Performance
Performance has always been in the background of my work and life. Collaborating with people has inspired me to delve into performance independently from other mediums.
Jessica Chen (J CHEN Project) Fashion Night Out – The Set NYC, “ABOLITIONISTA!” Project Benefit
June 5th, 2014 we will be presenting a video of our shadow exploration collaborative project. We have enough material to produce several versions of this piece, and plan to experiment further using editing, theater, and music in both live performance and digital forms. Jessica is planning to adapt the piece for stage performance as a solo and ensemble piece. There are so many possibilities! Join us at the Holy Apostles Ballroom @ 296 Read More
AGAIN
The first iteration of an interactive set involving balloons, this was a performance I directed a few years ago while I was still a student at the Cooper Union. Since then, I have collaborated with Mark Ressl on some performances involving balloons and very simple, monotone sets, which I feel have stylistic similarity to this early piece.
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Becoming a Blob
Mark Ressl and I experimented with space and structure while we were staying with Celeste Pfau during our research trip in Alabama. These are excerpts from a number of videos and performances we shot, which we consider to be research and sketches toward Mark’s overall thesis project and our continued exploration of performance and direction together.
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Collection of Architects
I painted portraits from life of every member of one architecture class at the Cooper Union. Each portrait took an average of 1.5 hours, all oil on canvas. The portraits were given to the architects after the show. BIG thanks go to Mark Ressl for coordinating and scheduling EVERYONE in his class during finals to come and pose for me. I’m told that these photos were taken during an architecture Read More
Drawings with Markitecture, Tape, and Boxes
Mark Ressl posed as my subject for this body installation. Seriously fell in love with this white space and use of blocks. Mark was a trooper. We had a lot of fun experimenting in this space on other projects.
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