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Mary Coble
dal 17/5/2007 al 29/6/2007

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17/5/2007

Mary Coble

Conner Contemporary Art, Washington

Performance and exhibition. The artist simultaneously presents a video narrative of experiences of gays and lesbians to whom this psychiatric treatment was forcibly administered with the objective of re-conditioning their sexual orientation.


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Aversion

Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to present Aversion, a new performance by Washington, DC based Mary Coble. An installation of video and photographs of the performance and related work will be view on through June 30, 2007. In her opening night performance Coble will attach electrodes to herself to recreate the severe effects of electric shock aversion therapy. The artist will simultaneously present a video narrative of experiences of gays and lesbians to whom this psychiatric treatment was forcibly administered with the objective of re-conditioning their sexual orientation.

Reorientation therapy was supported by the American Psychological Association until 1973, when homosexuality was declassified as a mental disorder. Patients were subjected to repeated sessions during which they were shown a series of erotic images. Whereas opposite-sex images elicited no negative stimulation, shock was administered in conjunction with same-sex images. In Aversion Coble boldly calls attention to continued social pressures toward conformity which perpetuate the advocacy of reorientation therapy by extremist organizations today.

Mary Coble's work is currently on view in Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York through July 1, 2007 and was recently seen in Passion/Provocation: photography and video in the collection of Teofilo Cohen (Mexico City, MX) and me, myself and I: artist self portraits from the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection (Virgina Beach, VA) . Recent performances include: Gender Mask (becoming) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Binding Ritual Daily Routine at Artist's Space, New York, NY (Performa) and Marker at the D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY. Coble's work is in the collection of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC.

There will be a live webcast of the performance, Friday, May 18th at 7:30 pm.

Performance: Friday, May 18th at 7:30

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