WHEN: Live Durational Performance: Tues., Nov. 16, from 6 -10 pm
Interactive Installation: Wed., Nov. 17 – Thurs., Nov. 18 from 3 – 7 pm
WHERE:Columbia College Chicago, 916 S. Wabash, 2nd Floor
One More, by Michael St. John, Room 204
Drawing Gestures, by Jenny Garnett, Room 205
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The Space & Place MFA performance/installations at Columbia College Chicago features the work of two students in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Media MFA program. The Interdisciplinary Art Department’s unique curriculum urges students to cross-pollinate with a number of art disciplines in order to create new and unexpected art forms.
One More, by Michael St. John
MFA Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Performance/Installation
Michael St. John, 61, has boxed for most of his life; his son Michael St. John, 24, has never boxed at all. In this Battle of the Saints, the “mediated” father will meet “live” son for this performance installation, One More. Rope and a 70-pound punching bag will mark the ring where these two men will simultaneously spar in this one-on-one training session. The audience will commence at 6 p.m. “ring-side” to view this four-hour sparing session. This show of endurance will consist of three-minute rounds with a one-minute rest between each round. The results will reveal what inheritance means to both men, and the choice sons make to follow their fathers.
The live performance will be one time only on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 from 6-10 p.m. and the remnants of the spar will be on Wednesday and Thursday from 3-6 p.m.
Just across the hall, remnants of another kind will take precedence.
Drawing Gestures, by Jenny Garnett
MFA Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Interactive Installation
Drawing Gestures is an interactive experience that creates drawings from participants’ hand-movements appearing as simulated paintbrush strokes on paper as a screen.
Using custom programming software and an LED pen/performance tool, these inkless drawings record the body’s movement rather than a representation of the body in motion. This participatory, interactive installation begs the question: can drawing be used as a performance tool?
