October 10, 2014, Friday - Conversation Portraits: For the One Who at the Soap Factory

Time: Interviews 5-8pm

Location: The Soap Factory, 514 Second Street SE

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.

Listen to a podcast interview with Jan Estep about Conversation Portraits: For the One Who...

No appointment needed, just stop by.