Programming
Workshop with Marilyn Arsem
Performing in the public space
DARE-DARE is proud to offer to its members a performance art workshop led by the Boston based and international renowned artist Marilyn Arsem.
VIVA! ART ACTION
DARE-DARE's programming for this fifth edition of VIVA! promoted multidisciplinary practices and reflected on the different contexts of art dissemination in the public space.
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Photo : Christian Bujold
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DARE-DARE is proud to offer to its members a performance art workshop led by the Boston based and international renowned artist Marilyn Arsem.
“In this workshop you will create performance actions as a direct response to a particular context such as a physical or social environment that you encounter. Are you aware of the architecture of a space? Are you attracted to the materials at a location? Does the history or the social uses of a particular site interest you? Responding to a site requires that you pay attention to your experience of the location, analyzing its impact on you and your impact on it. But perhaps more important is the task of paying attention to what it is that you are noticing. You will more fully understand your own practice by learning to recognize what compels you, which in turn will allow you to develop your work more deeply.” - Marilyn Arsem
INFORMATION
• When: Saturday and Sunday May 2nd and 3rd 2015 from noon to 5pm
• Where: The meeting point will be at the Dare Dare’s trailer (St-Laurent metro); the workshop will happen outdoors in diverse locations around DARE-DARE.
• Who: Registration is open to all DARE-DARE’s members. There are only 10 places available. To become a member of DARE-DARE, contact us at 514-849-3273.
• Registration: to reserve your place, please send an email titled “INSCRIPTION ARSEM” at prog@dare-dare.org with your name and phone number. First come, first served.
• Cost: 80 $ payable in cash at the latest April 29th, please make an appointment before coming to the trailer.
• Please note that the workshop will be led in English.
• The participants must bring something to write with and appropriate clothing to work outside all day.
DARE-DARE would like to thank Christian Bujold and Martine Viale for coordinating this workshop. Thank you also to Caroline Boileau.
Image :
I Scream, durational performance by Marilyn Arsem
Live Action, Göteborg, Sweden, May 2011
Photo by He Chengyao
MARILYN ARSEM
Marilyn Arsem has been creating live events since 1975, ranging from solo performances, to large scale, site-specific works incorporating installation and performance. Arsem has presented work at festivals, conferences, alternative spaces, galleries, museums and universities in 27 countries in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Many of her works are durational in nature, minimal in actions and materials, and located in peripheral spaces in the context of larger events. Viewers discover the work on their way to seeing other performances. Arsem has focused on creating works in response to specific sites, engaging with the immediate landscape and materiality of the location, its history, use, or politics. Sites have included a former Cold War missile base in the United States, a 15th century Turkish bath in Macedonia, an aluminum factory in Argentina, the grounds of an abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium in Poland, and the site of the Spanish landing in the Philippines.
Arsem is a member of Mobius, Inc., an interdisciplinary collaborative of artists, which she founded in 1977. She taught at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for 27 years, establishing one of the most extensive programs internationally in visually-based performance art.
