Bill Shannon presents Interdisciplinary Artist Video Talk in Two Parts

A Practical Guide To Skateboarding on Crutches (40 min talk 10 min Q&A)
Bill Shannon discusses engaging contradictions and finding balance while in the process of developing and formalizing movement technique. Evolution and Ideation, Invention and Modification, Lexicon and Canon.

Wearables, Wearable Video Art and Live Performance of Sculptural Form (30 min talk 10 min Q&A)
Bill Shannon shares his 3 decades of experimentation with wearable sculpture and video art that led to his eventual fusion of recent works of wearable video sculpture and interactive video sculpture for live performance contexts. The exploration of the video works ultimately serves as a platform for the artists to argue the necessity of establishing conceptual framing and design limitations within the process of invention.

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Bill Shannon is an interdisciplinary artist exploring body-centric work through dance, video installation, and sculpture. A Guggenheim Fellow and Foundation for Contemporary Art Fellow, Shannon developed a singular movement vocabulary on crutches that fused his childhood play patterns with contemporary street-dance and street-skating cultural and kinetic influences. His work has been presented at NY Town Hall, Sydney Opera House and Tate Liverpool Museum among many others.

This talk will take place in Room A266 Bay 10 on the second floor of Smith Warehouse. Free and open to the public.