“Triple Threat” with Artist Collective, “Frise”

September 2009

Allied Productions’ Jack Waters and Peter Cramer, accompanied by artist Marc Arthur, visited Frise, an artists collective in Hamburg, where they presented an exhibition entitled Triple Threat.

“Our, that is, my and Peter’s return to Hamburg was in many ways a homecoming, having been there first in 1990 for the exhibition we did at Kunstlerhaus for ABC No Rio’s ten year anniversary , again in 1995 for the September News/Sei Dabei exhibition events, and more recently during 2008, on a side trip during our Berlin Temps residency with Marc Arthur. As with the other trips in typical Allied fashion there were multi-tiered activities in various disciplines and deliveries connected to the exhibition.” (Excerpt from Jack’s Blog Post)

The Artwork

“One Way Empire” – Peter Cramer

“Peter and Marc scavenged the foam core fragments from the construction site next door and incorporated them as part of Peter’s multi media installation, which occupied the space adjacent to Frise’s central gallery. The installation was titled ‘One Way Empire,’ and was composed of a DVD projection of various demolition scenes we had captured on video over the past few years, a series of ink jet prints Peter developed at the Berlin residency, and a brick found in the rubble at Le Petit Versailles.” (Excerpt from Jack’s Blog Post)

“Headlines” (Venetian Masks) – Jack Waters

“I showed the collages that he made on the Venetian masks Peter, Marc, and I used as character guides for the “Pestilence” improvisational performances we did during our Emily Harvey Foundation residency in Venice. The masks, covered with newsprint from Venice papers, were hung in front of the three dimensional wall hangings, which were collages of tabloid clippings from NYC and Berlin. I had previously shown the installation at the “Headlines” exhibit at the now defunct Rapture Café and Books on 13th Street and Avenue A.”  (Excerpt from Jack’s Blog Post)

“Lilith Fragments,” “The Key,” “Lucid,” and “Priapus” – Marc Arthur

“On the opposite wall Marc showed c-prints he called “Lillith Remnants” taken from the performance at Le Petit Versailles originally titled “Bareback Starfucker”. In the room center he placed a pedestal with copper keys treated with acrylic and glass beads, an installation he called “The Key,” based on a piece he performed in San Francisco earlier in the year. His other wall pieces were “Lucid,” white lettering directly on white wall, and “Priapus,” a remnant of the 2007 installation/performance we did called “Pagano Primavera” for a My Comrade party at the Ukranian National Home in NYC.”  (Excerpt from Jack’s Blog Post)

For more information, including pictures and video, check out more of our postings about the trip!

Link to Specific Posts:

• Triple Threat Exhibition – Artwork
• Triple Threat Exhibition – Opening Night
• Youth Workshop
• Garten Kunst
• Graffiti in Hamburg
• Jack’s Reflections on Triple Threat

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See all of the Blog posts for Triple Threat