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Whirl-twirling, ears ringing, reverb singing

Explode Into Colors, Janet Pants, & Chris Hackett (Los Moustachios), EYES HANDS MOUTH Posted by: Jim Withington Explode into Colors (and crew) played an evening set full of video art, short story vignettes, and endurance-flaunting solo dance tonight, but what … Continue reading

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Miguel Gutierrez and the Performance Art Oppression

I like performance art as much as the next girl. Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People’s Last Meadow features all the mainstays of performance art. Overwhelming industrial soundscape, wigs, cross dressing, simulated masturbation, simulated intercourse, repetition, witty monologues, innovative dance/movement. … Continue reading

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Smokin’ in the Boys Room

On Sight Opening at The Works, 09.03.09 Posted by: Jim Radosta Photo by: Kenneth Aaron While most kids are dreading going back to school next week, contemporary art lovers jumped at the opportunity during TBA’s opening celebration last night. The … Continue reading

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Cathy Edwards Wants to Get in Your Head

Noontime Chat – TBA in a Nutshell posted by laura becker Last year, on the eve of his departure, Mark Russell gave a passionate, sincere, charmingly rambling postlude to his three years as director of the festival. The PICA staff … Continue reading

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no such place

ON SIGHT Opening posted by: laura becker My anticipation for TBA, building up over the past couple weeks of arranging schedules and re-reading the catalogue, turned into an all out fever by last night as I putzed around my kitchen … Continue reading

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Somebody stole the drumsticks

Gang Gang Dance, opening night performance at the Works By Jens Larson With more than seventy-five fans dancing on stage during the encore, the band is lucky they only lost the drumsticks. Some of the burlier fans could have lumbered … Continue reading

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Whither the Critic

Tim DuRoche pens a response to DK Row’s commentary in the Oregonian this morning. Did you read this morning’s Oregonian and the disingenuous commentary by David Row, “Whither the Time-Based Art Festival?” Behind the not entirely insincere wish that it … Continue reading

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ON SIGHT: Stephen Slappe – We Are Legion

Over the course of the next few posts, we’ll share artist interviews and insights about this year’s ON SIGHT visual arts line-up. You can experience all of TBA:09’s visual arts installations from Sept 4 – 13, every day 12 – … Continue reading

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ON SIGHT: Ethan Rose – Movements

Over the course of the next few posts, we’ll share artist interviews and insights about this year’s ON SIGHT visual arts line-up. You can experience all of TBA:09’s visual arts installations from Sept 4 – 13, every day 12 – … Continue reading

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Some questions for Miguel Gutierrez about Last Meadow, collaboration and Portland’s clean air

For TBA:09, PICA asked our friends in the arts community to sit down with this year’s festival artists and talk about their work. Writer, artist, and community cultural advocate Tim DuRoche caught up with dancer and choreographer Miguel Gutierrez to … Continue reading

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