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PARTICIPANTS
Artists
joseph ravens
For over a decade Joseph Ravens has been creating performances that encompass text, movement, film, video, sound, installation, costume and object. He completed his undergraduate degree in theater at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; studied in the audio/visual department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, Netherlands; and is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an MFA in Performance. He is the founder and artistic director of Ravenous Productions, and a recipient of the Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for Interdisciplinary Performance Art.
Ravens has participated in several international festivals including 10 Days of Veem, at Het Veem Theater, and Interzone at De Balie, both in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Auf Eine Art II at Kulé Theater, and the 72 Hour Congress, both in Berlin, Germany; as well as the Postsovkhoz Festival, in Mooste, Estonia. In the United States, Ravens has been invited to show work in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival; and the Cleveland Performance Art Festival.
www.josephravens.com
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katherine behar
Katherine Behar's installations blend video, durational performance, and sculptural costumery. Drawing from everyday materials and existing technologies, her projects aim to reinterpret the daily interactions and relationships we have with them. Katherine holds a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a Master's candidate in the Media Ecology program at New York University.
Since 1997, Katherine has been showing her work around the Midwest and beyond. Venues include the Cleveland Performance Art Festival+Archives in Cleveland, the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, DiverseWorks in Houston, and the New Haven Fringe Festival in New Haven. In Europe, Katherine has participated in exhibitions at The Swiss Institute in Rome, Italy, and Interzone at De Balie in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In Chicago, she has presented works at Versionfest, Columbia College, The Spareroom, Betty Rymer Gallery, and Tough Gallery, among others. She was honored to receive Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Finalist Awards in 2002 and 2004.
www.katherinebehar.com
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marianne kim
Marianne M. Kim is a Los Angeles based artist working in dance, theatre, and video art. She received her M.F.A. from U.C.L.A's Department of World Arts and Cultures with a focus on choreography and technology in 2004. Her most recent interdisciplinary works have been presented by the DeBalie in Amsterdam, ARGE Kultur House in Austria, CanAsian Dance Festival in Ontario, St. Petersburg International Dance Film Festival, and the Hertzoscopio Experimental & Trans-Disciplinary Arts Festival in Portugal. She has taught classes at Northwestern University, UCLA, University of Illinois at Weselyn, and been on faculty at University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Chicago Lab School, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Kim is a recipient of fellowships from the Illinois Arts Council, Jacob K. Javits Foundation, and several grants from the Chicago Artists Assistance Grants and NEA/Dance USA to create new work. She received Chicago's Ruth Page Award for Choreography and Performance in 1999 and was nominated for a 2002 Lester Horton Award.
http://www.katherinebehar.com/art/untethered/pressinfo/mkim/index.html
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Guests
aneta lesnikovska
I am Macedonian in Holland with Dutch passport and a job every artist would kill
for, but me...well all i want is to make movies. I used to be a pusher and now i
am learning to be more of a floater...still not there though.
I have no filling of belonging somewhere or with somebody. Since i am 16 i have
been in and out of relationships. The longest one was 7 1/2 years the shortest 1
year. The longest single period was 3 months.... i feel a strong need to find
the balance between my work and my private life, but do not do much about it. I
am more and more aware of the fact that people can be very tricky creatures, and
artists have no mercy in stealing ideas....
...I have an inner feeling I am going somewhere! And in case you wondered where:
I don't know, yet.
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jonathan milder
Jonathan Milder is a New York-based artist and food researcher. Jonathan received his undergraduate degree from Princeton. While pursuing graduate studies at Northwestern University's Performance Studies Department, he performed with Baubo Performance Project and other local artists. Jonathan would like to thank all of the women who have supported his artistic and personal journeys.
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jeff harms
Jeff is a performance artist, painter, sculptor, and
musician. He is a founding member of the performance
group Weather Talking and has performed with them in
various manifestations in Chicago for the past three
years: at PAC/Edge, Rhinofest, the Neo-futurarium, and
The Art Institute of Chicago. You can learn more about
them at Weathertalking.com. You can hear some of
Jeff's music from his album, JEFF HARMS' BIG AMAZING
SONGS at jeffharms.net, naiveterecords.com and
wherever he is playing live. He recieved his MFA in
sculpture and performance from the Art Institute of
Chicago, his BFA in painting from the University of
Washington, and a Post-Bacc. in sculpture from
Brandeis University.
www.jeffharms.net
www.weathertalking.com
www.naiveterecords.com
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Tech Angels
ben chang
Programming Angel
Chicago, USA
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yoon sun son
Hometown Tech Angel
Chicago, USA
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Team NL
Many wonderful individuals from De Balie helped us with this project. They include Maurice, Joroen, Reza, Aneta Lesnikovska, and Viktor Bos. Thank you, Team NL!
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Additional Thanks
Sher Doruff, Wanya Dop, Treva Wurmfeld, Tikan Spakler.
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