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Jim Allen, Contact 2011, Artspace: 5 March - 21 April 2011
Jim Allen, Contact 2011, Artspace: 5 March - 21 April 2011
In 1974 Jim Allen presented the performance Contact at the Auckland Art Gallery. Contact would come to be acknowledged as a seminal step in the development of a new radical art form in this country, moving away from the static object into live action. The importance of Allen’s role in New Zealand, as an artist and an educator, can be seen in the work of subsequent generations of artists.
In 2011 Contact will be
re-performed at Artspace, infusing new life into this
historic work.
At its core Contact speaks about a
release from social alienation through collective
activity—literally ‘making contact’. The three
elements—Computer Dance, Parangole Capes and Body
Articulation/Imprint—deploy formal structures in which the
interplay of bodies use movement, form, sound and light to
strive for transcendence.
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Performances at
Artspace, 300 Karangahape Road, Auckland
Saturday 5 March, 6pm
Computer Dance
Saturday 12 March, 6pm
Parangole Capes
Saturday 19 March, 6pm
Body
Articulation/Imprint
Contact 2011 is presented at
Artspace with the support of Michael Lett and the
Govett-Brewster Art
Gallery.
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