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the subtle bodies seriespresented by adam overton and friends, wherever and whenever
the subtle bodies series is a sporadic investigation involving artists, performers, choreographers, and sound artists working to facilitate subtle, barely-noticed experiments in sound, movement, action, and energy within public spaces. Ranging from performances and workshops to activities and rumors, these subtle occurrences are lightly announced, barely present, and open to any who might care to notice or participate. The series invites those involved to explore more fully the range of motion to which we're entitled in the various public spaces and governed environments we regularly inhabit, while striving to live in peaceful parallel with the everyday activity of our surroundings.
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Update (2/2010): the subtle bodies series is currently expanding out of the institutional framework of the Machine Project residency at the Hammer, into the various environments we inhabit every day in Los Angeles and beyond. We plan to continue exploring the range of freedoms we have to act spontaneously, creatively, and peacefully as subtle visitors, wherever we are. Stay tuned for more in this series...
participating artists (so far): Samantha Gregg, Paul Pescador, Paige Tighe, Michael Parker, Mark So, Mariel Carranza, Lailye Weidman & Adam Overton, Kadet Kuhne, Johanna Reed, Gerhard Schultz, Eliot Eidelman, Elana Mann, Anonymous, Akina Ruth Cox, adam overton,
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ongoing this month...there are currently no ongoing subtle bodies series events [that we know of]...
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coming up...stay tuned for more upcoming subtle bodies series activities and events...
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past events...Tu 7/19 – Th 7/29/2011, 11am–5pm everyday!
presented as part of Machine Project Summer Jubilee
 
Machine Project is visiting the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis during the last two weeks of July, and are taking with them a stack of Invisible & Subtle Performance Pamphlets! The pamphlet contains over 25 subtle pieces – actions, activities, and thoughts – that can be performed, mostly invisibly, while observing the exhibitions currently on display.
Hardcopies of the pamphlet can be collected at the reception desk while visiting the Walker. Meanwhile, download and view a pdf of the pamphlet here!
Special thanks to Sarah Schultz & Scott Stulen of the Walker, and to Machine Project!
Sat, 21 May 2011, 3, 5, & 7pm
where: Silverlake Jubilee [meet at the corner of Gateway and Myra, under the big tree]
A dérive is a walk with no destination, or with infinite destinations. When on a dérive, you let yourself be guided by curiosity, and then the enchantment begins. Adam Overton and Lailye Weidman have been collaborating on magical walks in LA for three years, adapting improvisation, somatic and composition practices for busy city streets and overgrown alleyways. Come dérive at the Silverlake Jubilee on Saturday May 21!
here's today's menu of dérives! -> Jubilee Dérives [pdf]
For each dérive, meet us at the northwest corner of Myra and Gateway, under the big tree at one or more of the times listed below.
3pm—30 min dérive
There will also be pamphlets available with a set of dérives that you can do on your own time.
For more info on the Silverlake Jubilee, parking, etc: http://silverlakejubilee.com
Wed, 16 Feb 2011, 7–10pm
where: the Hammer Museum
I'm excited that Sue Bell Yank of the Hammer Museum Education Department has invited me to lead some subtle activities with truck-loads of UCLA students in February, to whom I'll be distributing a pamphlet of subtle performances to be realized throughout the evening. Pamphlet to appear here soon too.
download the score here.
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An exclusive FREE event for UCLA Students. Please bring your student ID. Reservations are not necessary.
VJ WORKSHOP| GAMING | GIVE A THX | FOOD TRUCKS | PHOTO BOOTH
In conjunction with the 2011 UCLA ARTS PARTY, The Hammer Museum presents an evening of dynamic artist-led workshops, gaming, and performances inspired by the exhibition ALL OF THIS AND NOTHING. Learn how to VJ using photos and videos on your cell phone, Give or Get a THX, alter a large working model of a house, and much more. The evening will also feature LA's finest food trucks, a photo booth, a free soda bar, and live sets by KCRW DJ Jeremy Sole.
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PERFORMANCES
Live set by KCRW DJ JEREMY SOLE
WORKSHOPS
ENDLESS HOUSE
GIVE A THX. GET A THX.
FORAGED and FOUND FOOTAGE: A VJ WORKSHOP
INTERACTIVE GAMES
sometime in 2011, 2–3pm
performers: Eliot Eidelman
At specific date and time in 2011 that cannot yet be revealed, Eliot Eidelman will be performing for 1 hour as part of the subtle bodies series. A random date was recently selected (an expiration date from a water bottle), and between now and then Eliot will try to forget when he's supposed to perform. The date will not be publicly announced until afterward to ensure that he's not reminded. As soon this time has passed, he will be immediately contacted in order to find out what he was doing during the prescribed performance-hour, and his actions during that time will constitute his performance. Stay tuned for further details.
Sun, 5 Dec 2010, 2-3pm
where: Elysian Park, Los Angeles
        
Meet at the path's entrance, just past where the Murals used to be. Park/Lock. Remove shoes. The one hour walk starts at 2pm, so please arrive a few minutes early or just walk on your own schedule.
Directions:From Sunset Blvd, go North on Echo Park Ave, bear right onto Morton Ave, take a right onto Academy Rd, about 200 yards up Academy Road is parking on left and right. This is the meet-up spot. (On Google Maps the intersection is at Elysian Park Drive, but this is actually not a street open to traffic).
In case of Rain:Same plans, just bring a rain coat and towel to wipe your feet at the end.
http://www.michaelparker.org/1/epmoa_barefoot.html
Thu, 2 Dec 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
  
Mariel Carranza will conclude her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday December 2, 2010 Mariel is here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Performance assistance courtesy of Carol McDowell Tue, 16 Nov 2010, 7–9pm
where: Broad Hall 210, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
During her visiting artist lecture at Pitzer College, Elana Mann will be facilitating a chorus of subtle body/voice performances with audience members.
Broad Hall 210, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
for more on Elana and her work, please visit www.elanamann.com
Thu, 4 Nov 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
  
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday November 4, 2010 No one is defecating here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Claudia Bucher
Thu, 7 Oct 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
   
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday October 7, 2010 No one is touching here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Lula Bordier
Thu, 2 Sep 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday September 2, 2010 No one is listening here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum Sun, 8 Aug 2010, 2-4pm
where: LACE, Hollywood
At the invitation of Mathew Timmons, Adam Overton subtly performed a program of partial pieces in tandem with Timmons' CREDIT launch and artist talk at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in Hollywood. The performed works were truncated in accordance with the performance overlay, Percentage Piece (for Elana Mann), using several ratios calculated between pieces (% of cash from a few days ago still in my wallet ... % of time spent thinking about sex in the last 24hrs ... % of protein Steven van Dyck consumes per meal ... % of time awake/asleep in the last 24hrs ... etc).
Program
Thu, 5 Aug 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
 
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday August 5, 2010 No one is smelling here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Eric Cohen
Thu, 1 Jul 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
  
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday July 1, 2010 No one is watching here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Lula Bordier
Wed, 30 Jun 2010, 11-11:30am
where: Venice Beach, or wherever you are
Please join Paige wherever you are to take thirty minutes to meditate on your femaleness.
There are the details, now let's see what it feels like.
Tue, 22 Jun 2010, 6:30pm
where: the Vons at Vermont and 3rd
from Anonymous:
Going to Vons tomorrow Tuesday evening and will be freeballing (going commando) and doing my grocery shopping. Don't e-mail, just show up! It'll be more exciting that way. I hope you will show up and we can spot each other. I'll be there at 6:30 PM, the Vons at Vermont and 3rd.
Thu, 3 Jun 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
  
Mariel Carranza will continue her monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday June 3, 2010 No one is eating here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Eric Cohen
sometime in early May
where: Norton Simon Museum
The Viewer
Paul Pescador
As part of the subtle bodies series, Paul Pescador will hire an actor to sit on a bench in the Norton Simon museum from the time the museum opens till it closes. The actor will sit quietly and stare at the painting in front of them and will not get up from his/her seat unless to use the restroom or quickly eat. By forcing someone to sit with an art object for an extended period of time, The Viewer attempts to understand the relationship the viewer can have with an artwork.
documentation coming soon...
for more of Paul and his work, visit http://paulpescador.com
Thu, 6 May 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
  
Mariel Carranza will continue her next monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday May 6, 2010 No one is sleeping here between 8-9 pm on this spot at the Hammer Museum
Photos by Lula Bordier
Thu, 6 May 2010, 6:30pm
where: The Hammer Museum
Starting at 6:30pm, the night of May the 6th, Paige Tighe will be in subtle dialogue with art objects at the Hammer.
Especially interested in objects made by females and the experience of feminine bodies communing with this work. How does one speak to objects through movement?
Others are welcome to join or try this dialogue whenever they can get to the museum. Feedback is welcome from these experiences.
April 30th thru May 28th, 2010
From April 30th through May 28th, Akina Ruth Cox will spend each Friday following a stranger. Alternately using film, photo, audio, drawings, and object collection to document her surveillance, "Stratemeyer's Shadow," is ultimately an exercise in manipulating the choreography of social spaces.
documentation coming soon...
for more of Akina and her work, visit http://www.akinacox.com
Thu, 15 Apr 2010, 5:58 p.m. to 7:24 p.m.
where: The Hammer Museum Courtyard
"Similar Arrangements"
On April 15th, Samantha Gregg stretched in the Hammer Courtyard from 5:58 p.m. to 7:24 p.m., and used the given architecture as a basis for acclimating her body to the space around herself. By the end of the performance, several museum visitors also participated by adapting their bodies to the structures and furniture in the plaza.
Thu, 1 Apr 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
Mariel Carranza will continue her next monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday April 1, 2010 No one is walking between 8-9 pm on this spot at the Hammer Museum Thu, 11 Mar 2010, sometime
where: macarthur park, los angeles
mark so will make a small change in macarthur park sometime on thursday, march 11, 2009
score: small change (2009)
for more on Mark and his work, please visit http://www.angelfire.com/rebellion/mark_so/ Thu, 4 Mar 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
Mariel Carranza will continue her next monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday March 4, 2010 No one is sitting here between 8-9pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum. every Wednesday from 2-3pm,
Johanna Reed will be available to smell at the Hammer Museum, every Wednesday, March 3 - March 17, from 2-3 pm. In the performance Interactions (Scent), Johanna asks you to observe her through scent and then, immediately afterward, document your observations in writing. How you gather your data and the form your record takes is up to you. (In exchange for your document, you will be given a small booklet to take home.)
for more on Johanna and her work, please visit http://johannareed.net
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Interactions (Scent) at the Hammer, March 3, 2010.  
Interactions (Scent) at the Hammer, March 11, 2010.    Wed, 17 Feb 2010, midafternoon
where: the Hammer Museum
Gerhard Schultz and Adam Overton will perform a specific, intra-oral action at the Hammer sometime midafternoon, Wednesday, February 17th.
a video excerpt of our specific, intra-oral action...
we performed this again in the evening, but as two solo intra-oral actions.
Sat, 6 Feb 2010, 1-2pm
Kadet Kuhne: (Not) Recording the Hammer Saturday February 6, 1-2PM
Kadet Kuhne will be staging a listening exercise which aims to draw the attention of the eyes to the ears of those that notice her. While she slowly traverses the grounds with a shotgun microphone in hand, the illusion of recording inspires an active engagement with the sonic subtleties of the Hammer museum.
for more about Kadet and her work, visit http://www.tektonicshift.com
February 2010
this month visitors of the Hammer (or any other institution) are invited to perform the following instructions:
the original score was contributed to : open to all levels : Thu, 4 Feb 2010, 8-9pm
where: the Hammer Museum
 
Mariel Carranza will begin a monthly performance somewhere on the premises of the Hammer Museum:
Today, Thursday, February 4, 2010 No one is standing here between 8-9 pm at this spot at the Hammer Museum.
Photos by Catherine Carranza
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