The Living Installation
From the studio of Michael Alan, visionary native NY artist born 77′. World renowned, highly collected, NYC’s wild child. His work has been exhibited in major museum shows (MET, New Museum, Sprit Museum), over 15 solo exhibitions, in over 400 museum articles, Art Walk, Village Voice Best in Show, The New York Times video, Brooklyn museum permanent collection, and at AFA Gallery duo exhibition with Dali. He has made music with Tommy Ramone, The Residents, Ramesy Jones, Tim “Love” Lee, Kenny Scharf, Japanther, The Krays, Geneva Jachuzzi, and Jello Biafra.
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UPCOMING:
03/30 Embrace the Spring, Become Sprung
A dedication to Carolee Schneemann
Saturday March 30th 8pm to midnight
View from home live stream or come to Bushwick limited in studio audience seating
Tickets $20 / $40 suggested. Select what works best for you. We are not for profit. We do this project because it is needed in our culture now. ❤️
Human beings turn themselves into living sculptures and sculptures turn themselves loose, alive, free. Humans and sculptures work together to bring you a one of a kind show in the studio of native NYC artist Michael Alan.
SPRUNG, a new beginning as 100 sculptures / toys become a LARGE part of the cast, accompanying the lovely Jadda Cat the tinfoil puppeteer, the wild Michael Alan Alien {drawing live} Pizza Ghost, and Patti Mayonnaise!
This is also a listening party! Be the first to hear Michael and Jadda’s musical collabs with Tim “Love” Lee, Aaron Dilloway, MF Grimm, Ramsey Jones, Hunter Reynolds, and Sunk Heaven!
The multidimensional installation LIVE, PUNKY, FUN, CREATIVE, NYC LIVING INSTALLATION is back for Spring, as Spring has SPRUNG……. with a tripped out lighthearted fairytale / puppet show! SEE ART COME TO LIFE!……
Over 100 new sculptures, movable, wire, dolls, silly, angry, hungry, confused and silly. A MUST SEE……..{this is also viewable from you phone, or home LIVE from your computer!} Even the instruments ARE sculptures!
Costumes, toys, masks… from large scale sculptures, mini guys, wizards, naked old ladies and snoring old dragons take control and make the room a wild ride…..well, not really, {you can just sit and watch a fairytale come true}
The Living Installation has created live art showings for years, and until now, most live sculpture has been unsalvageable. This is a rebirth of these very intricate parts and paints plops have been all gathered and carefully built into sculptures for the last 2 months.
They are reminiscent of Michael Alan’s drawings come alive!
Free feathers for the first 3 people! No snoring!
Inatimate objects come to life. Everything has a personality. Living breathing live studio. “Come as you are.” There are no sheep.
Cast includes in no order or gender:
Jadda Cat
Michael Alan Alien
Pizza Ghost
Patti Mayonaise
GraffitiGuy puppet on strings
NudeGuy the puppet……won’t keep his puppet clothes on
Half-duck-half-owl
Babyhead
Pigfart
Daryl Dixon Horsey
Michael Rapaport Balloon Brush
Kool Keith Mask
Dinocarcandle
Glovechicken
Potato skin
Doggy
Take a look into a world manifested by endless creativity, and body changes by Bushwick’s art couple Jadda x Michael in their studio turned pseudo theater! A four hour performance broadcasted live worldwide with limited availability to attend in person at @michaelalanalien private studio. Come to Bushwick, Brooklyn for an intimate view of this old NYC living art human project, or watch it live from wherever you are.
The Living Installation has been going strong for close to 20 years in NYC. Bushwick born Michael Alan has been doing live shows in NYC since the 90s. Jadda Cat, featured in BUST Magazine, “leads you into her world where you are digested into a world of meditative art.”
Watch the last performance on YouTube! Or be a patron and we will send you clips and photos! Only $20! Available for a limited time.
The Living Installation is a live expressive experience {a living movie acted out} by artist couple Michael Alan and Jadda Cat. The evening includes performance, multimedia body art, comedy, inspiration, live music, punk sounds, projection and so much more.. Jadda Cat, a female performance artist transports her mind and body and becomes various live sculptures, living and breathing insanity. This innovative, cutting edge project began in 2002 and continues to evolve, minute to minute. The upcoming project takes place inside their personal studio. You are invited to a raw view, a look into process. The show itself is the up-close creation and development of wacky characters with every material imaginable. Jadda Cat is the portal into the unknown. This is a fun loving performance, a multimedia creative session. Join us for an up-close and personal experience, create memories and partake in the community of connection that creates the soul and energy of art. Its like nothing else, so its impossible to paraphrase.
Performance artists transform into unique living art objects while performing live for a diverse multicultural audience. The performers interact inside of an elaborately built installation and environment with costumes and props, while acting out living theater. Art comes to life! The Installation serves as a place where people gather to have experience, make bonds and or create. The audience has the freedom to express themselves while watching an ongoing process. It is my goal to help our audience and team have new memorable experiences while developing a community wide connection that expands the soul and energy of art.
All ticket sales and donations contribute to the continuation of the sessions. We are not funded and non profit. for easy payment PayPal artisticrevolution@gmail.com or Venmo @Michael-Alan-5
Can’t make the show but wanna hear the sounds? Download the discography
Michael Alan Alien Bandcamp
THE LIVING INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
• Come to experience, not to expect. The Living Installation is a small scale creative session, not a class, show or party.
• Space is limited. Please be kind to the studio and aware of others around you.
• Address is provided with confirmation of ticket sale. All tickets must be obtained before the session and are non refundable. Click “add to cart” PayPal artisticrevolution@gmail.com or Venmo @Michael-Alan-5
• Photography is welcome for personal use only. You’re welcome to document and post. Please tag @michaelalanalien and @thelivinginstallation.
• Photos and videos are the intellectual property of the Living Installation. Please no large cameras, no flash, and don’t shoot any nude models. Photos are not for exhibition and not for sale.
• No drugs or alcohol.
BECOME A PATRON!
Please consider donating to keep the Living Installation going. We are a DIY, not for profit, 17 year old NYC grassroots project with endless expenses, no funding, no staff. Help keep the spiritual public art going! Sign up and donate and receive behind the scenes videos, photo, virtual shows, and more! We run on donations! Keep the mom and pop show glowing! Thank you!
Press pick: BUST Magazine’s preview of VAMPIRA!
http://bust.com/arts/193593-join-the-she-devils-in-a-bushwick-art-studio-this-weekend.html
Short film by Alan Ket, an amazing look into Alan’s work! Check out what its like to visit the studio!
A few selected works out of over 50 publications about Michael Alan’s work and The Living Installation
http://nypost.com/2010/01/20/draw-your-family-with-michael-alan/
http://www.villagevoice.com/slideshow/michael-alans-draw-a-thon-6262315/14
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/?p=3991
http://gothamist.com/2012/01/22/photos_michael_alans_living_install.php#photo-1
http://hyperallergic.com/31923/michael-alan-living-installation-cosmic-cavern/
http://massappeal.com/michael-alan-artist-in-every-sense-of-the-word/