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| Above: The zombie assistant in Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
"Five Steps to Hell with Poverty"
February 21, 2015
Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL
http://thomasfriel.com/
http://www.daonguyen.com/
http://www.acreresidency.org/
http://dfbrl8r.org/
"Friel engages audiences as costumed characters both on screen and off. His latest multimedia project, 'To Hell With Poverty,' is part of the nomadic collective, 'Sentient Avatars of Astral Collapse.' Fast-paced, incendiary, and satirical, the work suggests solutions for overcoming capitalist oppression. Nguyen’s 'Blackbox Magik' is an interactive installation at the opening event. Inside a caravan, performer Joshua Kent ritually selects and marks each visitor with a tattoo for the night. Artists Dasha Filippova, Julie Henslee, Jane Jerardi, Aya Nakamura, and Moki Tantoco created tattoo images in response to a system of prompts."
"The opening will include an interactive installation by Nguyen and a live performance by Friel. The closing event (7:00 PM, February 28, 2015) will include a performative artist talk by Friel and a performative lecture by Nguyen called 'bibliologarrhythmia.' Gallery hours are at random or by appointment."
Quotation above from: http://www.thevisualist.org/2015/02/five-steps-to-hell-with-poverty-new-works-by-dao-nguyen-tom-friel/
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| Above: Tom Friel, in costume, in his ACRE Residency performance at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: ACRE's Emily Green bravely participating in Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: ACRE's Emily Green bravely participating in Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: The detritus remaining after Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: A behind-the-stage view of Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance props, following his show on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Standing outside Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL, looking at Tom Friel's ACRE Residency performance props, following his show on February 21, 2015. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen's "Blackbox Magik" caravan, seen here following her interactive ACRE Residency performance with Joshua Kent at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen's "Blackbox Magik" caravan, seen here following her interactive ACRE Residency performance with Joshua Kent at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen's "Blackbox Magik" caravan, seen here following her interactive ACRE Residency performance with Joshua Kent at 7:00 PM, on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen seen through the lace curtain entry of her "Blackbox Magik" caravan on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen seen through the lace curtain entry of her "Blackbox Magik" caravan on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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| Above: Dao Nguyen occupying her "Blackbox Magik" caravan on February 21, 2015, within Defibrillator Gallery, 1463 W. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL. |
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