“ULAY & JAŠA: Cutting Through the Clouds of Myth” Exhibition
Kustera Projects Red Hook
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WE.ARE Institute presents the exhibition ULAY & JAŠA: Cutting Through the Clouds of Myth, a site-specific installation and performance curated by Mitra Khorasheh, at Kustera Projects Red Hook, with a special 3-day opening reception performance by the artists on May 6, 7, and 8, from 6-10pm.
ULAY’S last performance project in New York was in 1986. This exhibition will mark ULAY’s return to the city after 30 years, for a collaboration with the Slovenian artist JAŠA who he met in 2012…the conversation began…
A pioneer and central figure of performance art since the 1970’s, ULAY’s most recent artistic activity has focused on environmental issues, specifically on initiatives that raise awareness, enhance the understanding, appreciation and respect for our most precious resource: water.
One of Slovenia’s most prolific and critically acclaimed artists, JAŠA transforms spaces into experiences, driving them toward their poetic and ecstatic potentials. His most recent project was the highly acclaimed installation and performance series he produced for the Venice Biennial.
Cutting Through The Clouds of Myth is a series of actions, an intimate happening, an experiential installation, a language of communication, a provoking exploration of dualities, a setting of madness and tranquility, mockery and admiration. The result: an optimistic consciousness. A dialogue of togetherness. Presence. Spirit. Matter. Hope.
—Mitra Khorasheh
WE.ARE is an art production and management organization, focused on individual and collaborative project realization, covering all fields of contemporary art with a focus on installation, situation, visual narrative, sound and performance. WE.ARE has produced, managed and curated the highest quality art projects in a range of contexts and environments.
MITRA KHORASHEH is a New York based Curator and Contemporary Art Specialist. Currently, she is the Curator of New Water Culture, a social enterprise dedicated to fostering environmental awareness and social advocacy through art and technology for the purpose of safeguarding our planet’s resource of water.
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Schedule
from May 06, 2016 to June 01, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-05-06 from 18:00 to 22:00
OPENINING PERFORMANCE: May 6, 7, and 8th, from 6 – 10 p.m.