chashama presents

 

Currency 2002,

an International Festival

of Contemporary Performance,

October 3-5, 2002 at 135 W 42 St. in Manhattan. Artists from Europe, Asia, and all three Americas, many performing in New York for the first time, will participate in this historic event. The festival will also feature Currency Exchange, a gallery exhibition with contributions by performance artists from around the globe. There will be a different program each night; performances begins at 8 PM. Reservations call 212.5602419. For more information, visit the chashama website at www.chashama.org

Thursday, Oct. 3

Fumiko Takahashi (Japan)

John G. Boehme (Canada)
Pekka Luhta (Finland)

Jessica Buege (US)

Julie Bacon (UK)

Friday, Oct. 4

Ema Villanueva (Mexico)

Wladislaw Kazmierczak/

Ewa Rybska (Poland)

Jamie McMurry (US)

Saturday, Oct. 5

Her/She Senses (US) in the window

Irma Optimist (Finland)

Julien Blaine (France)

Chumpon Apisuk (Thailand)

Alexander Del Re (Chile)

Uto Gusztav (Romania)


(programs subject to change)



Currency Exchange contributing artists

Skip Arnold (US), Peter Baren (Holland), Adina Bar-on (Israel), Nenad Bogdonavic (Yugoslavia), Jeffery Byrd (US), Peter Grzybowski (US), Roddy Hunter (UK), Alistair Maclennan (No. Ireland), Boris Nieslony (Germany), Amy Shapiro (US), Andre Stitt (UK), Iwan Wijono (Java), Roi Vaara (Finland)

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Opening reception - Wednesday Oct 2, 6:30 - 8:30  pm, 135 W 42 St.