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Art Forms In Flux
ART FORMS IN FLUX (AFIF) | Inspired by the script of our upcoming production, State Park, by Chicago playwright, Aaron Weissman, this unique program invites 17 artists (aka Fluxists) to be in residence developing original work in response to the text. Host to visual art, performance, dance, music, fashion, & new media, The Hairpin Arts Center will be turned into a vessel for the unknown, incredible, and absurd.
THE STORY OF STATE PARK | A female forest ranger's quiet life in the woods gets turned upside down when a stranger drags a mysterious creature into her station. A radical and humorous exchange between two women lost in the unknown, State Park explores what it means to take control of our lives even under the influence of otherworldly circumstances.
MORE ON AFIF | Taking place prior to the play in the form of two stages, artists will respond to the text (not having experienced the play itself) in two residencies at The Hairpin Art Center. The public is invited to attend, experience, and delight in the creations of the artists and the theater company members at the conclusion of their residencies on February 27th and April 16th.
STAGE TWO | Saturday, April 16th 7-10PM
A group of eleven artists takes the form of large installation, performance, sculpture, fashion & costume design, dance, and technology. Stage One focused on the otherworldly future of technology and the visceral nature ofState Park, this stage will be an explosion of color and expanse with a focus on atmosphere and a protagonistthe creature.
Claire Ashley | claireashley.com |
mines the language of painterly abstraction, monumental sculpture, slapstick humor, and pop art to transform mundane industrial materials into inflatablepainted sculptures and performative props.
Stephanie Graham | missgraham.com |
makes work about subcultures, social class, relationships and Black America, drawing upon the stories of friends and strangers alike when creating staged imagery for herphotography and video projects.
Galina Shevchenko | gsterritory.com |
working in video, painting, animation, &object design,her craftis baroque & provocative, teasing questions, seduces and demands...ultimatelya delicious visual treat from international ad campaigns to immersive video installations.
Ilena Ferrer and Michelle Prevost | illuminationtales.org |
are award winning short film artists and 3D projection mappers from San Francisco who foundedIllumiNation: a series of projection mapped stories, experiments, and interactive installations using multiple projectors, built and found projection surfaces, and state of the art technologies.
Ryan Thompson | departmentofnaturalhistory.com |
engages a range of complex and peculiar relationships between humans and the natural world under the ongoing guise of Department of Natural History.
HillaryWiedemann | hillarywiedemann.com |
exploresthe phenomena that occur in the space between distraction and consciousness using controlled light, both natural and artificially projectedinto large scale installation.
Sarah Goldberg and Alex Mauney
arecollaborating for the first time in a dance,art, andsound installationpiece exploring the term "alien" using a combination of recorded/live music, natural materials, and containedhuman bodies in motion.
Jovanka Azyadet | @azyadet_designer |
isan up and coming fashion designer from Puerto Ricowith extensive runway experience, whocreates gorgeous, contemporary andwearable garments that walk the line between commercial and experimental in their sophisticated aesthetic.
Kelly Lloyd | k-lloyd.com |
utilizes a variety of media including painting, object making, performance, and writing through the use ofeveryday materials to investigate traditional notions of normalcy and to highlight complex nuances in human interaction.
The project is curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo, produced by Daniel Dvorkin and Matthew Olson, and funded by a collaborative grant from The Chicago Community Trust.
*Series tickets are also available, including redeemable admission to the full-production of State Park, to be produced in the fall of 2016.
For more information please visit twolightstheatre.com or hairpinartscenter.org.
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LocationHairpin Arts Center (View)
2810 North Milwaukee Ave., 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60618
United States
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| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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