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Harrell Fletcher & Emily Johnson: What We Talk ABout

In this special matinee performance of Niicugni, artist Harrell Fletcher will intermittently “press pause” on performer Emily Johnson, adding his thoughts and questions about the artist and her work into the staged show.

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EMILY JOHNSON/CATALYST: Niicugni (listen)

In the Yup’ik language, “niicugni” is a directive to pay attention, to listen. Emily Johnson’s performance quietly compels such attentiveness through its layering of multiple dances, live music, and stories, housed within a light and sound installation of handmade, functional fish-skin lanterns.

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Field Guide: Dance

Join us for the first of our Field Guide sessions, where an intimate group of curious audience members will gather for a participatory workshop, discussion, and dinner in conjunction will Emily Johnson's performance of Niicugni

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EMILY JOHNSON WORKSHOP: Awareness, Environment, and Impulse

We will make short stories for one another; aware of what we believe about ourselves and what we completely make up. We will think of the blood moving through our bodies – get hot and sweaty as we do so.

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How Do You Mean? Culture in Translation

An interdisciplinary weekend of art, performance, and conversations, investigating the complexity of constructing and communicating culture in contemporary art

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Anna Craycroft

C’mon Language is an exhibition in pursuit of an artistic vocabulary.

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Richard Jackson Lecture

Based in Los Angeles since the early 1970s, Jackson has expanded the definition and practice of painting more than any other contemporary figure. His wildly inventive, exuberant, and irreverent take on “action” painting has dramatically extended its performative dimensions, merged it with sculpture, and repositioned it as an art of everyday experience.

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TBA:12 Laurie Anderson DIRTDAY!

Legendary musician and artist Laurie Anderson performs the third and final of her groundbreaking solo story works

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TBA:12 Akio Suzuki, Gozo Yoshimasu, Otomo Yoshihide VOICES AND ECHOES

Sound artist Akio Suzuki, experimental poet Gozo Yoshimasu, and improvisatory guitarist/turntablist Otomo Yoshihide present a range of performances that cross between literature, sound art, music, and improvisation.

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TBA:12 LATE NIGHT: Fade to Mind

A taste of the LA bass sound as a closing night TBA party of surreal visions, sideways club trax, and darkside R&B dubs.

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TBA:12 FOOD: Nong's Khao Man Gai

Aromatic poached chicken, fluffy rice, Thai herbs, and salty, spicy soy bean sauce—a perfect package meal!

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TBA:12 Claudia Meza LISTENING TO SPACE: SONIC CITY PDX

Over thirty local musicians, composers, and sound artists have mapped out their favorite sonic spaces in Portland, creating an "audio tour" of the most interesting naturally occurring acoustic landscapes, concluding in a one-day live concert.

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TBA:12 WORKSHOP: Keith Hennessy / Circo Zero

An accessible workshop with members of Circo Zero, exploring improvisation and movement techniques.

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TBA:12 WORKSHOP: Gob Squad

Company members from Gob Squad lead a performance workshop right in the set of Gob Squad’s Kitchen, exploring their unique blend of theater and real life.

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TBA:12 LATE NIGHT: Thu Tran

A bizarro cooking demonstration exploring the effects of black light, led by the adorable host of FOOD PARTY.

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TBA:12 FOOD: Bunk Sandwiches

Lip-smacking, filled-to-the-brim sandwiches from the crew at Bunk.

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TBA:12 chelfitsch HOT PEPPER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND THE FAREWELL SPEECH

Three vignettes track the absurd and mundane stories of a group of office employees in this stylized performance derived from everyday gestures.

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TBA:12 NOONTIME CONVERSATION: Faustin Linyekula

Faustin Linyekula discusses his bold solo dance and its themes of legacy, forgetting, and memory with Angela Mattox.

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TBA:12 WORKSHOP: Toshiki Okada/chelfitsch

A workshop led by cheltfisch’s award-winning director and playwright, Toshiki Okada, known for his stylized hybrids of oddly humorous text, distinctive lighting, and idiosyncratic movement.

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TBA:12 LATE NIGHT: Alexis Blair Penney

New York-based singer, performer, DJ, and personality Penney will travel an emotional journey in song, from childhood to first love to romantic dissolution to ecstatic hope and empowerment.

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TBA:12 Gob Squad GOB SQUAD'S KITCHEN (YOU NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD)

Recreating the iconic 60s films of Andy Warhol, live actors cross in and out of the film and audience.

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TBA:12 FOOD: Portobello

Vegan Italian dishes that satisfy everyone: vegetable terrines, beet-pine nut manicotti, corn and mushroom chowder, and more.

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TBA:12 Faustin Linyekula LE CARGO

Linyekula bears witness through his dance to decades of war, terror, and fear, while also subverting the dominant image of contemporary Congo with one of resourcefulness and hope.

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TBA:12 Claire L. Evans RESTORE FROM BACKUP

A design fiction presentation pitching a speculative service that would remove ended relationships from the internet, storing them in physical objects.

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