Performance at Fisher Landau Center for Art

Fisher Landau Center for Art presents ­choreographer and dancer Paz Tanjuaquio in a dance performance within the exhibition Hypothetical? by Lorna Simpson. Catch this unique opportunity to see a solo performance by Paz and visit the Fisher Landau Center For Art, devoted to the exhibition and study of the contemporary art collection of Emily Fisher Landau.

Saturday, September 30, 2017 at 3:00pm
at Fisher Landau Center for Art
38-27 30th Street in Long Island City, NY > directions
718.937.0727
www.flcart.org

TOPAZ ARTS is honored to announce that Fisher Landau Center for Art has invited ­choreographer and dancer Paz Tanjuaquio for a repeat performance within the exhibition Hypothetical? by Lorna Simpson, on Saturday, September 30, 3pm. Take this opportunity to see the performance and visit the Fisher Landau Center For Art in Long Island City, devoted to the exhibition and study of the contemporary art collection of Emily Fisher Landau.

Creating dance inspired by visual artworks, choreographer Paz Tanjuaquio brings performative aspects to the exhibition, while exploring dance within the installation. Hypothetical? creates a physical space where the viewers become active participants, Paz’s solo dance highlights this experience by activating the gallery with movement inspired by the works on view. The aural component of the exhibition is accompanied by hidden speakers that project the drone of horn-playing with muted sounds of labored breathing as if struggling to reach a cohesive melody.

The performance takes place within the installation Hypothetical? – which takes its title from a framed newspaper excerpt regarding a question posed to Tom Bradley, the African American mayor of Los Angeles, in the wake of the city’s riots following the April 1992 acquittal of the LAPD officers charged with beating African American motorist Rodney King. Asked if whether he would now be afraid to be a black man in Los Angeles if he were not the mayor, Mr. Bradley paused, then said: “No, I would not be scared. I would be angry.” In light of recent & current events, the echo of the strife that continues today informs this new performance within the exhibition.

Paz Tanjuaquio has been active in NYC since 1990 as a choreographer, dancer, performer, visual artist, curator, & marathoner. Awards for her choreography include National Endowment for the Arts, NYFA/BUILD Award, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, among others, and has been artist-in-residence at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli, NY, Akiyoshidai Int’l Art Village in Japan, Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, & Movement Research in NYC. Her work has been presented in NYC by Harkness Dance Festival at 92Y, Danspace Project, Performance Space 122, La MaMa; nationally, at Cornell University, Hudson NY Operation Unite, San Diego Trolley Dance, American Dance Festival Int’l Screen Dance; and internationally at residencies in Cambodia, Japan, Korea and her birthplace, the Philippines. Paz received her MFA in Dance from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and BA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego. She continues to make dance and perform in works by choreographers such as Dean Moss, Molissa Fenley, among others. She is Co-Director of TOPAZ ARTS, Inc. – a nonprofit organization founded in 2000 with Todd B. Richmond to provide a creative space for contemporary performance and visual arts. www.topazarts.org

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