Performance is an artistic discipline less aimed at representation than at conducting a research on individuals and their environments. Even though it’s short-lived, it does pack a communicative wallop due to its contemporariness and immediateness. Spectators engage in the process and are kind of bound to take a stance in the face of the action, with emotional and intellectual implications.
The first Miami Performance Visual Art International Festival will be a four day series of events through Downtown Miami, the Miami Design District and in the Botanical Gardens of the City of Miami Beach from July 26- 29th, 2012. Curated Charo Oquet, Cristy Alamaida and Tori Arpad-Cotta and organized by Edge Zones Projects.
The Live art exhibition project seeks to reflect the varied approaches and underscore the wide spectrum of concerns of artistic practices and styles while surveying the contemporary global artistic strategies and conceptual frameworks where these works are put into play. M/P’12 will explore and study the tendencies of Performance Art and Installations, showcasing works of over 32 international and local artists. The festival draws upon the rich local and international cultural landscape to present leading contemporary Masters of performance and installation art who will exhibit alongside, both established and emerging Performance artists selected from around the world.
Guest artists include Cristy Almaida, Eliú Almonte, Diego Bowie, Pip Brant, Christine Brault, Johan Mijaíl Castillo, Orestes De La Paz, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Palmer Fishman, Becky Flowers, Fausto Gracia, Bill Gilbert, Mark Holt, Aryln Jiménez, Pery Jiménez, Pancho López, Irene Loughlin, Claudio Marcotulli, Alexia Miranda, Gabriel Montero, Mikey Muench, Jochi Muñoz, Ismael Ogando, Charo Oquet, Eduardo Oramas, Erika Osborne, Grimaldy Polanco, David Prusko, Phaedra Robinson, Nicole Soden, Jennifer Suárez and Alexeis Tellerine, among others.
The event is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners." It is also sponsor by The Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami Beach Mayor ad Board of County Commissioners, The Miami Beach Botanical Gardens, the CCE Miami - Centro Cultural Español de Cooperación Iberoamericana. Sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Council on Arts and Culture.
Fuente: www.miamiperformancefestival.org
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