November/December
2016
Taryn
Plumb
It’s
7 p.m. You’re out for a night on the town. You grow a little wary
when you reach your destination — a waterfront warehouse that you
enter along with 19 other guests through an old rusted door. Your
hosts guide you to an uncomfortably small, harshly-lit room where
impersonal Muzak is playing.
You
make awkward conversation — and wait.
Suddenly,
your hosts dramatically lift the ceiling and push down one of the
walls of the stifling room, and in front of you is a welcoming
clearing replete with grass, trees, stumps and several picnic
baskets.
This
was the opening installment of the performance art piece “Inside,
Outside, Above, Below,” presented by Portland artist Aaron T.
Stephan and his partner Lauren Fensterstock.
It
is indicative of Stephan’s desire to not only create art, but art
that is immersive and transcends traditional confines, creating
dialogues and starting conversations.
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