Knock 'Em Dead

Steven Cohen

Wednesday & Thursday, September 16 & 17, 2009, 7:30pm

FREE

photo: Marianne Greber

 

A co-presentation with FIAF: Crossing the Line Festival

Steven Cohen culminates his research residency at Baryshnikov Arts Center and CPR-Center for Performance Research with a special presentation/performance as part of Crossing the Line.

Knock ‘Em Dead is an evening of film, images, and live performance that incorporates video fragments of some of Cohen's public interventions and draws inspiration from the small cemeteries that survive in the "city that never sleeps". It aims to look at the idea of "motionlessness" and silence in the noisy and actively congested Manhattan city space. In a city defined by neighborhoods, Manhattan's cemeteries bridge racial, cultural, and religious boundaries-much like Cohen's own body of work.

 

Crossing the Line is FIAF's fall festival, conceived as a platform to present vibrant new works by a diverse range of transdisciplinary artists working in France and New York City.

 

 

CulturesFrance is proud to present Steven Cohen as part of Crossing the Line 2009.  CPR's programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.