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We Live With Animals

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Join for an evening of storytelling with performers including artist Aki Sasamoto, 18-time MOTH StorySLAM champion Adam Wade, and multimedia artist Tamar Ettun, to explore the relationship between animals and humans in the urban realm—exotic and domestic, hidden and in plain sight.

From a tiger found living in a Harlem apartment to a feral rooster in the Bronx, each story transforms our understanding of nature, provoking new relationships with the animal kingdom and offering access to another world in the midst of the metropolis.

We Live with Animals is an installation developed by Catherine Seavitt and Denise Hoffman-Brandt that uncovers and compiles surprising tales of human and animal interaction in the city.

This event is presented as part of Performa 13, a biennial festival dedicated to commissioning, presenting, and exploring new visual art performance across disciplines. We Live with Animals is generously supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This is part of Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape, a multi-year inquiry that will explore how the urban environment influences our need for escape. The new initiative kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 12 with a festival-style week of public programs throughout New York City.

Free. Registration is required, as space will be limited. Register at www.vanalen.org/elsewhere.

 











When: Fri., Nov. 15, 2013 at 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Where: Van Alen Institute
30 W. 22nd St.
212-924-7000
Price: Free
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Photo by John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images

Join for an evening of storytelling with performers including artist Aki Sasamoto, 18-time MOTH StorySLAM champion Adam Wade, and multimedia artist Tamar Ettun, to explore the relationship between animals and humans in the urban realm—exotic and domestic, hidden and in plain sight.

From a tiger found living in a Harlem apartment to a feral rooster in the Bronx, each story transforms our understanding of nature, provoking new relationships with the animal kingdom and offering access to another world in the midst of the metropolis.

We Live with Animals is an installation developed by Catherine Seavitt and Denise Hoffman-Brandt that uncovers and compiles surprising tales of human and animal interaction in the city.

This event is presented as part of Performa 13, a biennial festival dedicated to commissioning, presenting, and exploring new visual art performance across disciplines. We Live with Animals is generously supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

This is part of Elsewhere: Escape and the Urban Landscape, a multi-year inquiry that will explore how the urban environment influences our need for escape. The new initiative kicks off Tuesday, Nov. 12 with a festival-style week of public programs throughout New York City.

Free. Registration is required, as space will be limited. Register at www.vanalen.org/elsewhere.

 

Buy tickets/get more info now