June 7, 2014

2014: Rapid Pulse Vernissage @ Defibrillator

Above: Cuban performance artist Carlos Martiel, left, at the Rapid Pulse Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Rapid Pulse
Vernissage on June 5, 2014
International Performance Art Festival
June 6 - 15, 2014
Headquartered at Defibrillator Gallery
1136 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago, IL

Artists: Antibody Corporation, Jessica Elaine Blinkhorn, Anna Brown, Alison Crocetta & Peter Reese, Diaz Lewis: Cara Megan Lewis & Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera, Disorientalism: Katherine Behar & Marianne M. Kim, Espand: Hanna M. Owens & Soheila Azadi, Linda Hesh, Lai Thi Dieu Ha, Jason Lim, Alastair MacLennan, Carlos Martiel, Mikey McParlane, Teoma Naccarato, Kira O’Reilly, Freya Björg Olafson, La Pocha Nostra, Matthew Prest, Raquel Punto, Boryana Rossa, Michal Samama, Sandrine Schaefer, Manuel Vason, Julie Vulcan

Support: Rapid Pulse is made possible with support of the British Council, Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Society for Arts, Holiday Jones, Ordinary Projects, Mana Contemporary, Vittum Theater, Nightingale, Peter Grande, Canada Council for The Arts, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, Video Pool Media Arts Center, Maxwell Colette Gallery, Lovely, Letherbee Distillery, Nhà Sàn Collective, Noi, Chopin Theater, International Beethoven Project, Australia Council for the Arts, Happy Camper, Shawarma Garden, Bedford and Red Square. Defibrillator is partially supported by grants from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, Illinois Arts Council Agency, and Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events.

About: Rapid Pulse presents a dynamic range of styles and forms of performance art. We invigorate Chicago by bringing to the city artists of exceptional calibre from around the world. Rapid Pulse includes live performances, public interventions, a video series, social events, artist talks, and panel discussions. Spilling over to other venues in the neighborhood, Rapid Pulse embraces the local and the global simultaneously. The curatorial committee for Rapid Pulse consists of The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Curatorial Assistant, Steven L. Bridges; Curator and Performance Artist, Julie Laffin; MA graduate in Art Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Giana Gambino; and Defibrillator Founder and Director, Joseph Ravens.

http://rapidpulse.org/

http://www.dfbrl8r.org/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rapid-pulse-international-performance-art-festival-tickets-11306515091

Above: Espand members Soheila Azadi, left, and Hanna M. Owens, right, at the Rapid Pulse Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Performance artist Julie Potratz, left, and Rapid Pulse's Giana Gambino, right, at the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Ordinary Projects' Meredith Weber, left, and and Rapid Pulse's Dasha Filippova, right, at the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Performance artist Matthew Prest at the Rapid Pulse Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Performance artist Sandrine Schaefer, left, Christian Cruz, center, and Elena Katsulis at the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Joseph Ravens of Rapid Pulse and Defibrillator, thanking guests at the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Giana Gambino assisting Joseph Ravens at the closing of the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above:Dasha Filippova of Rapid Pulse, thanking guests at the closing of the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Dasha Filippova of Rapid Pulse, modeling fashion the Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Musical entertainment at the Rapid Pulse Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above: Musical entertainment at the Rapid Pulse Vernissage on June 5, 2014.
Above:
Images (1-12) June 5, 2014;
Copyright Paul E. Germanos.

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