Abject Expressionism Part II
Join us at Tomorrow Theater on Saturday 2/21
Hello again!
On Saturday Feb 21, Ash Yang-Thompson and I will be revisiting our collaborative study of Abject Expressionism with another performance-talk, this time through PAM CUT at Tomorrow Theater here in Portland. It will be on similar subject matter: aggressive vulnerability, authenticity, power, and the politics of autobiographical art-making. We’ll share excerpts from our published work as well as art and writing from others that exemplifies our ideas.
Here’s what’s new and different:
A functioning audio visual system! We will have slides to show with more art and video, and they will definitely work this time
Big fancy theater with more + more comfortable seating
Alex will play a (mostly) improvised ambient sound work for the duration of the talk, not just before and after, providing a nice musical backdrop for our yapping
More critical-theoretical stuff from me, and more examples of Ash’s video, visual, and performance work, which is to say less off-the-cuff shit talking. There will be more defined and refined contributions from each of us (studied but not stuffy)
Last time was more what-this-is, this time is more why-this-matters to us as artists and political actors
You’ll notice the title on the website is CRINGE, which is mostly my fault. I thought Abstract Expressionism might scare people in this venue’s primary audience away and that the term cringe captured something of the essence of our thought-project. In one circle of hell, you write ad copy. We made the title more accessible, but the content is still really thoughtful, weird, and, we hope, compelling. I learned some cool stuff researching for this talk, and I am looking forward to sharing it <3
Hope to see you there and elsewhere. Your support means the world!
Jaydra
