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An introductory lecture by Judy Hussie-Taylor, curator of Danspace Project’s PLATFORM 2012: Judson NOW, followed by a conversation Lydia Bell to illuminate Judson Dance Theater’s West Coast influences. Conversation followed by wine and book signing.
Learn moreChoreographer Trajal Harrell will talk with Judy Hussie-Taylor, Artistic Director of Danspace Project in New York, unpacking the sources for his Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem project.
Learn moreA physically rigorous but also gentle and slow workshop for anyone with an interest in the body. Come prepared to strut, drool, dance, nap, dream, tantrum, pray, sweat, seduce, and soar.
Learn moreVideo and performance artist Peter Burr presents a live television show featuring 18 short animations from underground video label Cartune Xprez and original music by Lucky Dragons and Seabat. Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Stalker, SPECIAL EFFECT takes a journey to “The Zone," an off-limits place of hope and possibility rumored to make one's deepest desires come true. With laser beams, green screens, and a live webcam, Burr acts as our guide and TV host, collaging live happening with animated experience.
Learn moreThis is how we disappear examines the complexity, frailty, and weight of human relationships in contrast with the fluid simplicity of the passage of time. Two performers embody Suniti Dernovsek’s unique movement vocabulary and are captured in their actions by custom electronics, driving a real-time response in sound and video.
Learn moreWhat would have happened if one of the early postmodern choreographers from Judson Church had gone uptown to perform in the ball scene in Harlem? In M2M, three dancers collide the formalism and minimalism of postmodernism with the flamboyance and performativity of voguing.
Learn more“To say that this contemporary dance piece is memorable is an understatement: You can’t forget watching two naked men manipulate each other’s penises in a game of one-upmanship.” —The Globe and Mail
Learn more“...it shakes you to the core [...] Recommended for all generations – those of us who lived through those years, those who saw our children in peril, and those who are only now realizing that history is more than learning dates, parrot style.” —La Segunda
Learn moreMinor Theatres (wrkshp 1) is a project to begin a project. A question of time over the horizon. Emily Roysdon has invited a dynamic array of specialists to talk about TIME- conceptually, abstractly, poetically, practically, materially and performatively.
Learn moreMinor Theatres (wrkshp 1) is a project to begin a project. A question of time over the horizon. Emily Roysdon has invited a dynamic array of specialists to talk about TIME- conceptually, abstractly, poetically, practically, materially and performatively.
Learn moreKhaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne—the collaborating artists and musicians of The Blow—discuss the place of pop music in contemporary art and its value as a performance practice.
Learn morePICA's seventh annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Learn moreIn 1997, riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) released a solo album under the name Julie Ruin, hoping someday to find a band to play the songs live. She finally assembled her dream team in 2010 as The Julie Ruin...
Learn moreWhen you stay up late to catch all of the artists and activity at the Time-Based Art Festival, you’re bound to get hungry. That’s why we’ve invited a mix of Portland chefs to drop the white tablecloths and cook the kind of food they make after-hours, indulging their secret, guilty pleasure tastes.
Learn moreDolan presents a new series of sculptural works which investigate various structural components of everyday life. These mechanics are contrasted with those of games and puzzles, which plainly present their rules.
Learn moreGet your first look at our new home for TBA, as we officially kick off the first night of the Festival. Gather with all of your PICA friends and artists as Mitchell Wines begins the celebration with a proper christening of THE WORKS (champagne across the bow?!).
Learn moreMinor Theatres (wrkshp 1) is a project to begin a project. A question of time over the horizon. Emily Roysdon has invited a dynamic array of specialists to talk about TIME- conceptually, abstractly, poetically, practically, materially and performatively. In symbols, text, stars, characters, and movements.
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Learn moreRoom Tone is an instruction piece for voice and electromagnetic tape. It is a live performance involving one operator and an indefinite number of visitors, who may come and go throughout the duration of the piece. The work was created as live homage to composer Alvin Lucier's 1969 recording, I am Sitting in a Room.
Learn moreWorking with fragments of language gathered from everyday encounters and experiences, Tompkins presents a selection of concrete poems and works on paper.
Learn moreA.L. Steiner uses constructions of photography, video, installation, collage, collaboration, writing, performance, and curatorial work as seductive tropes channeled through the sensibility of an activated skeptical queer ecofeminist androgyne.
Learn moreA gathering and discussion about queer performance, art, and culture. A casual and curious space for exploration of history and lineage. A group experiment in dialogue and community.
Learn moreThis workshop will explore the motive behind the creation of language and the creativity from which it originates.
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