the RAPID PULSE INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ART FESTIVAL aims to represent a range of styles and forms in order to provoke thought and stimulate discourse surrounding performance art.
ANTIBODY CORP (Chicago) | JESSICA ELAINE BLINKHORN (US) | ANNA BROWN (Chicago) | ALISON CROCETTA & PETER REESE (US/Chicago) | DIAZ LEWIS: CARA MEGAN LEWIS & ALEJANDRO FIGUEREDO DIAZ-PERERA (Chicago/Cuba) | DISORIENTALISM: MARIANNE KIM & KATHERINE BEHAR (US) | ESPAND: HANNA M OWENS & SOHEILA AZADI (Chicago/Iran) | LINDA HESH (US) | LAI THI DIEU HA (Vietnam) | JASON LIM (Singapore) | ALASTAIR MACLENNAN (UK/Ireland) | CARLOS MARTIEL (Cuba) | MIKEY MCPARLANE (Chicago) | TEOMA NACCARATO (Canada) | KIRA O’REILLY (UK) | FREYA BJÖRG OLAFSON (Canada) | MATTHEW PREST (Australia) | RAQUEL PUNTO (Mexico) | BORYANA ROSSA (Bulgaria) | MICHAL SAMAMA (Chicago/Israel) | SANDRINE SCHAEFER (US) | MANUEL VASON (UK/Italy) | JULIE VULCAN (Australia) | LA POCHA NOSTRA (US/Mexico)
the curatorial committee for RAPID PULSE 2014 consists of MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO curatorial assistant, STEVEN L BRIDGES; curator and performance artist, JULIE LAFFIN; MA candidate in arts history and administration at the SCHOOL of the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO, GIANA GAMBINO; and DEFIBRILLATOR founder and director, JOSEPH RAVENS.
RAPID PULSE is made possible with support of THE BRITISH COUNCIL, CLIFF DWELLERS ARTS FOUNDATION, THE SCHOOL of the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO, SOCIETY for ARTS, HOLIDAY JONES, NIGHTINGALE, PETER GRANDE, THE CANADA COUNCIL for the ARTS, MANITOBA ARTS COUNCIL, THE WINNIPEG ARTS COUNCIL, VIDEO POOL MEDIA ARTS CENTER, MAXWELL COLETTE GALLERY, LOVELY BAKE SHOP, LETHERBEE DISTILLERY, NHA SAN COLLECTIVE, NOI, CHOPIN THEATER, INTERNATIONAL BEETHOVEN PROJECT, AUSTRALIA COUNCIL for the ARTS, and ORDINARY PROJECTS.
