There will be a pre-performance reception at 7:30, with a gallery viewing of Alison Knowles' work.
Alison Knowles was born in New York City in 1933. She is a visual artist known for her soundworks, installations, performances, publications and association with Fluxus, the experimental avant-garde group formally founded in 1962. Among her work within the Fluxus movement, Knowles collaborated with John Cage to produce Notations, a book of experimental composition, and Coeurs Volants, a print composed with Marcel Duchamp. Her event score Make a Salad drew an audience of over 3000 people to the Tate Long Weekend in 2008.
Loose Pages engages with the sculptural potential of the book through performance. Originally produced in collaboration with master paper maker Coco Gordon, Loose Pages translates the book spine into human form; flax and cotton paper pages from a portfolio opens up into pages for the body, arm flaps, leg flaps, hat and slippers. A performer (usually Knowles' daughter, Jessica Higgins) dresses in the pages, which sound as the body moves about the space. Meghan DellaCrosse will assist Knowles in this performance.
Loose Pages will be followed by Alex Waterman, who will perform one of Knowles' Bean Scores on cello. Waterman is a founding member of the Plus Minus Ensemble, based in Brussels and London, specializing in avant-garde and experimental music. In New York he performs with the Either/Or Ensemble.
