
Convergence Research | Featuring Joseph Bui, Charlie King and Graydon Harrison
Date:
Thursday, February 19, 2024 | 6pm-7pm
Location:
Blaffer Art Museum
Format:
This month’s Convergence Research will feature two artists performances from Joseph Bui, Graydon Harrison and Charlie King.
Bassoonist Graydon Harrison (BA) and photographer Joseph Bui (MFA) will put Francisco Mignone’s Sixteen Waltzes in an immersive visual experience using digital projection and textiles. The narrative work is interested in the surreal figure of the troubadour, the vulnerable body and gothic aesthetics.
MFA photographer Charlie King will perform Care For Me, a public interactive performance in which King asks the audience to dye and wash his hair. The piece speaks on queer healing, acts of communal care and the search for safe spaces locally.
What is Convergence Research
Convergence Research is a collaboration between the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts and the Blaffer Art Museum that supports students and faculty in the McGovern College of the Arts to explore connection and collaboration between the disciplines in the arts and beyond. It is a platform for experimentation and research with the goal of providing opportunities to push the boundaries of the artistic disciplines. Convergence Research promotes interdisciplinary inquiry and techniques to stimulate creative process and cultivate works that are performative, temporary and in any stage of process. This season Convergence Research is curated by Mitchell Center Graduate Assistant Anna Barr.