Inquiries
for an Artist who Doesn't Draw or Paint:
a question and answer booth about performance art.
The mission of this friendly,
carnival-style resource booth
(equipped with a live artist, reference books and
information on local events) is to answer questions
about live art, endurance-performance work and the
art/life continuum. What is performance art, where
does the inspiration come from and where can you find
it in your community? Come talk, the artist is in.
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photo's by Ryan Crase |
Performed:
Artopia:
June
27, 2009 Artopia
Link
Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger, Carnival
Zone, 2-6pm
Bumbershoot:
August
30 - September 1, 2008
Schedule of artists (curated by Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama
Trefsger):
Friday and Monday: Flatchestedmama,
the woman who's married to her art.
Saturday: Mimi Allin, the legendary
Poetess at Green Lake who spent a year of Sundays bringing
poetry to the people.
Sunday: Alex Martin, who wore the same
brown dress every day for one year.
Bios:
A. K. Allin produces poetry, installations,
instigations, text-art and poetry-driven performance.
She recently completed a year-long performance for
which she sat outside, at a small wooden desk, every
Sunday from 9-5, for one full year on the lawn at
Green Lake in Seattle, WA. Her mission- to interject
poetry into public places and open dialog about poets,
poetry and the search for the human spirit. Her journals
and pictures of associated instigations can be found
at: thepoetessatgreenlake.blogspot.com.
Allin holds and M. A. in Writing form City College
of New York. her work has been published on tote bags,
t-shirts and matchbooks. She is currently a board
member of the Washington Poet's Association, a member
of the 4710 Foundry, an artist-in-residence at Studio
Current on Capitol Hill and, on top of all this, she
curates a monthly event called "Untitled [Intersection]"
which combines performance art and poetry. A. K. Allin,
also known as "Mimi," lives aboard a 24'
sailboat and works in a boatyard in historic Ballard.
Alex Martin is a choreographer, performer
and designer in projects that defy easy categorization.
Alex's year-long solo performance, The Brown Dress,
was a daily performance project July 2005 to July
2006. Alex wore the same dress for 365 days, performed
in the Northwest New Works festival at On the Boards,
fueled a wide-ranging online dialog at www.littlebrowndress.com,
rode a wave of international media notoriety that
crested on the Today Show (NBC), and hosted an "Un-Dressing"
Party at Consolidated Works (Seattle). Alex Martin
was Co-Director of Seattle's BetterBiscuitDance (with
choreographer Freya Wormus) 1999 - 2006. Her work
has been presented by partners including On the Boards,
Bumbershoot, UW Summer Arts Festival, Centrum Arts,
Buttrock Suites, Seattle PRIDE, Richard Hugo House
and has received support from Seattle Office of Arts
& Cultural Affairs, 4 Culture, Artist Trust and
Centrum Arts.
Many thanks
to Ryan Crase, Bob Redmond, ONE REEL, Alex Martin,
A.K. Allin, Sam Trout and Gabe Stern.
