BE THEREE.P.A.Presented by Exit Art March 15, 2008- May 3, 2008Reception: March 15, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmBrandon Ballengee, Vaughn Bell, Sarah Kavage and Nicole Kistler, Mark Brest van Kempen, Carissa Carman and Joanna Lake, Susanne Cockrell, Xavier Cortada, Carrie Dashow, Erica Fielder, Ozzie Forbes, Amy Franceschini, Aaron Gach, Fritz Haeg, Amy Howden-Chapman, Basia Irland, Scot Kaplan, Carolyn Lambert, Robin Lasser, Bill Meyer, Kathryn Miller and Michael Honer, Miss Rockaway Armada, Matthew Moore, Eve Mosher, Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir, Andrea Polli, James Reed, Austin Shull, Brooke Singer and Brian Rigney Hubbard, Chris SollarsExit Art is pleased to announce the opening of E.P.A. (Environmental Performance Actions), the first project of S.E.A, a large-scale program dealing with current environmental concerns and the way artists respond to them. E.P.A is a group exhibition surveying recent performance work from around the world that addresses current environmental crises. The exhibition will consist of videos, photographs, texts, related ephemera and a film program documenting recent performances. For this opening project we have invited Amy Lipton and Patricia Watts, co-curators and founders of ecoartspace, a leading international environmental arts organization, to collaborate with Exit Art on the organization and presentation of this material. E.P.A. will include performance documentation from more than 30 international artists. These works, created in the public sphere, draw attention to and engage the public in a dialogue about issues such as climate change, watersheds, urbanization and, ultimately, human survival. E.P.A. will set the precedence for future exhibitions of S.E.A. dealing with environmental issues including The End of Oil, about the global oil crisis and alternative energy, and Consume, about food production, agricultural and sustainable living practices. An exhibition of historical social-environmental art works is also planned to place this work in context. E.P.A. will include performance documentation from more than 30 international artists. These works, created in the public sphere, draw attention to and engage the public in a dialogue about issues such as climate change, watersheds, urbanization and, ultimately, human survival. E.P.A. will set the precedence for future exhibitions of S.E.A. dealing with environmental issues including The End of Oil, about the global oil crisis and alternative energy, and Consume, about food production, agricultural and sustainable living practices. An exhibition of historical social-environmental art works is also planned to place this work in context. ARTISTS Brandon Ballengee, Vaughn Bell, Sarah Kavage and Nicole Kistler, Mark Brest van Kempen, Carissa Carman and Joanna Lake, Susanne Cockrell, Xavier Cortada, Carrie Dashow, Erica Fielder, Ozzie Forbes, Amy Franceschini, Aaron Gach, Fritz Haeg, Amy Howden-Chapman, Basia Irland, Scot Kaplan, Carolyn Lambert, Robin Lasser, Bill Meyer, Kathryn Miller and Michael Honer, Miss Rockaway Armada, Matthew Moore, Eve Mosher, Cary Peppermint and Christine Nadir, Andrea Polli, James Reed, Austin Shull, Brooke Singer and Brian Rigney Hubbard, Chris Sollars CURATORS Jeanette Ingberman Papo Colo Amy Lipton Patricia Watts EXHIBITION SUPPORT General exhibition support provided by Carnegie Corporation, Jerome Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, Starry Night Fund at The Tides Foundation, Exit Art’s Board of Trustees and our members. Public programs support provided by The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
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