Victoria Bradford: Neighborhood Dances
@ Defibrillator Gallery
1463 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL
Opening Saturday, October 24th, from 7PM - 10PM
On view through Saturday, October 24th
NEIGBORHOOD DANCES is an ongoing series of daily movement expressions based in residential neighborhoods where the artist, Victoria Bradford, finds herself — from Lake Charles, LA (her childhood home) to Chicago, IL (her recent home). Recorded on an iPhone and distributed through social media, these suburban or urban interventions are brief gestures exploring the residential landscape as a frame or stage for idiosyncratic improvised movement. In performance, the artist will create live actions in conversation with projected videos of various Neighborhood Dances. Her residency at Defibrillator Gallery includes a workshop for which participants will make their own Neighborhood Dances, activating architecture and environments in Noble Square and other areas of Chicago.
Born in Louisiana in 1980, VICTORIA BRADFORD is an artist and choreographer living and working in Chicago, Illinois. After earning her MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she formed the company, A House Unbuilt, as a container for her performance practice. Her work has been produced in conjunction with the MCA Chicago, Chicago Artists Month, Open House Chicago, Chicago Artists Coalition, Design Cloud Gallery, Defibrillator Performance Gallery, and Sullivan Galleries, among others.
Victoria Bradford is a Chicago Artist Month Featured Artist, a High Concept Labs Sponsored Artist, and Neighborhood Dances is a Chicago Architecture Biennial Affiliate Program.
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