Doing Cake is a companion event featuring new choreography by Chris Schlichting and Kenna Cottman made for and in collaboration with Terrence and Nick, and an ensemble of local artists and performers. The evening will showcase work by Terrence, Nick, and Chris only available on Tuesday, October 22, 2013.
Chris Schlichting is a Minnesota-based choreographer and performer. He was named "Best Choreographer" in 2013 by City Pages for his work Matching Drapes, a collaboration with visual artist, Terrence Payne. His work has been presented by venues throughout Minnesota, including the Southern Theater, the Bryant Lake Bowl, the Red Eye Theater, and the Walker Art Center; in New York at Danspace Project, and as a frequent contributor to CATCH! performance series; at ODC in San Francisco, CA; and at Velocity in Seattle, WA. His work has been commissioned by the James Sewell Ballet Company and the Walker Art Center. Chris has also enjoyed collaborations with many esteemed Minneapolis colleagues, including Hijack, Justin Jones, Kristin Van Loon, and Morgan Thorson. By day Chris advises Architecture and Landscape Design Planning undergraduates in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.
Cake is an exhibition of new work from artists Nick Howard and Terrence Payne opening this coming October at Rosalux Gallery. Payne and Howard take turns cataloging the human effects of trying to keep your head afloat in an increasingly polarized world of haves and have nots.
Artist Nick Howard peers into the psychology of the endless hunger people have and questions how they can find freedom within the constraints of their own desires. Howard reflects on how these needs are increasingly based on the consumption of technology, goods, and data and how an individual struggles to find a sense of connection in this flood of isolation. Howards drawings and paintings use a reoccurring cast of oddities to explore these themes of freedom and happiness.
Artist Terrence Payne probes the motivations of an individual to fulfill their ideas of a better tomorrow. Payne searches for the measure they use to define their own place in society and how their self worth is resolved by the success and failure of others. Terrence uses the pattern, typography, and iconography familiar in his work to challenge his audience into redefining their own place in the world and to ponder how they might influence the perceptions of those around them.