Tuesday, 10 August 2010

http://www.tonyorrico.com/

B. 1979, HINSDALE, IL.

MFA, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. ORRICO IS A VISUAL ARTIST AND PERFORMER CURRENTLY WORKING WITHIN A SERIES OF BILATERAL CONTOUR DRAWINGS TITLED, PENWALD DRAWINGS. HIS WORK HAS RECENTLY BEEN COLLECTED BY THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES IN WASHINGTON DC AND COMMISSIONED BY FLUX/S AT STRIJP-S IN EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS AND DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP IN NEW YORK CITY. ORRICO IS A FORMER MEMBER OF TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY AND SHEN WEI DANCE ARTS, AND RECENTLY PERFORMED IN MARINA ABRAMOVIC'S RETROSPECTIVE AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY.

ORRICO'S COMPOSITIONS ARE OFTEN REALIZED THROUGH SPONTANEITY OR WITHIN CREATED STRUCTURES AND VARIATIONS. WITHIN HIS PENWALD DRAWINGS, HE DEVELOPS STUDIO COPIES OF HIS DISCOVERIES AND THEN SHARES PERFORMED VERSIONS OF THESE WORKS WITH LIVE AUDIENCES. HE REFERS TO THE VISUAL ARTIFACTS OF THESE DRAWINGS AS THE FINAL CONDITION OF HIS PERFORMED PROCESSES. THIS SERIES CONSIDERS EXPLORATIONS OF SYMMETRY AND BIOMECHANICS ALONG SIDE THEMES OF MEASUREMENT, PATHWAY, GRAVITY, ENERGY, CHAOS, EFFICIENCY, ENDURANCE, LIMITATION, REPETITION, AND ISOLATION.

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