Julia Barbee
Portland, OR
PRESS RELEASE:
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Artist:
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Julia Barbee
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Title:
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Before/After Scenting New York
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Dates:
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October 1-10, 2011
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Location:
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14th St. New York, NY
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Portland-based artist, Julia Barbee, is pleased to announce her inclusion in Art in Odd Places 2011: RITUAL. Art in Odd Places (AiOP) is an annual festival that presents visual and performance art in public spaces along 14th Street in Manhattan, NYC from Avenue C to the Hudson River each October. Art in Odd Places (AiOP) aims to present art that stretches the boundaries of communication in the public realm by presenting artworks in all disciplines outside the confines of traditional public space regulations. AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions and the unfettered exchange of ideas. www.artinoddplaces.org
Julia Barbee recently received her MFA from California State University Long Beach. Exploring the sense of smell through creation and performance using perfume, she states she is examining the contrast between the visible, the ephemeral, the auditory—and the temporal marks of identity. Motivated by the duality of attraction/repulsion she use scent on her body as the platform for molecular experimentation, quasi-anthropological study, and sculptural performance resulting in visceral, non-representational self-portraiture.
Barbee sees her work as largely invisible; much like graffiti, scents go where they are uninvited, and change the molecular structure of their surrounding environments, along with whoever inhabits those spaces. She will be performing with her site-specific perfumes along East and West 14th Street in New York, along with dozens of other performance and installation artists during the first week of October. Her blog about the experience, which will include pictures and recordings during the week, can be found at beforeafterscentingnewyork.blogspot.com.
Art in Odd Places is Guest curated by Kalia Brooks, MoCADA Director of Exhibitions and Trinidad Fombella, El Museo Del Barrio Exhibitions Manager/Assistant Curator. Festival Producer, Lucia Warck Meister. Founder/Director, Ed Woodham.
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