DRAW Space is thrilled to present Alan Schacher / CHASING SHADOWS, a performative drawing residency curated by Melinda Hunt
Midday to 6pm, Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 December, through the window at DRAW Space.
In this residency, Alan will capture the outlines of shadows and reflections as they fall onto and into the space at DRAW Space. The tracing action will result in multiples as the outlines the artist draws cast further projections into the space. The work will extend to the footpath outside the gallery. Alan’s body, moving in this seek-and-chase action, will be a time-lapse which he describes as the performative trace.
Biography
A performance artist and creator working from and across the fields of dance, installation, theatre and architectural experience, his projects address the confluence of site, place, materials, bodies and histories to influence, transform and transmute. A central thematic remains the global diasporic condition and questioning the ‘place’ of diaspora and how the body becomes home.
He was the founding member of Sydney performance ensembles Gravity Feed and Gravity Research Institute.
He currently undertakes solo performances and collaborations participating in International Performance Art Festivals and commissions such as the Keir Choreographic Award 2022 with WeiZen Ho, Cementa Festival (2015 and 2023) in Kandos NSW and Bundanon’s Siteworks Festival (2015 and 2018) in Nowra NSW. In 2024 he joined six performance art festivals in Taiwan, Bangladesh, China and Thailand and gave an artist’s presentation in Hong Kong.
Alan Schacher lives in the Blue Mountains, NSW
