| TRONG G. NGUYEN | projects.......bio |
| Ready
Set Sail Mixed-media performance with Dance Gang and Jeremy Linzee September 14 and 15, 2007, 40 minutes Superbien Greenhouse for Contemporary Art, Berlin |
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Ready Set Sail was a mixed-media
performance that took place in Berlin at the Superbien Greenhouse for
Contemporary Art in September 2007. The collaborative of Dance Gang (Kennis
Hawkins and Will Rawls), musician/architect Jeremy Linzee, and artist/curator
Trong G. Nguyen mobilized the space and its surrounds as a departure point,
lighthouse, and vessel that acted as a beacon, biosphere, and site for
"collection." Channeling the author Alain de Botton (The
Art of Travel) and explorers such as Alexander von Humboldt, Hannibal,
and Ulysses, Ready Set Sail incorporated dance, music, and interactive
performance to investigate the phenomena of locomotion, "imperialism,"
and discovery. The second version of Ready Set Sail
is scheduled for October 4-5, 2008 as part of Open House New York
weekend. |