Robert Whitman, Passport
April 17, 2011, Dia Beacon
Co-commissioned by Dia Art Foundation and Peak Performances at Montclair State (NJ)
Overview
Passport, by Robert Whitman, will be an innovative, non-narrative, imagistic theater piece that includes live performance, video projections, sound, and props in original environments fashioned by the artist. Co-commissioned by Dia and Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ) this ambitious new work will be performed simultaneously in two places: outside on the banks of the Hudson River near Dia:Beacon, and indoors at the Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University in New Jersey. During the performance, images generated at each site will be transmitted to, and projected at, the other performance site.
This program is supported in part by Lisa and Richard Baker, Heidi Olson and Roger Duffy, and The Pace Gallery. Additional support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
This program is supported in part by Lisa and Richard Baker, Heidi Olson and Roger Duffy, and The Pace Gallery. Additional support is provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
Artist
Robert Whitman
(1935–2024)
Robert Whitman was born in New York City in 1935. He died in Warwick, New York, in 2024.
Books
Robert Whitman: Playback
This publication is the first to reexamine Robert Whitman's seminal early work, begun under the influence of Allan Kaprow in the late 1950s.
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