The Model Talk series invites artists in residence, writers, curators or individuals of varied backgrounds collaborating with The Model to deliver engaged and informal discussions. Open to everyone and always free of charge.
Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist-in-Residence.
April 11th, 2012
6pm
The Model, The Mall, Sligo, Ireland
in conjunction with The Model’s current exhibition A Series of Navigations which closes on April 15th, 2012.
Alison S.M. Kobayashi is an identity contortionist.
Kobayashi will present and screen a selection of her videos, performances and installation works, showcasing a range of the artist’s interactions with found objects and the humorous results when she imagines their origins.
Ranging from the project, MOTEL, (a collaboration with Gintas Tirilis) where the pair entered abandoned Motels to salvage precious objects before the structure’s demolition to her most recent performance, Defense Mechanism (a collaboration with Christopher Allen), where Kobayashi playfully reflects on the theme of fear by adopting a consumer security camera system into a live performance.
Alison S. M. Kobayashi’s collection of tenderly-curated narratives resembles a box of Allsorts Licorice – colourful, nostalgic and difficult to predict.
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