Unravel
Unravel
by Genevieve White
May 4 - 11, 2010
chashama 266 Window Space
266 West 37th Street
(between 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7/shuttle to Times Square; M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St)
New York, NY
**watch embedded videos here**
Unravel, May 8th on Vimeo
Unravel, May 9th on Vimeo
Unravel, May 10th on Vimeo stop-motion film made by Benjamin Heller
Unravel, May 11th on Vimeo
Unravel
a performance installation by Genevieve White
May 4 - 11, 2010
Performances daily: Noon
except Tuesday May 11th: Noon, 3p & 5p
"I wrap and mask my head with yarn until I cannot see, hear or breathe. To lose and find a way to be free in life over and over again is necessary. This gesture of unraveling the mind is a symbol of saturation and a trap the mind can follow. The hope is that one can always get out. In this performance, I aim at transforming the twine into a symbol for suppression and freedom coexisting. All I can feel is the rope, the pressure, my heart beat as I pull stronger, faster, slower and become covered and silent. To blind myself to see if I am alive and to know how unraveling the line of our thoughts in life is necessary. Slowing down to take the time to do so is what I’m learning."
Genevieve White was born in Montreal in May of 1983. She currently lives and works in New York City and is working on collaborative as well as independent performance projects. She recently graduated with her MFA from Parsons the New School. She will be performing next in a Sonik festival performance event at Climate gallery in NYC. She will also be performing at the Neuberger Museum solo pieces by artist Tania Bruguera. She has donated work for the Women of the Congo auction. Over the last year, she has been actively involved performing in a variety of projects, which incorporate art, dance, and music. Genevieve has collaborated in public in joint performances at the Art Lot in Red Hook, at Deitch Studios in Brooklyn, and also appeared in art films: Natural Gravity directed by Mia Berg and Marriage to a Donkey by performance artist Nadja Verena Marcin. She danced for the Summer Stage festival for DJ Drop the Lime. Genevieve also has recently been working at Farmani, a photography gallery in Dumbo.
www.genevievewhite.com | genevievewhite@rocketmail.com
by Genevieve White
May 4 - 11, 2010
chashama 266 Window Space
266 West 37th Street
(between 7th and 8th Avenues, A/C/E/1/2/3 to 34th Street, N/R/Q/W/7/shuttle to Times Square; M16, M34 buses to 8th Ave, M10, M20 to 36th St)
New York, NY
**watch embedded videos here**
Unravel, May 8th on Vimeo
Unravel, May 9th on Vimeo
Unravel, May 10th on Vimeo stop-motion film made by Benjamin Heller
Unravel, May 11th on Vimeo
Unravel
a performance installation by Genevieve White
May 4 - 11, 2010
Performances daily: Noon
except Tuesday May 11th: Noon, 3p & 5p
"I wrap and mask my head with yarn until I cannot see, hear or breathe. To lose and find a way to be free in life over and over again is necessary. This gesture of unraveling the mind is a symbol of saturation and a trap the mind can follow. The hope is that one can always get out. In this performance, I aim at transforming the twine into a symbol for suppression and freedom coexisting. All I can feel is the rope, the pressure, my heart beat as I pull stronger, faster, slower and become covered and silent. To blind myself to see if I am alive and to know how unraveling the line of our thoughts in life is necessary. Slowing down to take the time to do so is what I’m learning."
Genevieve White was born in Montreal in May of 1983. She currently lives and works in New York City and is working on collaborative as well as independent performance projects. She recently graduated with her MFA from Parsons the New School. She will be performing next in a Sonik festival performance event at Climate gallery in NYC. She will also be performing at the Neuberger Museum solo pieces by artist Tania Bruguera. She has donated work for the Women of the Congo auction. Over the last year, she has been actively involved performing in a variety of projects, which incorporate art, dance, and music. Genevieve has collaborated in public in joint performances at the Art Lot in Red Hook, at Deitch Studios in Brooklyn, and also appeared in art films: Natural Gravity directed by Mia Berg and Marriage to a Donkey by performance artist Nadja Verena Marcin. She danced for the Summer Stage festival for DJ Drop the Lime. Genevieve also has recently been working at Farmani, a photography gallery in Dumbo.
www.genevievewhite.com | genevievewhite@rocketmail.com
