September 28, 2017
Arts Roundup: Material performance, faculty concert, changing forms, eight studies for the book of genesis, and BANDALOOP
This week in the arts, see the School of Art + Art History + Design second year MFA show; hear an evening of world premieres of music for speaking and singing percussionists; get a final look at the Henry’s exhibitions of work by Doris Totten Chase and Jacob Lawrence; and experience BANDALOOP as they weave dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side.
MATERIAL PERFORMANCE: 2ND YEAR MFA EXHIBITION
Through November 4| Jacob Lawrence Gallery
FACULTY CONCERT: BONNIE WHITING WITH JENNIFER TORRENCE
Wednesday, September 27; 7:30PM | Meany Studio Theater
Percussion Studies Chair Bonnie Whiting joins percussionist Jennifer Torrence (Norway) in an evening of world premieres of music for speaking and singing percussionists. The program includes a work for crash cymbals, resonant feedback, and singing by Paula Matthusen, music for small electronic toys and deconstructed language by Bethany Younge, and a collaborative improvisation with DXARTS professor Afroditi Psarra featuring her signature wearable electronics and embroidered synthesizers. A Q&A with the performers and composers follows the program. Note: The duo also presents a free master class earlier in the day, 11:30 a.m., Meany Studio Theater. More info.
DORIS TOTTEN CHASE: CHANGING FORMS
Through October 1 | Henry Art Gallery
The first retrospective of artist Doris Totten Chase (U.S., 1923 – 2008), this exhibition will include a selection of works created between 1956 and 2000 including paintings, drawings, sculptures, and videos. More prominently known in Seattle for her large kinetic public sculptures, Chase is also considered an early proponent of video art, beginning her work with the medium in the early 1970s. As early as 1968 she started recording dancers interacting with her sculptures. These early films were colorized and manipulated to disrupt time and filmic space. She later experimented with computer imaging at the Boeing Company, where emerging technology allowed her to expand the possibilities of image processing. More info.
JACOB LAWRENCE: EIGHT STUDIES FOR THE BOOK OF GENESIS
Through October 1| Henry Art Gallery
Organized in celebration of the centennial of the birth of revered American artist and University of Washington professor Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), this exhibition features a suite of silkscreen prints that tell the Genesis narrative of creation through the artist’s recollected memories of time spent witnessing sermons in the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. More info.
BANDALOOP
October 5–7 | Meany Theater
A pioneer in vertical dance performance, BANDALOOP weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side — performing on theaters, museums, skyscrapers, bridges, billboards and historical sites, and on the sides of cliffs. This season, we join the company in unexplored territory, commissioning a new work with music by Gabriel Prokofiev. Also on the program: Harboring, a multi-dimensional dance that moves indoors and out, evoking maritime images of travel, memory and the ocean’s fluidity. More info.
