored in Music Composition, Theory, and Education. He is happy to be working with Wing-Yee on a second project after completing the movie "For Memories" last Spring. The score to "4960" will be performed live by Vincent Iannelli (conductor/piano), Kevin Cox (Guitars/Laptop/Pedals), Toby Arturi III (Percussion/Vibraphone), Thom Lynaugh (Trombone), and Richard Casparie (Trumpet/Percussion). He would like to thank Wing-Yee for this great opportunity and his performers for their donation of talent. Vincent Iannelli

Terrible Things (February 25, 2008)
A Work-in-Progress by: Katie Pearl and Lisa D'Amour
chashama, 217 E. 42nd Street, New York, NY
Text by Lisa and Katie
Directed by Lisa and Performed by Katie with:
Laryssa Husiak, Paige Collette, Olga Sasplugas, Kat Ross and Allison DeFrees
Choreography by Emily Johnson

It's called TERRIBLE THINGS, and it will turn an empty theater into a low-tech IMAX movie that takes audiences on a trip into the molecules and memories of Katie Pearl so we can figure out why she is so terrible. In the process, we will create a new universe where the line between wonderful and terrible doesn't exist. Or where the line between you and the person sitting next to you doesn't exist. Expect an in-your-body out-of-body experience, shaped by Katie Pearl, 5 other performers, and 600 marshmallows. about TERRIBLE THINGS

BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! (February 16, 23 & 24, 2008)
a collaborative installation project
by Ad Nauseam Lyceum
chashama at 159 W.119th St. @ Adam Clayton Powell Blvd.
Reception, Saturday Feb.23 from 5 - 8 PM
Informal Preview of Work-In-Progress: Playreading of "Sex, Lies and February... a pageant?" by David McGee, Saturday, February 16 @ 7PM
All events FREE and open to the public.
www.adnaus.com

Ad Nauseam Lyceum has been granted a chashama residency for the month of February at a defunct storefront on 119th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. Instead of curating a traditional group show as we have done in the past, Ad Nauseam Lyceum will use this unique opportunity to explore new territory as an organization and to utilize the distinct talents and interests of our community of artists. BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! is a collaborative art installation created by Brent Birnbaum, Matthew Broach, Celso and the Endless Love Crew, Ryan Frank, Scott Goodman, David Herman, Peter Lester, David Ort, Joan Pamboukes, Tara Parsons, Jake Scharbach, and Deena Selenow, Rory Sheridan, Adam Parker Smith, Christy Speakman, and Kyle Walters.

Ad Nauseam Lyceum will present a large scale collaborative installation that reflects the distinct connections and conflicts between various artistic mediums, styles, and processes in which artists are working today. By engaging with the space in alternative and experimental ways, Ad Nauseam Lyceum and its collaborators aim to explore and expose how different types of work can relate to each other through the context of the exhibition display. With some artists working independently and others in collaboration, this ambitious project will present work in a setting that resembles the sanctuary of the artist's studio and outside the confines of a commercial gallery. Created through the communal efforts of over fifteen artists, BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX! will be an alternative to the traditional group exhibition and exist as an experimentation in curatorial practice. more about BIG WHITE INSTITUTIONALIZED BOX!

Ad Nauseam Lyceum is an artist run organization committed to showcasing multi-disciplinary work by emerging artists in New York. The group aims to give young artists an opportunity to collaborate, present work, and have a creative dialogue outside the traditional art market. Founded in 2006 by Ryan Frank, Deena Selenow, and Rory Sheridan , the group has hosted previous events at Ephemeroptera Art Space, chashama and 717 Studio, and has collectively shown the work of over 50 visual and performing artists. Dedicated to blurring the lines between various artistic genres, Ad Nauseam Lyceum is a platform for a new generation of artists working in performance, visual art, and new media. about Ad Nauseam Lyceum

Love, Lollipops & the Exquisite Corpse (14 February - 1 March 2008)
an exhibition of collaborative art by more than 50 couples, opening on Valentine's Day.
Curated by Suckers & Biters
'chashama ABC' Exhibit Space, 169 Avenue C
Exhibition and all events FREE and open to the public.
www.suckersandbiters.com

As Krista Madsen and Jeff White say on their website, www.suckersandbiters.com, "We're all familiar with the terms "love is for suckers" and "love bites" but thankfully, we wholeheartedly play on."

Since the summer of 2006, show organizers Krista Madsen and Jeff White have been creating their own twists on the "exquisite corpse"; a collaborative drawing game popular with Surrealist artists of the 20s. Consistent with the original, one player conceals all but the last bit of body rendered before passing it to the other, who connects to where the former left off. In the end, the unveiling is as fun as the results are absurd. Madsen and White do a male/female couple, switching who starts with what gender each time, combining text and image to depict something relevant to their most recent experiences together. Using two pieces of paper divided into three sections, they pass back and forth, so that whoever did the "head" and "feet" on one will have done the middle on the other.

After exhibiting their first creations at Williamsburg's Stain Bar in Fall 2006 and then hosting a group show of such pairs by 50 creative couples at Ad Hoc Gallery the following Valentine's Day, it's become an annual V-Day tradition. The title, Suckers and Biters, was born out of a discussion on lollipop psychology and reflects the sweetly monstrous results of the game and the messy, painful, sensual drama that love can be. Madsen and White ultimately envision a book showcasing selected works arising from this project. about the exhibit

Recorded Berlin, November, 1937 (February 1 - 29, 2008)
by William Corwin
chashama Exhibit Window, 266 West 37th Street
FREE and open to the public.

"Recorded Berlin, November, 1937" is an archeological rendering of a monument to grandiose and easily forgotten human ambitions, and tragically, the frequent failure of art to redeem those who create it. The title refers to a recording of the Magic Flute, made in Germany in 1937 at the height of Nazi power and the seeming contradictions of a production of Mozart's great ode to freedom and brotherhood by a regime based on conformity and persecution of difference. In the rubble and decay of great monuments we often see the missed chances to save Humanity. Corwin uses molded plaster panels to create surrogate surfaces and pseudo-architectural structures by piling, leaning and hanging the panels on available walls and floors. He then paints and draws on these surfaces, and incises, scrapes and smashes them as well. about the show

Will Corwin grew up in New York City. In 2000 he moved to London and apprenticed for a year with the noted Saatchi painter Richard Patterson. His studio is currently located in Long Island City and he has had installations at chashama Queens and Aferro Gallery in Newark in 2006, and the Flushing Town Hall, Queens, the Theater for the New City, Manhattan, and the Taipei Artists Village, Taiwan, in 2007. He also teaches with the "Meet the Met" program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. about William Corwin

MANCHILD (January 25, 2008)
a Hip-Hop Musical by James Richards performed with an accompanying soundtrack.
Produced by Monica P. Hall and Gilbert Glenn Brown
Starring Gilbert Glenn Brown
Manchild.Project@gmail.com
www.myspace.com/i_kid

Cycle (January 16 - 30, 2008)
RASA DANCE
Concept and costumes: Sabine Heubusch
Photography by Richard Greene
Dance and choreography: Rachel Tinguely and Sabine Heubusch
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street
FREE and open to the public.
www.spinelight.com/rasa/home.htm

"Cycle" is a rumination on the twin influences of fashion and advertisement. This piece centers around a woman’s life, depicted through the “dress codes” she adopts during each stage of her life – from a childish, playful, exited, youthful, emancipated, cool, sexy, and driven to a mature, overextended and aged mindset.

Individual pieces are bridged by slide projections illustrating the power of advertisement to further manipulate the expression of the self through the creation of needs and illusions, addiction and detachment. The 21st century female self is presented as an abstract concept heavily dictated by external influences. about the show

Sabine Heubusch, originally from Austria, received her BA in Dalcroze Eurhythmics (Music and Movement) from the University for Music and Performing Arts in Vienna/ Austria in 1992. She moved to New York in 1993, when she was awarded a dance scholarship from the Ministry of Arts and Education/Austria. She studied Contemporary Dance and Contact Improvisation, her dancing is also influenced by Tango, Salsa, and Punta, which she pursued on her extensive traveling throughout South and Central America. Sabine has been creating her own work since 1997 and founded RASA Dance in 2005. She has been certified as a teacher of the Alexander Technique, Yoga, and Pilates Mat. She teaches adults, children of all ages and children with special needs in public schools, music and art schools, universities, and fitness studios in New York and throughout Europe. about Sabine Heubusch

Rachel Tinguely was born in Brazil, grew up in Switzerland. Her background is gymnastics, ballet, tap, theater dance and acting. In 1999 she received her M.A. in physical education from the University of Berne/Switzerland and continued her studies in contemporary dance at the Colombo Dance School in Zurich. In October 2002 she moved to New York. Her credits include dancing with Nina Buisson, Sebastien Sabatier-Curial and David Kieffer. In 2005 Rachel joined RASA Dance Company. She has been certified as a teacher in Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis. Rachel teaches at studios throughout New York and holds workshops in Switzerland and Germany. Rachel Tinguely

ANOTHER LAST YEAR! (January 11 - February 2, 2008)
group art on time
Curated by Ryan Frank, Deena Selenow, and Rory Sheridan
chashama Exhibit Space, 169 Avenue C
Exhibition and all events FREE and open to the public.
www.adnaus.com

ANOTHER LAST YEAR! is a unique look at how artists working in various disciplines address the cyclical nature of cultural progression, as well as the inseparability of anxiety and the passage of time. Offering a glimpse into the minds of 12 artists, Ad Nauseam Lyceum presents a group exhibition investigating the relationship between time, progress, and process. The exhibition will include painting, photography, media and sculpture by Amy Beecher, Brent Birnbaum, Matt Broach, Janna Coker, Cathleen Cueto, Danielle Durchslag, Scott Goodman, Sayaka Nagata, Anna Ogier-Bloomer, Carolyn Salas, Jake Scharbach, and Eli Stertz. Capturing the nostalgia of both the distant and recent past, each piece offers a glimpse into how these individual artists experience the passing of time with the coming of each new year. ANOTHER LAST YEAR! is both an examination and literal manifestation of an artistic process. about the exhibit

MOTHERLESS CHILDREN (January 5 - 13, 2007)
Created by Stephen Cedars & Christina Latimer
Photography by Christina Latimer
Set Design and Sculptural Figures by Bridget Mullen
Performed by Lydia Brawner and Gillian Hurst
Music by Jeff Davis
Digital Choreography/ Video Editor: Chris Giarmo
chashama performance window, 266 West 37th Street
FREE and open to the public.
www.bridgetmullen.com

Display open January 05 through 13, 11a - 7p
Performances on Saturday January 05, 2p
Sunday January 06, 2p and 4p
Tuesday January 08, 2p
Thursday January 10, 12p
Saturday January 12, 11:30a and 2:30p
Sunday January 13, 2p and 4p schedule & hours

Motherless Children is a surreal portrait of a dried up, empty landscape featuring photography, visual art, original music and live theatre. A desperate, lonely woman and her young helpless sister move amongst two sculptural figures frozen in a moment, framed by impressions of ravaged terrain - all somber counterpoints to the relentless rhythms of a crowded Manhattan sidestreet. Over a week and a half, the installation offers changing auditory, visual and theatrical experiences. Created for the storefront window of chashama's 37th street art space, these various perspectives of a desolate imaginary world offer moments for meditation, temporary release for otherwise busy and distracted passerbys. about the show

Stephen Cedars and Christina Latimer have together created a full-length play that was shown through the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre's Incubator and produced the Southside Summer Fiesta, an afternoon-long music and performance festival that took place in south Williamsburg last August. Stephen is a writer, director and teacher who has directed and created theatre in New York for three years. Christina is a photographer, editor and teacher who loves to travel and lives in Brooklyn. Stephen & Christina

Bridget Mullen creates installations and paintings about light, sources of power, and the displacement of their opposites as they exist in dream culture. See her work at www.bridgetmullen.com. Bridget Mullen

Makeshop: Music (January 4, 7, 8 and 10, 2007)
Facilitated by Leanne Schmidt
chashama performance window, 217 East 42nd Street
All performances FREE and open to the public.

Facilitated by Leanne Schmidt, "Makeshop: Music" was designed as an experiment which looks at music's ability to influence the creation of new work, improvisational impulses, moods, intentions and perceptions as creators, performers and spectators of art. Performers and creators include visual artist Kate Fauvell, musician Malina Rauschenfels, and dance/choreography experiments by Josselyn Levinson, Sarah Holcman, Kim Goss, Beth Maderal and Leanne Schmidt among others. Passersby may visit the window and come in to give us your thoughts and request a piece of music with our DJ.

Friday Jan.04, 12-2p
Monday Jan.07, 5-7p
Tuesday Jan.08, 5-7p
Thursday Jan.10, 12-2p and 5-7p show & schedule

LATIMES in NYC (December 28 - January 4, 2007)
by Ben Greeley
with: LABTEST, TANK, SKILO, LOKUS, PUNCH, SINER, DUBR
chashama, 112 West 44th Street
LATIMES is an exhibition of new california landscapes by Peter Bill, graffiti art by well known Los Angeles writers such as TANK and LOKUS, and looping HDR video collaborations by LABTEST (www.thelab.us).
www.peterbill.us
www.thelab.us
www.vimeo.com/420750
lanternproductions.com/pbill/paintweb/pnt2.html
www.lanternproductions.com/latimes

peterbill's paint and video landscapes have shown in such diverse venues as The Kitchen (NYC), the Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), FILE Festival (São Paulo, Brazil), and other international venues. He continues in his Oil paintings and video work to weave the painterly with the digital, pixels and paint, indigo and 191970 blue.

Los Angeles graffiti writers have come under unprecedented pressure under police chief bratten, former police chief of NYC under giuliani. These artists have been equated with terrorists and treated as such. They continue to express themselves as american artists, unbowed and unrepentant in creative expression.

LABTEST is an international collaboration of artists currently based on three continents. This group has exhibited around the world and continues its subversive recombining of culture. more

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