Tic Toc Performance Art Series - Manifest 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Elizabeth Burke-Dain, 312.369.8695
April 8, 2009

COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO'S MANIFEST '09
Friday, May 15, 2009, 11:00pm to 7:00pm

In a variety of locations around Columbia College Chicago's campus conceptual funeral processions, weddings, domestic and foreign disputes, poetic tattoos for the mind and body and political disagreements dressed up as amusement park spectacles are all on the menu for this year's TicToc performance art lineup. The TicToc Performance Series presents site-specific, time-based performance art and street theater throughout the Manifest urban arts festival.

Schedule of Performances:

Bound and Determined
Tamale Sepp (MFA)
11am-7pm, 1104 S Wabash, lobby
Self-help books are bound and suspended "immobilized" using the consensual Japanese rope bondage technique Shibari.

American Hall of Pride
Casey Hart (BA)
11am-7pm, various outdoor locations
Overlooked or ignored aspects of America's culture and history are handily on display as interactive amusement-park cutouts.

a patch of blue sky
Heather Hartley (alumnus, MFA), Casey Murtaugh (alumnus, MFA)
3-7pm, 623 S Wabash, lobby
Using thousands of puzzle pieces, feathers, twine and their own voices, two women de-construct a chaotic landscape to assemble a floating, emblematic release.

Playful Disguises
Elena Katsulis (alumnus, BA)
3-5pm, 1104 S Wabash, sidewalk
Maximum effort and endurance is required in the ritualistic repetition of an everyday activity: the application of make-up.

Funeral Processional
Erin Cramer (MFA)
2-3pm, roaming outdoor performance
Creatures sculpted with handmade paper are characters in a funeral parade with live music from New Orleanian, Appalachian and Gypsy cultures.

Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space
Anni Holm (alumnus, BFA)
11am-5pm, 600 S Michigan
Museum of Contemporary Photography window
An artist finds herself in a small, useable space and conscientiously converts it into a mini-gallery in time for a mini-reception.

Dogwomen of Columbia College
Lessa Bouchard (MFA)
2-5pm, sculpture garden at 11th/S Wabash and 618 S Michigan sidewalk
Dogwomen mix a Jewish circle dance with modern choreography, combining movement, Diane DiPrima's poetry, Native American folklore, and music to explore ideas of buoyancy and compression.

Mything "The One"James Kinser (alumnus, MA)
11am-2pm, 618 S Michigan, lobby
Caricatures of a Bride and Groom descend on issues of gay marriage, gender identity, excessive wedding ceremony and the myth of finding "the one."

The Sounds of Paper
Laurie LeBreton (MFA)
3-7pm, 618 S Michigan, lobby
By bouncing, shaking and tapping on instruments made from fiber, the artist creates an interactive installation that explores the sound properties of paper.

the surprising remembrance of weightlessness
Lisa Leszczewicz (BA)
1-6pm, roaming outdoor performance
An exploration of the "weight" of emotional realization brings two people entwined in an intimate moment closer together with the physical surroundings of their city.

Processional
Zaine Magee (MFA)
11am-4pm, 623 S Wabash, Hokin Annex
Paintings, videos and live electronic sound create an immersive environment questioning the completeness of a body of work in relation to its process and sketches.

Supplant Me
Stacey Stormes (MFA)
11am-3pm, 623 S Wabash, lobby
Through the process of image-making, an interactive installation invites viewers to become part of the frame and space of art itself.

S'mores Coffin
Adam Rust (alumnus, MFA)
11am-7pm, sculpture garden, 11th/S Wabash An old camping pleasure is humorously reconsidered in a public installation.

Gentlemen Never Strike without Provocation
Tannar Veatch (BFA)
12-3pm, 1104 S Wabash, sidewalk
A gentleman will impose acts of destruction and dominance upon caricatures of weaker beings to elevate his own masculinity - a tableaux questioning gender roles.

Poetry Tattoo Parlor
Poetry BA and MFA students
1-5pm, sculpture garden, 11th/S Wabash
Indelible lines of verse - free and otherwise - are applied (temporarily) to the bodies of the verbally venturesome.

Other MANIFEST Highlights include:

Over 75 showcases in numerous creative media including screenings, lectures, gallery exhibitions, Web casts, performances, radio and television broadcasts and more.

Transmission: Manifest's Transmission exhibition transforms the cars of today into curiosities and art objects, and features art cars created by Columbia community and beyond. Witness this open air exhibition of provocative auto and auto-inspired art, located at 9th Street and Wabash Avenue.

Industry Night: An industry networking event that puts the students in the driver's seat while letting industry professionals sit back and discover some of the best emerging creative talent in Chicago.

Spectacle Fortuna: Columbia's parade of creativity wishes good fortune upon seniors and graduate students and celebrates the college's spirit and creative community. This free, public event includes: hundreds of giant puppets; spectacle items created by students, faculty, and staff; and the punk marching band Mucca Pazza. The 2009 theme, Human|Nature, examines the relationships and tensions between humankind and the natural world.

MORE INFO: For more information, high-resolution photos or to schedule an interview please contact Elizabeth Burke-Dain (eburkedain@colum.edu) or call (312) 369-8695.