Gerard & Kelly
01 Sep 2014 - 15 Feb 2015
“Open Pole,” as part of “Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange)” at the New Museum, 2014–15. Pictured: Keisha Franklin
GERARD & KELLY
P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange)
1 September 2014 - 15 February 2015
Gerard & Kelly’s new project continues their longstanding investigation into intimacy, relationships, and cultural transmission via vernaculars of pole dancing.
Presented as part of the “New Museum R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY”
Gerard & Kelly (Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly) work within an interdisciplinary framework to create project-based installations and performances that use choreography, writing, and a range of other mediums to address questions of sexuality, collective memory, and the formation of queer consciousness. As the culminating event in a six-month Research and Development residency at the New Museum, their two-week exhibition “P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange)” explores fleeting encounters and processes of history and memory via sculpture, video, and live performance.
P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange)
1 September 2014 - 15 February 2015
Gerard & Kelly’s new project continues their longstanding investigation into intimacy, relationships, and cultural transmission via vernaculars of pole dancing.
Presented as part of the “New Museum R&D Season: CHOREOGRAPHY”
Gerard & Kelly (Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly) work within an interdisciplinary framework to create project-based installations and performances that use choreography, writing, and a range of other mediums to address questions of sexuality, collective memory, and the formation of queer consciousness. As the culminating event in a six-month Research and Development residency at the New Museum, their two-week exhibition “P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange)” explores fleeting encounters and processes of history and memory via sculpture, video, and live performance.