On the Edge of Society: Moments in Live Art

Jan 21, 2012

Two American women photographers, Dona Ann McAdams and Katrina del Mar, are exhibiting for the first time in Scandinavia with ‘On the Edge of Society: Moments in Live Art’, a retrospective on New York’s underground performance scene in the late 1980s and early 1990s – gritty images that bring to the surface questions about censorship and documentation. To tie in with the exhibition’s opening on Friday, at 7pm Katrina del Mar will in person to discuss her work along with British artist and theorist Alice Maude-Roxby (UK) and her current collaborator, Japan’s Yoshiko Shimada. The talk costs 50kr and is free with a valid student card.

Warehouse 9, Bygning 66, Halmtorvet 11, Cph V; starts Jan 20, ends Jan 24, open 11:00-15:00; free adm

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