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Jim Allen's Contact To Feature In Auckland Festival

Contact 2011: Jim Allen
5 March – 21 April 2011


Jim Allen's Contact To Feature In Auckland Festival
 
In a seductive and visceral experience we see live dancers interact with technology; physical space merge with bodily interaction, paint splattering on performers and capes used to undress and re-dress.
 
ARTSPACE is pleased to present Jim Allen’s Contact as part of the Auckland Festival 2011. Allen is recognised as an influential artist and educator, introducing the New Zealand art scene to post-object practices through his reconfiguration of space, movement and performance. He is known for his daring performance pieces initially exhibited in the 1970’s. For the Artspace performance series, local dancers will re-perform the pieces over three Saturdays.

Artspace Director Emma Bugden says “It is exciting and important for Artspace to re-stage Contact. Jim Allen is a seminal figure in many of today’s artists practices and there is a resurgence of interest from younger artists in this period both art historically and in the idea of restaging performance art. This is a unique opportunity to see these historical pieces live.”
 
On Saturday 12 March Contact coincides with Auckland Festival’s White Night, a local adaptation of the popular French Nuit Blanche, which sees the city turn into a bustling outdoor gallery.  White Night is an exciting evening event where museums, public and private galleries will be open until midnight with unique programmes of performances, music and other art events. For this special one night only occasion a free bus will connect the key arts precincts.
 
Performances at Artspace:
 
6pm Saturday 5 March: Computer Dance
 
6pm Saturday 12 March: Parangole Capes (part of White Night)
 
6pm Saturday 19 March Body Articulation/Imprint
 
Contact 2011 is presented in association with Auckland Arts Festival,
2 March – 20 March, 2011, www.aucklandfestival.co.nz

Contact 2011 is presented at Artspace with the support of Michael Lett and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
 
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