Performance:
Tom Thayer
Sun, May 27, 2012
12–5 pm
Tom Thayer, This Life is Nothing More Than Waiting for the Sky to Open, 2011. Paint on canvas, cardboard, string, wire and mixed media. 72 x 48 in. (182.88 x 121.92 cm). © Tom Thayer; collection of Michael Coppola and Ann Zumwalt, courtesy of Derek Eller Gallery, New York. Photograph courtesy Derek Eller Gallery, New York
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Third Floor
Multimedia artist Tom Thayer will present two live performances, further activating his third-floor gallery installation with his own presence. Thayer’s installations are highly theatrical sight-sound environments featuring handmade backdrops, puppet-like figures, stop-motion collage animations, and vintage audio and image-making equipment. For his performances, he improvises on an array of self-made musical instruments, performs live animation and video mixing, and manipulates the objects in the installation to generate a quivering constellation of moving and static forms.
Free with Museum admission. Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
