Andie Flores: BAD DANCING (workshop)

BAD DANCING is an open group ecstatic dance session that encourages participants to lean all the way into cringe. 

In an exploration of embarrassment as process, CopenhAustin/Unlisted Projects artist-in-residence Andie Flores leads BAD DANCING, two hours of dancing for cringe, dancing for social disaster, dancing for sweet clown freedom, all set to a diverse music selection. Join us as we dance alone together in an open space. All welcome, no experience required.

How to attend: The workshop is free and you can RSVP HERE

ACCESS NOTES

Language: English.

Sessions: Feel free to come to all or just one session. Attendance both days is not a necessity, but we of course hope you can.

Who can participate: All are welcome! (Some music selections may not be suitable for children.) Participants should bring an open mind and at least semi-energetic spirit.

Range og movement: Suitable to everyone. Range of physical movement and intensity 100% up to each attendee. You know your body best. Taking breaks encouraged. Comfy clothes and footwear suggested. Water and light snacks provided.

Accessibility details of space: Warehouse9’s workspace has level free entrance to the space and an accessible toilet that can be accessed via a stairlift.
All events at Warehouse9 are considered “relaxed”. We operate with a safer space policy and ask that you orientate yourself with it upon entry to the space.

ABOUT

ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist based in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. Flores creates experimental live performances that pair identity and comedic culture moments with over-exaggerated, often grotesque shapes and sounds. She is fascinated by the urgent task of world-building at the edge of the limits of art-making.
www.andieflores.com

ANDIE FLORES (USA): CopenhAustin Residency

Andie Flores will undetake a 1-month residency at Warehouse9 as part of the CopenhAustin residency initiative. As part of the residency period Andie Flores will host a a number of events at Warehouse9, as well as a workshop at Roskilde Festival.

Activities:

• Flores workshop at Warehouse9 “BAD DANCING” on Tuesday 25th & Wednesday 26th June st 5pm-7pm

• Linh Le and Andie Flores will be in conversation at Warehouse9 on Friday at 4pm,  June 28, 2024.

• Flores will present an Art and Activism workshop, ‘Embarrassment as a Revolutionary Tool’ at Roskilde Festival on Monday, July 1 at 11am, 2024.

ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. Flores creates experimental live performances that pair identity and comedic culture moments with over-exaggerated, often grotesque shapes and sounds. She is fascinated by the urgent task of world-building at the edge of the limits of art-making.

Her work has been shown at Bushwig South, Presa House Gallery, The Museum of Human Achievement, Ivester Contemporary, MASS Gallery, Future Front Film Fest, Contrast Film Festival, Fusebox Festival, and The Dallas Latino Cultural Center; and her writing has appeared in fields, Precog, Jezebel, and Remezcla. She was named one of Remezcla’s ‘40 Emerging, Texas-based Artists to Know’ in 2020, and made Glasstire’s ‘Best of 2021’ list. She debuted her first solo stage show, To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical Transformation at OUTsider Festival in February 2023 and produced a sold-out 6-show run at Crashbox in November 2023. She was voted best performance artist and among the top three art writers in Concept Animals’ Community Favorites poll of December 2023.
https://www.andieflores.com/work

Whilst in residence, Andie Flores will explore where failure fits into the revolution. In her words:

I’m obsessed with failure as an artistic practice and see a continuous cycle of embarrassment and failure as a means to our only way out – to revolution, deeper into ourselves, and otherwise. I want to know where a clown might fit in the revolution, or what a clown could learn from failure for the long con.

During this residency, I’m looking forward to getting to know other experimental performers in Copenhagen, sharing imagination and solidarity practices, as well as learning more about the neighborhood of Freetown Christiania and its various performances of power, the realities of living outside of or against the state, especially throughout Christiania’s storied history and now, in a moment of potential change, in relation to ideas like ‘queer world building’ or imaginings of utopic living. I’d love to meet with residents of Christiania, as well as with local interventionists, performance activists, clowns, drag artists, costumers, etc.

My goal is to spend time writing artistic research models and performances informed by what I learn, as well as playing with costuming and interventions in support of local actions.

Want to connect with Andie? Write us on [email protected]

About CopenhAustin:

Warehouse9 (Copenhagen, Denmark), Unlisted Projects (Austin, TX) and The Museum of Human Achievement (Austin, Texas) have come together to offer a residency exchange of one artist from Texas and one artist from Denmark. This international residency opportunity is intended for queer artists working within live performance and designed to support network building, the creation and sharing of new work in an international context. Residents are given the time, space, freedom and financial support to concentrate upon the development of their own work. This residency programme is funded and has a fixed duration of one month. This residency opportunity will be awarded following an open call and application process. Residency artists will be selected in partnership with participating organizations and host a public sharing of work created during their residency at both their host and home organization.

The purpose of this residency programme is to support artistic development and facilitate cultural exchange, and long-term connections between artists, organizations and the greater communities of Texas and Denmark. A unique dimension of the call is a commitment to the intersection of LGBTQIA+ issues and environmental sustainability practices.

This residency is made possible with support  from:

Embassy of Denmark Washington D.C.,The Consulate General of Denmark in Houston, Scan Design Foundation, the Danish Arts Foundation, the Cultural Arts Department in Austin and The City of Copenhagen.

Where does a clown fit in the revolution?

Where does a clown fit in the revolution? Experience US artist Andie Flores, self coined “embarrassment artist”, as she shares her practice of embarrassment and failure as a means to revolution. Andie Flores is artist-in-residence as part of Warehouse9, Museum of Human Achievement and Unlisted Projects international residency exchange initiative called CopenhAustin.

Format: Workshop
Place: Roskilde Festival, Flokkr, Container #1
Accessibility: https://faq.roskilde-festival.dk/hc/en-gb/sections/11297582362781-Accessibility 

NOTE: this workshop takes place at Roskilde Festival and therefore requires a Roskilde Festival ticket to attend. 

Andie Flores

ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. Flores creates experimental live performances that pair identity and comedic culture moments with over-exaggerated, often grotesque shapes and sounds. She is fascinated by the urgent task of world-building at the edge of the limits of art-making. 

Her work has been shown at Bushwig, Presa House Gallery, The Museum of Human Achievement, Ivester Contemporary, MASS Gallery, Future Front Film Fest, Contrast Film Festival, Fusebox Festival, and The Dallas Latino Cultural Center; and her writing has appeared in fields, Precog, Jezebel, and Remezcla. She was named one of Remezcla’s ‘40 Emerging, Texas-based Artists to Know’ in 2020, and made Glasstire’s ‘Best of 2021’ list. She debuted her first solo stage show, To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical Transformation at OUTsider Festival in February 2023 and produced a sold-out 6-show run at Crashbox in November 2023. She was voted best performance artist and among the top three art writers in Concept Animals’ Community Favorites poll of December 2023.

Porch sitting with Linh Le & Andie Flores

Porch sitting with Linh Le & Andie Flores

Join Linh and Andie in a relaxed porch sitting conversation.

Both artists are a part of the CopenhAustin residency exchange programme between Copenhagen and Austin, Texas initiated and facilitated by The Museum of Human Achievement (ATX), Unlsited Projects (ATX) and Warehouse9 (DK). Join them in conversation as they share their thoughts and experiences in an informal conversation.

More details coming soon….

After the conversation we invite everyone to stay on for a community dinner. We ask the your RSVP separately for this event, so that we have an accurate idea of numbers: RSVP for the dinner by clicking here.

LANGUAGE: the conversation will be in English.

ACCESS: Level free entrance to the mainhall and workspace. Accesible toilets are accessible via a certified stairlift. This event is considered relaxed. Service dogs are welcome.

ANDIE FLORES

ANDIE FLORES (b. 1990) (she/her) is a performance artist in Austin, Texas, who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hyper, almost obsessive, visibility in a racialized body across barriers of border, history, and capital. Her practice works to unsettle categorical, site-specific expectations of genres of performance (femininity, Latinidad, drag, citizenry) and aims to recontextualize the mechanisms required to do the work of the absurd. Flores creates experimental live performances that pair identity and comedic culture moments with over-exaggerated, often grotesque shapes and sounds. She is fascinated by the urgent task of world-building at the edge of the limits of art-making. 

Her work has been shown at Bushwig, Presa House Gallery, The Museum of Human Achievement, Ivester Contemporary, MASS Gallery, Future Front Film Fest, Contrast Film Festival, Fusebox Festival, and The Dallas Latino Cultural Center; and her writing has appeared in fields, Precog, Jezebel, and Remezcla. She was named one of Remezcla’s ‘40 Emerging, Texas-based Artists to Know’ in 2020, and made Glasstire’s ‘Best of 2021’ list. She debuted her first solo stage show, To Get There… You Must Undergo… A Radical Transformation at OUTsider Festival in February 2023 and produced a sold-out 6-show run at Crashbox in November 2023. She was voted best performance artist and among the top three art writers in Concept Animals’ Community Favorites poll of December 2023.

https://www.andieflores.com/

LINH LE