Peekskill Project V Events Planned this Weekend

Editor's Note: The following release was submitted by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.

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Peekskill, NY— Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art is delighted to present a weekend full of PEEKSKILL PROJECT V events the weekend of May 11th & 12th. In addition to opening a group exhibition, “Body as Landscape,” in the mezzanine gallery, HVCCA will be screening a mesmerizing video by Itziar Barrio in our Video Room. The museum space will be activated by a community-based performance by Priscilla Dobler & Maureen McCourt(Saturday and Sunday, 2-6pm) and by Maria Driscoll McMahon during the opening on Sunday.“Body as Landscape” includescontemporary artists who explore the human relationship to the environment. The artists in the exhibit investigate through metaphor, separation, assimilation or discovery, different ideas about the interaction between humans and this specific engaging environment, challenging the viewer to explore their own body in reference to the natural world.“Body as Landscape” artists include: Anonda Bell, Judith Braun, Kate Clark, Jennifer Cohen, Virginia Lavado, Lilla LoCurto & William Outcault, Armando Marino, Maria Driscoll McMahon and Camilo Rojas.

Maria Driscoll McMahon’s performance piece, “Private Properties,” will take place at the museum during the opening reception on Sunday. Also activating the museum space with performance art this weekend is the collaborative project “Correlate Knitting,” a communitybased work about the present and historical culture of knitting in the Hudson Valley conceived of Priscilla Dobler & Maureen McCourt. The artist duo has worked with a diverse group of knitters from throughout the Hudson Valley to create this large-scale installation performance. Each volunteer knitter was asked to create a panel that representedthe distance from their home to the historic Ornsby Knitting Co. in Waterford, NY. From 2-6pm Saturdayand Sunday, Dobler and McCourt will be in the museum continuously knitting the collected panels to their own panels, which represent the distance from their hometowns of Tacoma, Washington and Missoula, Montana to the historic factory, creating a long strip that stretches through the museum, evocative of the Hudson River itself. Museumgoers are invited to engage in conversation with them.

In our Video Room, past HVCCA Artist in Residence Itziar Barrio presents a recent videoproject "We Could Have had it All." In this multilayered digital video, Itziar Barrio takes a line borrowed from popular music as the departure point for an elaborate exploration of performance, language, politics, and sexuality. Drawing its title from the chorus of British pop star Adele’s 2011 smash single, “Rolling in the Deep,” the work pays homage to the global appeal of Adele’s music while inquiring into the myth-like notion of total fulfillment.

HVCCA is open Fridays 11am-5pm, Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm, and Tuesdays through Saturdays by appointment. General Admission is $5; Seniors and Educators are $4, Students are $2, and children under 8yo are free.“Body as Landscape” will be on view May 12 – July 28, 2013. Itziar Barrio’s “You Could Have had it All” is on view May 12 – June 2.