Einat Amir “Our Best Intentions”

Affirmation Arts

poster for Einat Amir “Our Best Intentions”

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Closed Session Evening Performances: November 12, 13, 15, 16 & November 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 at 6:30pm
Each interactive, closed session performance is 1 hour. It is essential to book ahead.

Einat Amir’s Our Best Intentions invites audience members to take part in an intimate participatory performance combining elements from psychotherapy, theater and art. As individuals walk into a space divided into four domestic areas - a family lounge, a bedroom, a study, and a dining room - each participant selects a vest featuring an array of labels, such as “mother,” “doubt,” “addiction,” “lover,” “future,” and more. Under the direction of four moderators, the performance becomes a collaborative session where participants are encouraged to use personal stories and memories to confront unresolved issues, form momentary and intimate connections with strangers, and reveal themselves in unexpected ways. Our Best Intentions is an unpredictable series of interactions between moderators and audience members that seeks to contrast the individual/internal experience of therapy with the more dramatic devices of performance. As the action moves throughout the demarcated space, the audience is both active and passive, taking turns to watch other rooms and participate within their own section, adding to the climatic, often emotional roller coaster ride of different scenarios that will unfold in the space.

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Schedule

from November 12, 2013 to November 23, 2013
A four-channel video installation is open to the public at Affirmation Arts from November 12 - 23, Tuesday through Saturday, 11am - 6pm.

Opening Reception on 2013-11-14 from 18:30 to 20:00

Artist(s)

Einat Amir

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