Performance Art Stars Set for 4/27 Franklin Furnace Benefit

By: Mar. 14, 2007
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Franklin Furnace, described as "the internationally acclaimed incubator of the avant-garde," will present a one-night only benefit event on Friday, April 27th at 8:00 PM: "The History of the Future: A Franklin Furnace View of Performance Art," to take place at the Harry de Jur Playhouse of Henry Street Settlement (located at 466 Grand Street, Manhattan). 

The benefit will be co-curated by C. Carr, critic and author of On Edge; RoseLee Goldberg, scholar and author of Live Art: 1909 to the Present; and Martha Wilson, Founding Director of Franklin Furnace, and  will contain both video footage of historical performance works and live performances by some of the most influential artists of our time.  This program will serve as an overview of performance art works which changed art discourse over three decades.

"The History of the Future" will include live performances by Karen Finley, Murray Hill, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Tom Murrin, Julie Atlas Muz, Reverend Billy, Alba Sanchez, Michael Smith and Martha Wilson.

Artists whose recorded work is represented in the event include Moe Angelos and Peggy Healy, Ron Athey, Blue Man Group, Eric Bogosian,
Patty Chang, Nicolas Dumit Estevez, John Fleck, Coco Fusco and Guillermo Gomez- Peña, Grupo 609, Tehching Hsieh, Holly Hughes, John  Jesurun, Joshua Kinberg and Yury Gitman, The Kipper Kids, Ana Mendieta, Tim Miller, Mouchette, William Pope.L, Martha Rosler, Sapphire, Stuart Sherman, Annie Sprinkle, Jack Waters, William Wegman and Man Ray, Wooloo Productions, Adrianne Wortzel, X-Cheerleaders and  Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga.

"The History of the Future" will honor Marina Abramovic, Simone Forti, Claes Oldenburg, Yoko Ono, Yvonne Rainer and Carolee Schneemann for their pioneering performance work and Judson Memorial Church for its  role as a cradle of experiment.

For this unique evening, Patron tickets are $500 and $100, and are available through Franklin Furnace, www.franklinfurnace.org or call 718-398-7255. General Admission tickets are $20, and are available through www.theatermania.com, or call 212-352-3101.



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