10/9/2002
Mechanical American Man
Mobius, Boston
Sculptor and performance artist Yin Peet's Mechanical American Man explores the disjointed existence that is experienced by most immigrant members of modern U.S. society. Her installation will envelop the gallery space with disembodied sculptural representations of the human figure.
A sculptural installation by artist Yin Peet
Exhibition, September 11-29
Sculptor and performance artist Yin Peet's Mechanical
American Man explores the disjointed existence that is experienced by
most immigrant members of modern U.S. society. Her installation will
envelop the gallery space with disembodied sculptural representations
of the human figure: different parts of the body, including the
organs, will loom from the walls and ceiling, expanding and
contracting, mechanically yet organically. The Mechanical American
Man will contribute to the atmosphere of Variations V by John Cage, a
2002 revisitation of Cage's pioneering multimedia performance
(originally staged in 1965), to be held at Mobius from Sept. 27-29.
(Background) A sculptor born in Taiwan, Yin Peet addresses multiple
perspectives concerning social norms between the East and West. In
creating her sculptures, she often also explores the process of
making the object as a form of performance. The characteristics of
her installations/performances are to stretch the use of media beyond
the boundaries of conventional sculptural materials into media that
includes time, sound, movement and the recitation of text. Her work
many of which have received awards, has been frequently seen in the
United States, Croatia, England, Hong Kong, Nepal and Taiwan.
Recently, the 5 ft. 2 in. Peet can be found at the Westford (MA)
Quarry carving large-scale sculptures from granite and marble using a
rotary saw and a blowtorch. (For more information, see
http://www.yinpeetsculpture.com.)
Tickets:
The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public; for
information please call (617) 542-7416
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Performance Art/Theater
Mobius
presents
At First Blush
a performance by award-winning artist
Rochelle Fabb
(a member of the Rachel Rosenthal Company)
When:
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 13-15, 8 pm
"A humorous yet disturbingly voyeuristic devolution of girlhood."
LA Weekly review of At First Blush
(Boston) At First Blush, a solo performance written, choreographed
and performed by Los Angeles-based Rochelle Fabb, has received
acclaim in both the Los Angeles and French press. This
interdisciplinary performance work uses visually compelling imagery
and absurd humor to explore lust and lost innocence and considers the
pros and cons, truths and consequences of current trends in feminism,
abstinence and sexual freedom. The piece establishes an obstacle
course of female stereotypes and gleefully crashes through them like
a demolition derby - poking fun at everything stereotypically female,
from cheesecake glamour shots to hysterical suicide attempts, from
adolescent dreams of baton twirling to infantile fantasies of love.
At First Blush is a unique blend of sharp theatricality and
subversive, sexually charged and visceral performance art that
addresses sensuality, repression and vulnerability with a punk rock
sensibility - think Marilyn Monroe meets Marilyn Manson.
This visceral and witty demonstration/deconstruction of feminism,
girlhood and fractured fairytale follows three distinct female
personae - a hard-bitten businesswoman, a high school majorette and a
doll baby -- all on the verge of self-destruction and in the throes
of a physical and existential quest for release. A highlight of the
performance is a hilarious, subversive homage to the "Flashdance"
striptease scene (as a pop-culture catalyst for sexual awakening in
girlhood) from a tormented business professional. The physiologically
stimulating score includes riffs from an electrified breast pump,
military marches, romantic mood music and alpha-male driven hip-hop.
At First Blush has been presented at Espace DbD and Highways
Performance Space in Los Angeles, the Performance Rodeo hosted by the
centre d'art Marnay art center (camac) in France and at the Raw-Ev
Tempel in Berlin.
(Bio.) Rochelle Fabb is a theater and installation artist who has
performed her critically acclaimed works nationally and
internationally. She is a recent recipient of The Fund for U.S.
Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions Award and a Durfee
Foundation Artists' Resource for Completion Grant and was selected to
be an artist-in-residence at the Djerassi Foundation in Fall 2002.
She recently performed in the All Stars of Performance Art series
with John Fleck and Andy Dick at the Knitting Factory, Let Me Call
You Daddy at Crazy Space, Mood Swings at the Electric Lodge and At
First Blush (LA Times Best Bet, LA Weekly Pick of the Week, LA
Magazine Theater Recommendation) at the Bald Ambition Festival in LA
(Fall 2000), at camac's inaugural Performance Rodeo in France and in
Berlin (July 2001). In 1999, Fabb performed her multimedia
production, Barely Breeding: A Hysterical Pregnancy in Three Acts, as
the headlining performance of the Muestra Ex-Teresa Festival in
Mexico City and the LA Woman Festival, Highways and Espace DbD in LA.
Fabb has toured her works to the Cleveland Performance Art Festival,
Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors Festival, Mobius, Cambridge Multicultural
Arts Center and countless site-specific locations. She was a featured
soloist with the Rachel Rosenthal Company from 1996 - 2000. The LA
Times has called her performances "weirdly erotic, blissfully
ambivalent, unsullied by a lesson plan." Fabb was featured on KCET's
Life and Times Tonight profile as one of the "All Stars of LA
Performance Art."
Known for her intrepid performances and unique style of incorporating
the beautiful and the unthinkable, the L.A. Times singled out her
stripper in a wheelchair sequence in the Rachel Rosenthal Company's "
Timepiece" as a "solo that will linger most in mind." The French
daily paper, L'Est-Éclair proclaimed that "Rochelle Fabb juxtaposes
innocence and violence with brio. Her representations seduce and
transport the public into unknown territoriesRochelle Fabb is truly
fascinating." For more information on Rochelle Fabb, visit
http://www.geocities.com/rochellefabb.
Fresh from The Philadelphia Fringe Festival (Sept. 3d-8th), Fabb's At
First Blush has received many awards including the U.S.I.A. Fund for
U.S. Artists at International Festivals and the Durfee Foundation
Artist Completion Grant. LA Magazine has proclaimed that her
"Flashdance homage a la Nancy Reagan alone may be well worth the
price of admission."
In the pics: copper objectives, 2000.
gallery hours, Wed.-Sat., 12-5 pm;
opening reception and gallery talk, Sat., September 14, 3-5 pm.
Tickets:
$12/10 students, seniors and Friends of Mobius. Reservations strongly
recommended; please call Mobius at (617) 542-7416. Mobius does not
turn away audience members based on inability to pay. If you are
unable to pay the full admission price, please call the Mobius office
in advance to make other arrangements.
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Mobius
Boston's Artist-Run Center
for Experimental Work in All Media
354 Congress St.
Boston, MA 02210
phone: 617-542-7416
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