VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MENJIVAR

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VAST IS THE SEA: A CONVERSATION WITH MARK MENJIVAR

PART 2 in a mini-series featuring artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA curated by PSO at Co-Lab Projects in Austin, Texas

Barry Stone

Jan 25, 2024

Transcript

This week I spoke with Mark Menjivar. This episode continues our series of conversations with artists participating in VAST IS THE SEA, a series curated by @porchswingorchestra, consisting of 8 presentations from artists whose diverse works are united by their explorations of images, sound, and community presented by Co-Lab projects in Austin, Texas.

Mark will present his work at 7pm on Saturday, January 27

Each event is ticketed separately.

You can purchase tickets on a sliding scale starting at $5 at https://www.co-labprojects.org/

Mark Menjívar is a San Antonio-based artist and Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University. His art practice primarily consists of creating participatory projects while being rooted in photography, oral history, archives, and social action. He attended McLennan Community College, holds a BA in Social Work from Baylor University and an MFA in Social Practice from Portland State University.

Porch Swing Orchestra is an art project that pairs music recorded outside with images made on-site. Performed and recorded at home and away, solo and with others. Our orchestra is comprised of birds, guitars, artists, poets, and passing cars that spontaneously create ephemeral symphonic chance-inspired compositions. The original site and hub for all things PSO can be found at porchswingorchestra.org

MORE ABOUT VAST IS THE SEA

The series takes place over 4 Saturdays and features 2 presentations per evening on Jan 20, 27, and Feb 17 and 24.

All presentations are maximally 45 minutes long

There will be a 15-20-minute intermission between presentations

Each presentation is ticketed separately.

You can purchase tickets on a sliding scale starting at $5 at co-labprojects.org. This is a great way to support PSO.

Co-Lab is a legendary art space whose current configuration is a 40 x 10 x 10-foot concrete culvert sitting on an open plot of land just east of the city. The culvert will be awash in projections and stereo sounds on either end of the ceiling. The floor covered in a sea of moving blankets.

Viewers/listeners are invited to lay next to the performers occupying the center to become a raft in an ocean of sounds gazing at a visionary sky.