Organized By Global Committee
263 Bowery,New York (40.723429, -73.992857)
// GLOBAL COMMITTEE // Off-site Launch : Body2Body Garis & Hahn | 263 Bowery, New York, NY 10002 Barbara Hammer / Laure Prouvost / Shana Moulton / Molly Lowe / Andrew Norman Wilson / Ann Hirsch / Jenna Bliss / Juliana Cerqueira Leite / Jeremy Hutchison / Stephen Kwok / Laura Cooper & Ian Giles / Grace Villamil ‘Body2Body’ is the Off-site launch event for Global Committee; an evening featuring the New York premieres of new work by Laure Prouvost and Barbara Hammer. What is the purpose of our bodies in the age of digital intimacy? How can we even ask a question that infers that the body may no longer be the primary vehicle through which we experience the world? Global Committee is proud to present installations, performances and video works at Garis & Hahn gallery; 263 Bowery, New York, NY 10002. Global Committee is a new artist-run project space, that will exhibit and connect international and national artists through a series of exhibitions and events. Upon arrival you will be transported into an alternative frame of mind as you navigate your way through Grace Villamil’s installation—a shimmering Mylar portal into the evenings event. Legendary filmmaker and artist Barbara Hammer will present new a performance entitled ‘Available Space’ where she explores the relationship of architectural space to image and to the limits of the projector’s beam. Global Committee is also delighted to be presenting a new video by the Turner Prize-winning artist Laure Prouvost entitled ‘We Know We Are Just Pixels’ in which flickering images form a conversation amongst themselves. Discussing their existence and vulnerabilities, in relation to the viewer looking at them, the images want to be more than just pixels; they want to explore and exist outside of the machine upon which they are being played. Throughout the night enjoy a curated selection of recent video works by Shana Moulton, Molly Lowe, Andrew Norman Wilson, Ann Hirsch, Juliana Cerqueira Leite and Jenna Bliss. These works’ engage with how the body can be displayed and transported through film and video – flesh-like textures, whispering voices and pulsing images reach out and touch our eyes and ears, reminding us that we are still physically present even in this digital age of distant touch. Live performances by Jeremy Hutchison, Stephen Kwok and Laura Cooper & Ian Giles engage with the body through mediated experiences, broken signals and collaboration. These works will be happening periodically throughout the evening - set your body clock and you won’t miss a thing! So slip into something sleek and place your body in our hands for the night – Let’s get body to body. Launch Party : Body2Body www.globalcommittee.org