Where:
Institute of Contemporary Art
100 Northern Ave
Boston, MA 02210
Admission:
$10-15
Categories:
Art, Performing Arts
Event website:
http://www.icaboston.org/programs/performance/obscurus_purgamentum/
To collect what is discarded. To acknowledge the discarded. To pay respect to the discarded. To discard it again. For fourteen days all of the trash that is produced within the walls of the ICA will be collected in black garbage bags. Phelan and Malverde will ascend the mountain of garbage bags and take their place upon the trash thone. They will remain there for six hours. The trash will then be hauled away.
Free with museum admission.
About Vela Phelan:
A multifaceted artist, Vela Phelan creates rituals and beautifies mundane objects through ceremony, transforming and altering modern and ancient energies into a new universal existence. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Mexico and Venezuela, Phelan is deeply influenced by modern saints and gods. He is particularly inspired by the “spiritual magic” of Mexico. As an artist and curator, Phelan has presented work nationally, internationally, and on digital platforms. His ICA exhibit will be a video altar action centered around a Mexican folk saint named Jesús Malverde. templeofmessages.com
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 7:15p
Boston Area Spanish Exchange (BASE)