Past
An interdisciplinary weekend of art, performance, and conversations, investigating the complexity of constructing and communicating culture in contemporary art
Learn moreC’mon Language is an exhibition in pursuit of an artistic vocabulary.
Learn moreBased in Los Angeles since the early 1970s, Jackson has expanded the definition and practice of painting more than any other contemporary figure. His wildly inventive, exuberant, and irreverent take on “action” painting has dramatically extended its performative dimensions, merged it with sculpture, and repositioned it as an art of everyday experience.
Learn moreLegendary musician and artist Laurie Anderson performs the third and final of her groundbreaking solo story works
Learn moreSound artist Akio Suzuki, experimental poet Gozo Yoshimasu, and improvisatory guitarist/turntablist Otomo Yoshihide present a range of performances that cross between literature, sound art, music, and improvisation.
Learn moreA taste of the LA bass sound as a closing night TBA party of surreal visions, sideways club trax, and darkside R&B dubs.
Learn moreOver thirty local musicians, composers, and sound artists have mapped out their favorite sonic spaces in Portland, creating an "audio tour" of the most interesting naturally occurring acoustic landscapes, concluding in a one-day live concert.
Learn moreA bizarro cooking demonstration exploring the effects of black light, led by the adorable host of FOOD PARTY.
Learn moreThree vignettes track the absurd and mundane stories of a group of office employees in this stylized performance derived from everyday gestures.
Learn moreFaustin Linyekula discusses his bold solo dance and its themes of legacy, forgetting, and memory with Angela Mattox.
Learn moreNew York-based singer, performer, DJ, and personality Penney will travel an emotional journey in song, from childhood to first love to romantic dissolution to ecstatic hope and empowerment.
Learn moreRecreating the iconic 60s films of Andy Warhol, live actors cross in and out of the film and audience.
Learn moreLinyekula bears witness through his dance to decades of war, terror, and fear, while also subverting the dominant image of contemporary Congo with one of resourcefulness and hope.
Learn moreA design fiction presentation pitching a speculative service that would remove ended relationships from the internet, storing them in physical objects.
Learn morePerformances by collaborators past and present, concluding in a grand-scale, multi-disciplinary concert. Featuring musical guests Golden Retriever, Classical Revolution PDX performing compositions by Jherek Bischoff, and a solo dance by choreographer Allie Hankins.
Learn moreA "live documentary" film with a live soundtrack by Yo La Tengo, examining the legacy of the visionary Buckminster Fuller.
Learn moreLuisa Pardo and Gabino Rodriguez from Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol talk about performance in Mexico with Olga Sanchez, Artistic Director of Teatro Milagro.
Learn moreCheck your boredom at the megaplex for performances and videos from Terrifying Women, brand new work from Weston Currie and Liz Harris (Grouper), and B Movie Bingo Wolf Choir.
Learn moreA collaborative creation, Turbulence is an experimental hybrid of contemporary dance, improvised happening, and political theater in response to economic crisis.
Learn moreInternational curators discuss the festival model and its role in the world of contemporary performance.
Learn moreA multimedia night of live musical performances, Skype video concerts from western Africa, YouTube remixes, and live cellphone feeds.
Learn moreAn evening of site-specifc performance art from some Croatia and Serbia’s most provocative current artists.
Learn moreProfessor Culp lectures on the current moment in Latin American theater and the tensions between presentation and representation on stage.
Learn moreInternational curator Zvonimir Dobrovic of Perforacije Festival and Queer New York International talks about the generation of artists currently making performance work in Eastern Europe and the Balkan states.
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