What can I say, I’m a sucker for performance. Here are two clips from the ongoing Whitney Biennial at the Park Ave Armory. Maria Rosenfeld’s Teenage-Lontano/16 Channels and Gang Gang Dance, Untitled. (Ed Note: The performance part of the exhibition has ended).
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Layering dense tonal collage and luscious, echoing vocals, Gang Gang Dance challenges expectations implicit in rock music. Here, as the audience faces a mirror being painted, a projection of the band playing live behind the mirror is gradually revealed. video by Carlton Bright.
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Teenagers and Youth Insights Artist-in-Residence MARINA ROSENFELD perform Rosenfeld’s Teenage Lontano in the Drill Hall of Park Avenue Armory for the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Video by Carlton Bright.
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