See below for image creditsSee below for image creditsExhibition-related public performances by Constanza Alarcón Tennen and Robbie Moser-Saito as part of the 27th Drawing Show at Boston Center for the Arts.
Join us on Thursday, May 30, 2024, from 6–7 pm at the Mills Gallery for performances by two artists whose work is on view in the current exhibition: 27th Drawing Show – Yušká: Uncoil.
Listen as artist Constanza Alarcón Tennen activates her sound-producing sculpture Tu, yo, y todo el viento entremedio II, a stoneware polytonal whistle for two mouths. The sculpture will be activated by Alarcón Tennen and Erin Genia, curator of this exhibition.
Experience artist Robbie Moser-Saito’s performance with his hand-built sculptural work Kaizuka. Moser-Saito’s performance is centered on the untying of a Japanese square knot that is holding together a vessel made of unfired clay, balancing precariously different materialities.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Constanza Alarcón Tennen is a multidisciplinary artist. She is interested in transmaterial dialogues, while her work includes sound installations, videos, sculptures and performances, among other media. She graduated from a BFA at Universidad Católica de Chile and the MFA in Sculpture at Yale University in 2015. Her work has been shown internationally at venues such as PS122 (NY), Patricia Ready Gallery (Santiago), El Dorado (Bogotá), the XIII New Media Biennial (Chile), and more. Constanza lives and works between Santiago and Boston.
Robbie Moser-Saito (he/him) is a clay-oriented artist currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. His body of work is an ongoing investigation of raw earthen materials—how far they can be stretched from their found forms, only to reveal truths about their origins. By somatic intervention, Robbie creates gestural sculptures that articulate his experiences with gender dysphoria and cultural identity. He uses performance, intuitive building, and surrender as tools to refuse stasis.
Top image: Video still of performance “Kaizuka” by Robbie Moser-Saito; Bottom image: Video still of performance documentation “Tu, yo, y todo el viento entremedio II (mudras de nazca)” by Constanza Alarcón Tennen activated by the artist and Nicole LHuillier in the exhibition Coro in PS122 Gallery NY, 2023.