Cassils: BECOMING AN IMAGE
October 9, 2015 8:00 pm
Photo: Manuel Vason
Becoming an Image was originally conceived as a site-specific work of art for the ONE Archives in Los Angeles, the oldest active LGBTQ archive in the United States. Working at the interstice of performance, sculpture and, for the performance, the artist unleashes an attack on a 2,000-pound clay block. Delivering a series of kicks and blows in total darkness, the spectacle is only illuminated by the flash of a photographer, which burns the image into the viewer’s retina, raising questions of witnessing, documentation, memory and evidence. The accompanying photographs capture Cassils sweating, grimacing and flying through the air, a primal force, scarred flesh pummeling blocks of earth.
Organization: City of Women
Supported by: Canadian Council for the Arts
In the frame of the 21st International Festival of Contemporary Arts – City of Women.
More information: www.cityofwomen.org.
