Gerard and Kelly, Impermanent Collection (2007)
Performance, 60'
Performance still, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, December 2007.
Pictured: Charly Totterwitz
Impermanent Collection is a personal and subjective response to the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Created as a performance and video installation for the museum’s Lower Gallery, the project attempts to bring attention to the diverse affective relations individuals experience when looking attentively at works of art. Gerard and Kelly collaborated with Brock Labrenz to develop a series of films, each capturing a single performer alone in the museum’s gallery performing near a chosen work from the permanent collection. These films were animated in two live events that included a musical performance by ICE | International Contemporary Ensemble.
Gerard and Kelly in collaboration with Brock Labrenz, Impermanent Collection: Emilio (2007)
Single-channel video, 7 minutes
Production Credits:
Whitney Live at the Whitney Museum of American Art. New York (
December, 2007)
Produced by Moving Theater and An Films in collaboration with ICE | International Contemporary Ensemble
Performed by Emilio Martinez Lopez, Thea Little, Marion Ramirez, Natalie Thomas, and Charly TotterwitzMusic by Steve Reich, Kaija Saariaho, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis, performed live by ICE | International Contemporary Ensemble
Stage design by Josef Asteinza
Production Manager: John Martinez
