featured artists
Remember the Rhythm of Life.
BQdanza explores the mystery and magic of everyday life using modern dance. Ecuadorian Artistic Director Carla Barragán leads BQdanza in a dance style that is an eclectic combination of the postmodernist North American and Latin American currents. She creates characters and movement from human beings' emotions, creating texture and unfolding a form of visual art that uses the full stage as a canvas.
BQdanza will perform during the Opening Reception.
Founded in 1998, Circus Contraption is a nonprofit collective of more than a dozen physical performers, including aerialists, stilt-walkers, and musicians. The collective strives to create striking, unique theatrical works rooted in circus arts and describes itself as “quirky-jerky loony-croony gypsy carnival opera music…Sometimes spooky, sometimes strange, sometimes raucous, and sometimes sweet.” Performances feature live, original music by the Circus Contraption Band.
Circus Contraption will perform during the Opening Reception.
Lelavision
Lelavision founders Leah Mann and Ela Lamblin work with a synthesis of form, space, movement, and music in a unique collaboration. Lamblin's musical instrument/sculptures are meant not only to be viewed, but to be sounded and intimately experimented with. Mann's work pulls from many ethnic and technical genres but is centered in the exploration of art as spiritual journey and social justice tool. Lelavision has toured their hybrid genre of performance, coined Physical Music, around the globe.
Lelavision will perform before the Keynote Lecture.
Trimpin
Trimpin is a kinetic sculptor, sound artist, musician, and composer. Most of his artwork integrates sculpture and music. He was the recipient of a 1997 MacArthur "Genius" Award and a 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship. Trimpin’s work has been exhibited in museums and all over the world as public artwork. In July 2005, several museums in Washington State engaged in a year-long survey of his work, with installations and/or performances occurring throughout the Northwest. A full-length documentary about Trimpin's life and work is presently in post-production.
Trimpin will perform before the Public Art Year in Review.
