May 17, 2014, Saturday - Conversation Portraits: For the One Who… at The Soap Factory
Time: 1:00pm-5:00pm No appointment needed, just stop by.
Location: The Soap Factory, 514 2nd St SE
Conversation Portraits: For the One Who…
An interview-based artist project by Minnesota artist Jan Estep
An experiment in presence and connection, Conversation Portraits: For the One Who… is a relational performance piece in which the artist interviews participants and writes impromptu text poems about their lives using a 1960s Royal manual typewriter. During each event, artist Jan Estep invites participants to sit and talk with her one at a time, guided by a series of personal questions. Afterwards she turns in her seat and writes a biographical text for her guest. The original is given to the participant as a gift; a carbon copy is made as a secondary document. There are eight events scheduled during the Soap Factory’s 2014 season, staggered between April and October. A collection of the texts based on the interviews will be published at the end of the series.
Additional interview dates scheduled for 6/1, 6/20, 7/20, 9/6, 9/26, 10/10.