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The Ferry, Anderston Quay Broomielaw, Broomielaw, G3 8BX
Sunday 25th April 2010, 3pm-9pm
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Synopsis:
A wee interactive event that is humorous take on the idea of a "slip-road"at the Broom. Fun and Art. Together. At last!
Description:
Schrag will create a new site-responsive/performative intervention to coincide with the Torrent event at the Renfrew Ferry.
Shrag: “I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions. I am not a particularly good artist, but I do have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if admitting that makes me a better artist, or worse.”
Artist Statement:
I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions.
Artist Contact:
anthony.schrag-at-gmail.com [replace -at- with @]
www.anthonyschrag.com
Find this on the Map!
Synopsis:
A wee interactive event that is humorous take on the idea of a "slip-road"at the Broom. Fun and Art. Together. At last!
Description:
Schrag will create a new site-responsive/performative intervention to coincide with the Torrent event at the Renfrew Ferry.
Shrag: “I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions. I am not a particularly good artist, but I do have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if admitting that makes me a better artist, or worse.”
Artist Statement:
I have always been interested in the phenomenological, and my work always considers the physical sensations of the body at the core rather than a foundation of intellect and/or schooling. The work often takes the form of solo performances, interactive installations, publications, interventions, sculptures as well as a variety of other strategies to explore these notions.
I am not a particularly good artist, but I do have a lot of fun. I'm not sure if admitting that makes me a better artist, or worse.
Either way, I look to subvert an expected physical experience by altering how the social, political and creative intersect in the hopes that an alternate reading of a physical experience will give birth to new meanings or new knowledge or shifts in perception.
When working this way, I am aiming to return the body to the locus of the art experience, rather than any abstracted notions that rely so heavily on training, culture, class and education. Some of my ridiculous projects have included falling walls, sticky floors, firing myself out of giant catapults, kidnapping city councillors, climbing buildings and blowing things up. The impulse for this type of work comes from an interest in theories related to socially engaged practices and inviting a wide spectrum of the public into a shared, cultural debate.
I have received some awards, had some shows and been on a bunch of residencies, and not all in one country. The artist Nathalie De Brie once referred to my practice as 'Fearless'. The writer Marjorie Celona once said: ‘Anthony, you have a lot of ideas. Not all of them are good.’
anthony.schrag-at-gmail.com [replace -at- with @]
www.anthonyschrag.com
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