Date: Saturday, February 06, 2010
Time: 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Now Playing: An afternoon of performance by
emerging New York
artists organized by Melissa Levin.
Order of
performances:
4:00pm Bryan Zanisnik
4:30pm
Noveller
5:15pm
CHERYL
For Saturday Sessions, Bryan Zanisnik will present a new performance, Unshaved Coiffure and Root, that incorporates the artist's parents
and the transference of hair.
Born in Union, New Jersey, Bryan
Zanisnik currently lives and works in Brooklyn,
NY. He holds a B.A. from Drew University
and in 2009 received his M.F.A. from Hunter
College. Recent
exhibitions include Sunday L.E.S., New York, NY; The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL; The
Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest, Hungary; The Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL; The
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY.
Recent screenings include Artists Space, New York, NY; Broadway 1602, New York,
NY; Yvon Lambert, New York, NY; Dresdner Bank, Frankfurt, Germany. In 2008 he
attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and in 2007 he was a
resident at the Art Omi International Artists Residency.
Noveller is the solo project of
Brooklyn-based sound artist and filmmaker Sarah Lipstate. She has created music
with One Umbrella, Parts & Labor, Nancy Garcia, Cold Cave,
Rhys Chatham, and Glenn Branca. Her experimental short films have screened at
SXSW, Cinematexas, the 12th Kyoto International Student Film Festival, No Fun:
Infinite Sound and Image at the New
Museum, and the Women of
NY Cinema program at 92Y Tribeca.
CHERYL presents CHERYL (will ruin your life), a HAPPPENINGTM. Video Screening.
Dance. Video Shoot. Dance. Dance. Dance. Don a dashiki, dust off your cat mask,
comb your wig. Join the CHERYLs for an afternoon of participatory hijinks and
museum mayhem.
CHERYL is a
video/performance collective that explores the themes of mortality, mania, the
feline-human connection, the limits of shoulders, the flammability of
dollar-store hair extensions, and the staining power of fake blood. Through
themes ranging from topical to bizarre, the CHERYLs revel in the joyous power
of dance-induced psychosis/euphoria. CHERYL has been bringing its particular
brand of FRESHMAGICKTM to New York City since colonial times, and has since
acquired a dedicated cult following and media attention for over-the-top
happenings involving outrageous costumes, exuberant dance moves, and
participatory dance floor suicide.
Melissa Levin is an independent curator and
Program Manager in Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Artist Residencies
Department. She has curated exhibitions at Cuchifritos Gallery, ISE Cultural
Foundation, Andrea Rosen Gallery, LMCC, and Taylor De Cordoba Gallery.