DEFIBRILLATOR
presents
SMUT
performance works about disgust, filth and otherization curated by
AUTUMN HAYS
featuring work by
JIM PIRTLE | JOSE HERNANDEZ | ISABELLE FRANCES MCGUIRE
WED 08.27.14 @ 8PM
$5 requested donation
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JIM PIRTLE is an artist who lives and works in HOUSTON, TX. JIM will present a performance as an exploration of the emotion DISGUST = spoiled food, maggots roaches and rats, body fluids outside of the body envelope and creeps or the use of disgust to other perceived undesirables by the dominant social class. DISGUST and its close friend shame are these somewhat hidden emotions (disgust) that biologically originated to prevent the eating of poisonous food and slowly became a component of morality (purity) and humans unwillingness to accept that man is an animal that is decomposing and will die. he is a child and not a god thus unable to control everything. we don’t like that thought, in fact, it disgusts us.
JIM PIRTLE & RICHIE HUBSCHER at NOTSUOH courtesy of ALEX BARBER
JOSE HERNANDEZ (ISHTAR BUKKAKE/ROSÈ/CELESTE) is a CHICAGO‐body based artist. drawing from elements of dance, performance, theater, music, and ritual he explores the spaces that border between the body, fantasy, queer world making, and religious practices in search for immanence in a post-millennial landscape. JOSE attended THE SCHOOL of the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO(BFA 2008). recently he was awarded a LINK UP RESIDENCY at LINKS HALL where he presents a three-day ceremony, PLANET X THE NU FANTAZTIIK. he has presented work in CHICAGO at DEFIBRILLATOR GALLERY, MUSEUM of CONTEMPORARY ART, S+S PROJECT, SULLIVAN GALLERIES, GARBAGE WORLD, HAPPY DOG, BERLIN, THE HIDEOUT, ALDO CASTILLO GALLERY, and NEW CAPITAL. he has also exhibited work at JACK (NYC), OLIVER FRANCIS GALLERY (DALLAS), AUX PERFORMANCE SPACE, and LITTLE BERLIN (PHILADELPHIA). he has performed and collaborated with artists ANTIBODY CORPORATION, GINGER KREBS, LA SPACER, GEL SET, EILEEN DOYLE, and HEATHER LYNN. currently he is collaborating with artist EFREN ADKINS with BURNING ORCHID a pre-identity post-colonial performative earthwork.
ISABELLE FRANCES MCGUIRE is a CHICAGO based multimedia artist currently working on her BFA at THE SCHOOL of the ART INSTITUTE of CHICAGO. she is a wannabe hot girl/ loves2dance/make-ups best friend.
