ART OF PERFORMANCE @ UCI 2015 – PRESENT

ABOUT

An annual event dedicated to experimentation in live art and pedagogical research at UCI’s Experimental Media and Performance Lab, Co-Founded and Co-Curated by Ulysses Jenkins and Deborah Oliver. This series also includes workshops and classes with UCI students and a Q & A after each performance with the audience. This event also initiated the CTSA Lifetime Achievement Award and has given out seven awards between 2015 and 2021.  A University of California Institute of Research on the Arts Grant, the UCI Art Department Discretionary Funds Award, the Claire Trevor School of the Arts Dean’s Office and UCI’s Illuminations Grants has funded this program.

PROJECTS

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  Merge & The Open 2023March 9, 2023
  Oguri and Steinberg’s exploration of dance in physical space and UCI student’s collaboration challenging notions of identity in relation to outside factors.
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  Sound House (Everyone is Working) 2022June 2, 2022
  Composers John Eagle, Cassia Streb, and artist Janie Geiser work together in a sound-specific durational performance with an ensemble of collaborators.
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  Ritual, Performance, Visionary Consciousness, and the Videophone 2021June 3, 2021
  First virtual performance focusing on the past, present, and future of telecommunications.
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  George Herms in Moten Swing 2019November 21, 2019
  George Hermes’s poetic sculptures establishing dialogue and sound through the work’s interactive performance.
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  Simone Forti and Friends 2018November 1, 2018
  Simone Forti’s pioneering work within dance and choreography.
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  The Rachel Rosenthal Company/Tohubohu 2017November 2, 2017
  Rachel Rosenthal’s improvisational work surrounding her own philosophies of life.
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  It’s Your Party by Nancy Buchanan 2016November 3, 2016
  Nancy Buchanan’s durational performance reflecting on the consequences of the “war on terror”.
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  Rainbow Jam by Fallen Fruit 2016October 27, 2016
  A collaborative video inspired by performance scores from twentieth century art actions-scripts.
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  A Tribute to Rudy Perez 2015November 7, 2015
  Rudy Perez and his life story as a dancer and choreographer, as well as his accomplishments.

CONTACT

Email: oliverd@uci.edu or ujenkins@uci.edu

Telephone
949-824-664

Mailing Address
Department of Art
Claire Trevor School of the Arts
University of California, Irvine
3229 Art Culture and Technology
Irvine, CA  92697-2775

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