We are excited to share some work-in-progress photos of the projects our participating artists are creating for the AiOP 2018: BODY festival and exhibition. Check back for more as we get closer to the opening dates!
Exhibition Opening: October 4, 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: October 5-27, Weds-Sun, 12-6pm
Festival Dates: October 11-14, 12-9pm

Rose Nestler
Gymnasia Hysteria explores the cult of masculinity through spotlighting society’s age-old obsession with sports and physical fitness.

Denise Treizman and Adam Brazil
Off the Grid-iron challenges the segregated practice of sport in America through ceramics, vibrancy, ritual, and playful engagement with the public.

Kat Cope from feminist collective Don’t Move Don’t Move
Costumes in progress for You Are Pretty If You Don’t Move, which explores themes of sexism, body standards, and oppression and the anxiety that comes from these stressors.

Questions Collective
That is a huge beauty blender!
Foundation will explore the cosmetic role of the artist in gentrification, through their performing cosmetic enhancements on the street.

Elaine Angelopoulos
Dance Memoir invites people to dance with music from the 1980s-90s and share how dancing changed their life and body image.

Kinsfolk
Venus vs. Mars investigates the relationship and connectivity of Venus and Mars and gender through movement and costume. Below is their piece for Westbeth Gallery.