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SIMON ROBERTS IN WHAT LIES BENEATH |
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UK photographer Simon Roberts exhibits his work in What Lies Beneath: Nature and Urban Landscape in EU Photography at the House of Sweden in Washington DC. Over twenty EU photographers explore the nuances of natural and built environments in this international exhibition, a partnership between FotoWeek DC and the Embassies of the EU Member States in Washington.
November 7 - 22 House of Sweden Washington, DC
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MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ: ENOUGH TIRANNY RECALLED, 1972-2009 |
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Supported by Grants to Artists, Marc Camille Chaimowicz has his first American institutional exhibition with Enough Tiranny Recalled, a new reinstallation of his seminal 1972 work. Chaimowicz was one of the first British artists to merge the realms of performance and installation art; his Tiranny exhibition compels audience participation and is composed of a variety of experiential objects including masks, music, mirrors, lights and the artist himself.
September 24 -November 21 Artists Space New York, New York
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LIAM GILLICK: THREE PERSPECTIVES AND A SHORT SCENARIO |
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Supported by Grants to Artists, British artist Liam Gillick exhibits Three perspectives and a short scenario at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. At its heart, Gillick’s work is concerned with how art and architecture influence, and are themselves influenced by, interpersonal communication and interactions in the public sphere. This is the most comprehensive exhibition of Gillick's work in an American museum to date, including a major site-specific installation, a presentation of his design and published works, and a film documenting projects from the entirety of his career.
October 10 -January 10 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Chicago, Illinois
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KNEEHIGH THEATRE: BRIEF ENCOUNTER |
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UK troupe Kneehigh Theatre perform Noël Coward’s Brief Encounter at St. Ann’s Warehouse this winter. Adapted from the 1946 David Lean film and Noel Coward’s original stage play Still Life, Brief Encounter switches seamlessly between theater and film to create a bygone romantic era seething with melodrama and music-hall exuberance.
December 2, 2009 – January 3, 2010 St. Ann’s Warehouse Brooklyn, New York |
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Tim Crouch: England |
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Masterful UK performance artist Tim Crouch returns to the US this fall with an East Coast tour of his play England. England is a performance inside an art gallery that explores the nature of trading in art and human beings. With great emotion, the play unravels an intimate mystery where cultures intersect and the lives of ordinary people are caught up in a global world.
November 2-4 Brown University Providence, Rhode Island
November 6-7 Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Burlington, Vermont
November 10-11 Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire
November 13-15 Institute of Contemporary Art Boston Boston, Massachusetts
November 17-20 Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio
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DV8 Physical Theatre: To Be Straight With You |
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UK physical theatre company DV8 perform To Be Straight With You in a California tour this fall. A poetic, unflinching exploration of tolerance, intolerance, religion and sexuality, this piece of dance theater is based on audio interviews with real people throughout the UK. Merging contemporary dance with text, documentary, animation and film, DV8 explores how modern society reconciles faith and human rights.
November 6-7 UCLA Live Los Angeles, California
November 12-14 Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, California
November 18 UCSB Arts & Lectures Santa Barbara, California
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