November 17, 5:30 PM
Blurring divisions of person and place, and targeting themes of immobility and movement, classism, of invisible street economies, criminality and violence, Concrete / Fabulisms is a durational performance presented by Michael Workman with collaborators Andrea Cerniglia and dropshift dance.
With a nod to Wolf Vostell’s “Concrete Traffic,” “CONCRETE” is a statement work wherein Workman’s lower body and limbs are immersed in wet concrete, and left to cure for a minimum drying time. Once Workman’s body is withdrawn, the remaining concrete may be displayed as ephemera left over from the performance.
“FABULISMS” will take place throughout the curing time, to mark the movement between states of the drying concrete. Each of Workman’s collaborators will present dances marking the contraction, drying and tightening of the concrete around Workman’s body through evaporation, which has three distinct stages of drying: a constant rate of evaporation period, followed by two falling rate periods.
