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Images of Performance Art from Rapid Pulse at Rosekill, Hudson River Valley, New York, June 17, 2017

This post is about images from Rapid Pulse at Rosekill that we don’t have for one reason or another... We want to highlight works by Máiréad Delaney, Clara Diamond, Uchenna Agwuncha, | \|/ | | | | ∆ /|\ ∆ /|\ ∆ Y ∆ ‡ () r r 3 s, and Andrew Barco. We also want to acknowledge the  amazing food prepared with love by Mor Pipman, and an After-Dinner Discussion lead by Preach R Sun questioning, ”What is Fire?” on Friday night.

On Saturday…Mairead played with fire, Clara wrestled demons, Uchenna crawled out of the darkness, William serenaded us, and Andrew created a contraption that could change the weather...

The tour is over and the artists are waiting for a Greyhound bus from Detroit home to Chicago. We are all so grateful to Jill and Hoke at Rosekill and Thomas Bell at Spread Art for this monumental and unforgettable artistic adventure.

Below, the artists are at the Greyhound Station in Detroit - on the way home to Chicago! Left to right: Carlos Salazar Lermont, Maryam Taghavi, Andrew Barco, Holly Arsenault, Amanda Staples, William Torres, and Uchenna Agwuncha.

a note from joseph ravens ::

Tomorrow [Sat 17 June] we will show our work at the Performance Art paradise known as Rosekill. The group on tour has morphed and transformed in the past week. Last Sunday we said goodbye to a few folks who had to return to Chicago: dyoskuri (Michael Lee Bridges + Jake Eveker) and Máiréad Delaney. Máiréad, however, is reconnecting with us at Rosekill today, along with Thomas Bell and Jessica Lynn Schlobohm. While in Detroit we enjoyed spending time with Upended Teacups [Corey Gearhart and Stefanie Cohen] and visiting their outstanding performance venue, Light Box. We then welcomed Maryam Taghavi who joined us for the second leg of our tour. We rented a large van in Detroit and nine of us piled in at 10:30PM Sunday to drive through the night to the Hudson Valley: Angeliki Tsoli, Uchenna Agwuncha, William Torres, Holly Arsenault, Andrew Barco, Maryam Taghavi, Carlos Salazar Lermont, and our valiant and vigilant driver, Amanda Staples - who did the entire 12 hours on her own!

We were welcomed warmly by Jill and Hoke and set out to explore the stunning landscape and, of course, we immediately jumped into the lake! It was so hot when we arrived! Now it’s very cool.The first few days were about acclimating to our surroundings and dealing with nature and, basically, camping. Ticks, insects, snakes...we had some fears to confront. Amidst all this we starting devising performances, scouting locations and materials, and brainstorming. 

Wednesday we said goodbye to Angeliki Tsoli who had to return to Chicago. On her bus into New York City, she received word that her flight was cancelled and she couldn’t leave until Friday - two days away! EstheR Neff and Brian McCorkle of performance venue Panoply Lab came to the rescue and swept up our stranded tour member and took amazing care of her. It blows my mind how the Performance Art community takes care of their own. We’re so very grateful.

Before leaving, Angeliki presented two projects. The first was a light photography collaboration with Holly Arsenault (the images above!). She also made a performance with a tire on a hill in a meadow. Andrew Barco has been fishing every day and has occasionally amplified his fishing rod with contact microphones - creating strange and wonderful sounds - as if he is playing the lake like a musical instrument. Images of these works are above. 

Today is the final day before performances begin tomorrow so everyone is in creation mode. Thomas and Jessica [Detroit] are re-connecing with us today, as is Máiréad. We met the wonderful Melissa Lockwood when we arrived (her giant dress can be seen on the barn in the background of Holly and Angeliki’s light photo!) and she will also share a performance tomorrow along with NY additions, Clara Diamond and Hector Canonge. Tonight at 5PM we connect to discuss our locations, durations, and time of day. Performances will begin at 11AM and go until 11PM. Tonight we will have a dinner made by Mor Pipman followed by a talk, ”What is Fire?” by Preach R Sun.

We are capturing the energy from six years of Rapid Pulse International Performance Art Festival and taking it on the road. First stop: DETROIT. Some of us arrived at Spread Art and a few more are on their way... Performances begin TONIGHT [09 JUNE] at 8PM and will happen again at the same time tomorrow.  

Tonight lineup [FRI 09 JUNE]  (subject to change!): Amanda Staples, Angeliki Tsoli,  Thomas Bell , Andrew Barco, Holly Arsenault, Máiréad Delaney,  \|/ | | | | ∆ /|\ ∆ /|\ ∆ Y ∆ ‡ () r r 3 s.

Tomorrow [SAT 10 JUN] (subject to change!): Uchenna Agwuncha, dyoskuri, Upended Teacups, Allison Baker, Jessica Lynn Schlobohm, Maryam Taghavi, Carlos Salazar Lermont.

Photo above taken by Thomas Bell and, left to right, includes Joseph Ravens, Amanda Staples, dyoskuri [Michael Lee Bridges + Jake Eveker], Holly Arsenault, Angeliki Tsoli and \|/ | | | | ∆ /|\ ∆ /|\ ∆ Y ∆ ‡ () r r 3 s.

During a week long residency at Rosekill in Rosendale, NY, Joseph Ravens installed his work, ROYGBIV, as an action taking place in occupied and rural landscapes within the Hudson River Valley. Rosekill is a special place in an exceptionally beautiful location where people come from around the world to make, share, discuss or experience Performance Art. Rosekill is run by Jill McDermid and Erik Hokanson who also manage Grace Exhibition Space in Brooklyn, and the Art/Life Institute in Kingston, NY.