Performature : Performateur #3 - Open Studio

A temporary collective of installation, sound and performing artists in a short residency and performance event at STST.ARI, Katoomba.

A collective of installation, sound and performing artists in a short residency to explore ways of extending their visual and performance boundaries spatially and conceptually. This will result in two performance evenings. You may also meet the artists and see the process during the open studios.

Venue: Steep St., 84 Bathurst Road, Katoomba NSW 2780

A temporary collective including:

Chris Caines, sound

Damian Castaldi, audiovisual percussive installation

WeiZen Ho, concept initiator and performance deviser

Naomi Oliver, digital video, animation, sound and performance

Michael Petchkovsky, electronic media

Alan Schacher, installation and performance/activation

PLUS Laura Altman (clarinet) with guest artists

Open Studio(visit and chat and view the installations) Thursday , Friday, Saturday 6,7,8 May 2-5pm

Performances Artists activate their installations with sound, performance, projections and more. Friday 7 May 8pm / Saturday 8 May 10pm / $15 entry TICKETS : performature.eventbrite.com.au

Background information:

This is the third iteration of a concept proposed by WeiZen Ho. In this process artists consider and reformulate the language/vocabulary that has been built up  around their practices over time. The provocation is to identify and play with the concept of performature and performateur, investigating how those terms can shift their approach towards performance - devising. The exploration is also to consider aspects of each artists’ practice that expands the notion of what is “performative”. 

WeiZen Ho

Steep St. aka STST.ARI gallery-venue, Katoomba

Source: https://www.emus.space/archive/2021/5/6/performature-performateur-3-open-studio