Shana Moulton's Portable Performance

Art21 — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:37:16 +0000

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New York Close Up

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Art21

Is being a performance artist just another job? In this film, artist Shana Moulton rehearses and performs Whispering Pines 7 in the exhibition Acting Out at the Bronx River Art Center. In her 14th floor studio at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace, an artist residency program of repurposed offices located in the heart of Wall Street, Moulton gathers up the essential tools of her trade — costume, wig, makeup, DVD — and takes the long uptown subway trip to the Mott Haven section of the Bronx.

A Brief History of Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines

Art21 — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:19:05 +0000

Series:

New York Close Up

Institution:

Art21

Should an artist separate herself from the character she creates? In this film, artist Shana Moulton traces the development of her ongoing video and performance series Whispering Pines and its central protagonist Cynthia. Moulton charts the various ways in which fiction and autobiography meld and diverge in the character of Cynthia, played by the artist herself. The title of the series is an homage to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and adopts the name of Shana’s childhood home: a trailer park for seniors near Yosemite, California.

ArtBabble: Shana Moulton

Shana Moulton's Portable Performance

A Brief History of Shana Moulton & Whispering Pines