Geraldo Mercado

Social Health Performance Club is proud to present "Empathy Play", an evening of performances with artists:

Lorene Bouboushian Zachary Fabri Ian Deleón Geraldo Mercado Rafael Sanchez

The title pays reference to the empathy play that psychologist Piaget described as the pretending to be another person or thing that leads to greater empathy in the development of a child. Operating within a framework of identity politics, "Empathy Play" asks what does it means to make work from another perspective? Is it ok to assume another identity? When does that become offensive co-opting and when is it investigation and "empathy play"? "Empathy Play" marks the first in an extended series of teaser events leading up to culminating exhibition program "Before it’s Over: Identity, Difference and Hegemony" slated for Fall 2015.

Primarily operating as a curatorial entity founded by Ayana Evans, Esther Neff and Elizabeth Lamb, Social Health Performance Club gathers temporary collectives of artists to produce events, exhibitions, and other public art projects. The Club itself is framed as a performance, gathering together as action, understanding social relationships as artistic processes.

SPEECHMUSICCAMP::::::::: An interest in communication via the flapping of the jaw and tongue, in addition to sound as art material, IN ADDITION to CAMP - you know, polka dots, sly grins, stripes, et cetera.

Geraldo Mercado http://geraldomercado.com/

Raul de Nieves http://www.rauldenieves.com/

FUTURE DEATH TOLL http://www.futuredeathtoll.com/

Lee Todd Lacks with Tom Swafford http://leetoddlacks.com/ http://tomswafford.com/

Household Tales http://householdtales.bandcamp.com/ Household Tales sings songs about cemeteries, trains, hangings, shipwrecks, pregnant women, baleful drunks, and urban coyotes, accompanied by acoustic and electric guitars, double bass, drums, and found objects.

Beer lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery

Lorene Bouboushian http://www.lorenebouboushian.com/

Allison Brainard http://www.cargocollective.com/allisonbrainard

Jon Konkol http://www.jonkonkol.blogspot.com/

Geraldo Mercado http://www.geraldomercado.com/

Michael Newton http://butcheredswitch.blogspot.com/

Rebecca Patek

The self and its discontents, rudeness of the Me to the I, autoerotica, autophagia, multiple personalities, role-plays. The body shakes but can't exorcise the me-me.

PERFORMANCY FORUM XXVI: WORKOUT

5 artists use the forms of workout tapes, classes, and exercises to lead 1 collective workout and perform 1 solo action or exercise.

LORENE BOUBOUSHIAN

ADJUA GREAVES

GERALDO MERCADO

HADLEY SMITH

ELINOR THOMPSON

Curated/organized by Esther Neff with Adjua Greaves

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC suggested donation $5-10 sliding scale, no one turned away