Vicki Fowler to Present THE THINGS I NEED This Weekend

Interdisciplinary artist Vicki Fowler made the move from Chicago to Houston with her 2-year-old daughter. In the process of that move, she let go of 75 percent of her possessions. Because she was quite the collector, she says, it was a lot of stuff. That's when the piece - THE THINGS I NEED - began in her mind.

Several individuals whom Fowler has admired have been invited to share their efforts and response to their necessities in a live vignette this weekend. From these various perspectives comes a collection of spoken word, performance, dance and actions.

"THE THINGS I NEED comes from just figuring out what to let go of and what to keep in life, and boiling things down to just the bare-bone necessities," says Vicki Fowler. "In this work, I've invited people that I really have admired for a long time, old time Houston friends, and then there's a couple of newer friends - a new friend from Chicago. They're all coming to respond to the same question - the things they need."

Each person Fowler invited is doing their own response, in vignette form, on the subject of THE THINGS I NEED.

Fowler expects the audience to experience a wave of emotions. "Some of it is definitely going to be tongue in cheek [but] there will be some sincere moments, some connection between audience and the performers. Because there are so many different people responding to the question, it's going to take us on a ride."

DETAILS:

THE THINGS I NEED
Date: June 27
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Frenetic Theater, 5102 Navigation Boulevard
Tickets: $18
For tickets and more information, click here.

Featured works and efforts by: Ebony Porter, D Michele Bonilla, Daniel Adame, Shanon Adams, Rebecca Parker, Charles Hancock, Bob Novotney, Sean Flournoy, and Sharon Engelstein Aaron Parazette's lovely daughter, Joy and Vicki Fowler

About Vicki Fowler: I have enjoyed five years of teaching experience at the high school level. In undergrad I studied performance and drawing and painting with Kelli Scott Kelly. I received my BFA from The San Francisco Art Institute, New Genres department. I have curated, organized,and conceived of artist run spaces including, CSAW Performance Bay of Houston Tx and Mutherland, Chicago Il. I currently collaborate with artists and chefs in organizing response dining experiences. I recently received my MFA from the performance department of The Chicago Art Institute. I have shown work in the likes of spaces such as: Diverse Works, Blaffer Museum, Allen's Landing Houston, The Triangle Space; San Antonio, The Lab; San Francisco, The Luggage Store; San Francisco, old dusty private apartment attics, Links Hall, Sullivan Gallery; Chicago, the south side window facades of the 10 floors of the 1902 yr. old Sharp Building of downtown Chicago, Defibrillator; Chicago, and the cab of my truck driving anywhere...looking for an open field.