Artists: Yves Scherer, Candice Jacobs, Hannah Perry, Noah Barker, Tomas Diaz-Cedeño, Lewis Teague Wright, Francisco Cordero-Oceguera, Jimmy Merris, Nico Colón, Timothy James Kelly, Puppies Puppies, Olivia Erlanger, Dora Budor, Alex Mackin Dolan, Renaud Jerez, Carlos Reyes, K.r.m Mooney
Exhibition title: Under A Thawing Lake
Venue: Dark Arts International, Mexico City
Date: February 4 – 8, 2015
Photography: Courtesy of the artists and Dark Arts International
The actors have only just met and their scripted production has dissolved into improv while the theater housing them faces a similarly uncertain future. One is interrupting the others, constantly trying to steer away from the humor of the fact that the stage they are on is being taken apart as they perform. Electric saws cut dry wall, asbestos, and the occasional length of piping; it’s the topic of conversation. The way things are going isn’t good; in fact they’re getting dire. The theater is dilapidated and it’s worth more as scrap material than real estate. The improv goes on, as the actors can’t agree as to whether it’s even possible to stop acting. For the moment, improv appears to be the best means of improvement because without the performance there isn’t much need for a theater.
Yves Scherer, Celebrities Smoking (Twilight), 2015
Puppies Puppies, Fly Fly Orange Orange, 2015
Candice Jacobs, Fortune, 2014
Carlos Reyes, Not yet titled, 2015
Lewis Teague Wright, Act Like The World Hasn’t Already Been Discovered, 2015
Yves Scherer, Celebrities Smoking (Twilight), 2015
Francisco Cordero-Oceguera, reduced moments (necklace), 2015
Tomás Díaz Cedeño, Baja, Te Espero En La Puerta, 2015
Candice Jacobs, Fortuna, 2015
Hannah Perry, You’re Gonna Be Great, 2015
Nico Colón, Seemingly Still Life, 2015
Jimmy Merris, Jimmy Merris sings the blues, 2013
K.r.m Mooney, Fourth Initial, 2014
Timothy James Kelly, Filter, 2015
Olivia Erlanger, Hablar Sin Rodeos, 2015
Dora Budor, Not yet titled, 2015
Alex Mackin Dolan, Vulture Light, 2015
Yves Scherer, Celebrities Smoking (Twilight), 2015
Timothy James Kelly, Filter, 2015
Renaud Jerez, Not yet titled, 2014
