Organized By Emily Mast
The Onion 9550 Haskell Ave. N Hills, CA 91343 (34.244228, -118.476242)
SIX TWELVE ONE BY ONE a performance by Emily Mast & Hana van der Kolk with Abbey O'Bryan, Emily Mast, Julie Clark, Leslie Stevens, Ruby Rain & Whitney Carter Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 6:30 pm performance & parking are FREE Emily Mast and Hana van der Kolk present Six Twelve One by One, a performance featuring six women who are all nearing the end of their first pregnancies. Simultaneously ubiquitous and extraordinary, the pregnant body can illicit complicated reactions, from excitement and arousal to jealousy and disgust. Likewise, the experience of being pregnant may, particularly for specific demographics of women, provoke disorienting feelings, including awe, joy, alienation and isolation. Six Twelve One by One examines these layers and ambivalences by giving audience members permission to look at pregnant bodies for a prolonged period as the women navigate a task-like series of actions. The actions, which highlight both the women's solidarity and solitude, examine aspects of pregnancy including the comic, inane, mundane and grotesque. Staged in the highly stylized visual environment of The Onion and featuring a textured sound score, Six Twelve One by One evokes familiar images of solipsism and masculinity while presenting a space inhabited by one of the most explicit signifiers of womanhood. This event is organized by Machine Project. The Machine Project Field Guide to L.A. Architecture is part of Pacific Standard Time Presents: Modern Architecture in L.A. This collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together several local arts institutions for a wide-ranging look at the postwar built environment of the city as a whole, from its famous residential architecture to its vast freeway network, revealing the city’s development and ongoing impact in new ways. www.emilymast.com www.machineproject.com www.pacificstandardtimepresents.org www.eventbrite.com/event/5713880370/es2004/?rank=1 www.pacificstandardtimepresents.org/events/emily-mast-hana-van-der-kolk-six-twelve-one-by-one/