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In 1974 artist Jim Allen presented the performance
Contact at the Auckland Art Gallery. Contact
would come to be acknowledged as a seminal step in the development
performance art, a new radical art form in this country
that 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.
Opne late on White Night, 12 March, 6:00pm
- 7:30pm
In 2011 Contact will be infused with new life as the
historic work is re-preformed at ARTSPACE. 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.
The three parts of this performance will be featured across the
three Saturdays of Auckland Arts Festival. Documentation and
remnants of the performances are shown during the rest of the
exhibition.
Free
Performances at ARTSPACE
Computer Dance: Sat 5 March 6pm
Parangole Capes: Sat 12 March 6pm
Body Articulation/Imprint: Sat 19 March 6pm
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10am-6pm / Sat, 11pm-4pm
IMAGE: Jim
Allen, Contact, 1974, Performance at Auckland Art Gallery,
Toi O Tamaki. Photos by Bryony Dalfield, courtesy Michael Lett.
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