Dark Arts International, Justo Sierra 71, Col. Centro Mexico DF

  • Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Title : Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Title : Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Fortune
    Artist : Candice Jacobs
    Title : Fortune
    Date(s) : 2014
    Material : Custom printed fortune cookies with affirmations from artists Twitter feed, glass. To be consumed
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Jimmy Merris sings the blues
    Artist : Jimmy Merris
    Title : Jimmy Merris sings the blues
    Date(s) : 2013
    Material : Video
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Celebrities Smoking (Twilight)
    Artist : Yves Scherer
    Title : Celebrities Smoking (Twilight)
    Date(s) : 2015
    Material : Installation
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Not yet titled
    Artist : Dora Budor
    Title : Not yet titled
    Date(s) : 2015
    Material : Silicon, plastic bag
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • You're Gonna Be Great
    Artist : Hannah Perry
    Title : You're Gonna Be Great
    Date(s) : 2015
    Medium : 117 x 78 cm
    Material : Acrylic and vinyl on aluminium
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery
  • Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Title : Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View
    Website : http://darkarts.international
    Credit : Courtesy the gallery


Under A Thawing Lake

Dark Arts International, Mexico

‘From the Press Release’

The actors have only just met and their scripted production has dissolved into improv while the theatre housing them faces a similarly uncertain future. One is interrupting the others, constantly trying to steer away from the humor of the fact that the stage they are on is being taken apart as they perform. Electric saws cut dry wall, asbestos, and the occasional length of piping; it’s the topic of conversation. The way things are going isn’t good; in fact they’re getting dire. The theatre is dilapidated and it’s worth more as scrap material than real estate. The improv goes on, as the actors can’t agree as to whether it’s even possible to stop acting. For the moment, improv appears to be the best means of improvement because without the performance there isn’t much need for a theatre.

Text by Noah Barker

Artists:

Noah Barker, Dora Budor, Nico Colón, Francisco Cordero-Oceguera, Tomás Díaz-Cedeño, Alex Mackin Dolan, Olivia Erlanger, Candice Jacobs, Timothy James Kelly, Renaud Jerez, Jimmy Merris, K.r.m Mooney, Hannah Perry, Puppies Puppies, Carlos Reyes, Yves Scherer, Lewis Teague Wright

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