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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250418
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URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/akron-soul-train-shows-open-with-mult
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SUMMARY:Akron Soul Train Shows Open with Multi-Disciplinary Performances
DESCRIPTION:\nFri 4/18 @ 5-7:30PM\nAkron Soul Train’s mission is to provi
 de short-term “residencies” for artist in all disciplines to work on a
  specific project which is then presented at its gallery. Its new show\, f
 eaturing work by Alex Heard and Hank Bamberger\, is on view Wednesday Apri
 l 16-Saturday May 10\, with a free public reception and performance on Fri
 day April 18.\nAkron sculpture and performance artist Alex Heard’s This 
 Machine Makes Art: A Plushy Installation and Performance “is on a quest 
 to soften the harsh edges of our reality—to create a place where fear be
 comes more loveable.” It features a display of plush toys\, props and co
 stume-like wearable objects in an installation animated by performance fea
 turing audience interaction. “You will make new friends! You will see th
 e square peg fit through a round hole! You will become the soft sculpture 
 you were always meant to be!” says Heard in the show’s artist statemen
 t.\n\nHank Bamberger\, who is currently a visiting Assistant Professor of 
 Dance at the University of Akron\, explores “queer aesthetics\, intimacy
 \, and activism in movement” in his show Feckoned Point\, which features
  experimental choreography and video — “a surreal world for bodies to 
 move in defiance of societal norms with a focus on improvisational movemen
 t\, abstraction\, and queer aesthetics to challenge heteronormative framew
 orks.” It creates what’s described as a “dystopian-like world” usi
 ng such materials as ropes\, tarps\, plastics and objects with erotic impl
 ications such as skyscraper stiletto heels and sexual devices.\nIn additio
 n to his show and performance\, he’ll be holding a free workshop called 
 “Killer Heels: Movement\, Power\, and Play” on “how seemingly eccent
 ric\, non-normative embodiments can disrupt normative systems of power and
  control when placed in public spaces” on Saturday May 3 @ 10:30am-noon.
  Register at akronsoultrain.org.\n[mappress mapid="4567"]\n\n&nbsp\;
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