GROUP SHOW
CORONADO PRINT STUDIO PRESENTS:
RECENT PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2016-2017
My triptych, Harpies; Aello (storm swift), Ocypete (swift wing), and Celaeno (the dark), will be on display in the studio. Contact me or Pepe Coronado for more information.
INSTALLATION
curiouser | life in baba yaga's bestiary
The Windows at the Wild Bird Fund
565 Columbus Avenue NYC
october 19 - november 30, 2017
artist reception october 19, 6-8pm
The Windows at the Wild Bird Fund will present the work of Autumn Kioti, opening October 19, 2017.
Continuing on the path of work created while artist-in-residence with the NYC Audubon Society on Governors Island, I will be creating an ongoing performative installation.
Inspired by tales of crone/witch Baba Yaga, who according to legend, lived in a house on chicken legs, I will paint, nest, and create inside the window on various days throughout the length of the exhibition.
My work draws its inspiration from the natural world, using it as a jumping off point to address societal and environmental issues and inform my practice of social justice and activism. She creates her own inks and materials primarily from foraged plants and found items.
Visit me and experience the work being done by the amazing humans at the Wild Bird Fund.
Signed open edition artist prints will be available for purchase at the opening.
Opening reception proceeds benefit the Wild Bird Fund.
INSTALLATION/DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE
red hen [impossible standard]
IS CURRENTLY ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY AT JCCHARLEM, 318 WEST 118th STREET, NYC. THE SHOW OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2017, WITH MY DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE. THE INSTALLATION WILL REMAIN ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY THROUGH MARCH, 2018.
Contact me for more information.
06-08.2017:
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
(AND FEMINISM)
(AND SOCIAL JUSTICE)
(AND PROBABLY COFFEE)
JOIN ME IN MY ONGOING QUEST TO DISMANTLE THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING AT MY SUMMER RESIDENCY WITH THE AUDUBON SOCIETY ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
If you'd like to stop by my summer studio, please contact me for more information.
CORONADO PRINT STUDIO PRESENTS:
RECENT PRINT PUBLICATIONS
2016-2017
My triptych, Harpies; Aello (storm swift), Ocypete (swift wing), and Celaeno (the dark), will be on display in the studio. Contact me or Pepe Coronado for more information.
INSTALLATION
curiouser | life in baba yaga's bestiary
The Windows at the Wild Bird Fund
565 Columbus Avenue NYC
october 19 - november 30, 2017
artist reception october 19, 6-8pm
The Windows at the Wild Bird Fund will present the work of Autumn Kioti, opening October 19, 2017.
Continuing on the path of work created while artist-in-residence with the NYC Audubon Society on Governors Island, I will be creating an ongoing performative installation.
Inspired by tales of crone/witch Baba Yaga, who according to legend, lived in a house on chicken legs, I will paint, nest, and create inside the window on various days throughout the length of the exhibition.
My work draws its inspiration from the natural world, using it as a jumping off point to address societal and environmental issues and inform my practice of social justice and activism. She creates her own inks and materials primarily from foraged plants and found items.
Visit me and experience the work being done by the amazing humans at the Wild Bird Fund.
Signed open edition artist prints will be available for purchase at the opening.
Opening reception proceeds benefit the Wild Bird Fund.
INSTALLATION/DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE
red hen [impossible standard]
IS CURRENTLY ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY AT JCCHARLEM, 318 WEST 118th STREET, NYC. THE SHOW OPENED ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2017, WITH MY DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE. THE INSTALLATION WILL REMAIN ON VIEW IN THE GALLERY THROUGH MARCH, 2018.
Contact me for more information.
06-08.2017:
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS!
(AND FEMINISM)
(AND SOCIAL JUSTICE)
(AND PROBABLY COFFEE)
JOIN ME IN MY ONGOING QUEST TO DISMANTLE THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING AT MY SUMMER RESIDENCY WITH THE AUDUBON SOCIETY ON GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.
If you'd like to stop by my summer studio, please contact me for more information.
SUMMER IN THE BIRD HOUSE
I will be reopening my studio on Governors Island this spring/summer/early fall, continuing my residency with the NYC AUDUBON SOCIETY. This year's focus:
My Strange Heterology
a year long process corresponding with the seasons, spring through winter
The current compulsion to tame nature, plunder the earth, our nurturer and sustainer, seems particularly significant when juxtaposed against the ongoing attempts to control and strip away the rights of women in our society.
This project will consist of works in progress including handmade books and zines, homemade ink and paper images, "at home" printmaking processes, such as gelatin monoprinting and kitchen lithography using a rolling pin as printing press, found item installation construction using sewing and weaving techniques, and a performance series equating the erosion of environmental protections with the degradation of women's rights.
I also hope to have DIY workshops open for all ages. Keep your eye out for more information.
Any time I am in the studio, I am open to visitors.
ON TOUR
My piece, "this is what it feels like..." part of "untitled pairing" is on its way to Paris (if only I could fit in the box) for the second leg of its world tour.
It will be showing at
Galerie Abstract Project,
January 10 - 20, 2018
@abstract_project,
www.abstract-project.com
I will be reopening my studio on Governors Island this spring/summer/early fall, continuing my residency with the NYC AUDUBON SOCIETY. This year's focus:
My Strange Heterology
a year long process corresponding with the seasons, spring through winter
The current compulsion to tame nature, plunder the earth, our nurturer and sustainer, seems particularly significant when juxtaposed against the ongoing attempts to control and strip away the rights of women in our society.
This project will consist of works in progress including handmade books and zines, homemade ink and paper images, "at home" printmaking processes, such as gelatin monoprinting and kitchen lithography using a rolling pin as printing press, found item installation construction using sewing and weaving techniques, and a performance series equating the erosion of environmental protections with the degradation of women's rights.
I also hope to have DIY workshops open for all ages. Keep your eye out for more information.
Any time I am in the studio, I am open to visitors.
ON TOUR
My piece, "this is what it feels like..." part of "untitled pairing" is on its way to Paris (if only I could fit in the box) for the second leg of its world tour.
It will be showing at
Galerie Abstract Project,
January 10 - 20, 2018
@abstract_project,
www.abstract-project.com
FIELDAY 2018
Event Date:
Saturday, May 19, 2018 - 7:30pm
Join The Field and I at Gibney for an evening supporting artistic experimentation and creative risk! Seven early to mid-career artists (including me!) will share 10-minute works aligned with the theme of social engagement. From gentrification to gender identity, waterways and womanhood, immigration and Islamic philosophy - expect the unexpected!
Don't miss this truly multidisciplinary mashup of dance, drama, music, puppetry, spoken word, and video games! $15 tickets include general admission seating and our post-show reception.
Event Date:
Saturday, May 19, 2018 - 7:30pm
Join The Field and I at Gibney for an evening supporting artistic experimentation and creative risk! Seven early to mid-career artists (including me!) will share 10-minute works aligned with the theme of social engagement. From gentrification to gender identity, waterways and womanhood, immigration and Islamic philosophy - expect the unexpected!
Don't miss this truly multidisciplinary mashup of dance, drama, music, puppetry, spoken word, and video games! $15 tickets include general admission seating and our post-show reception.
UPCOMING
repetition|singularity
Co-curated by Coronado Print Studio & Autumn Kioti
May 14th-May 30th , 2018
Opening Reception Monday May 14th, 2018 6-8PM
Closing Reception Sunday May 27th, 2018
4-7PM
Gitler&___
3629 Broadway
(b/w 149th and 150th)
Artists Include COCO144, Pepe Coronado, Rene de los Santos, Autumn Kioti, Palen Obesa, Leslie Jimenez, Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez, Fernando Ruíz Lorenzo , Vladimir Cybil Charlier, Karen Revis
repetition|singularity
works from the print shop and the artist studio
co-curated by Coronado & Kioti
Coronado Print Studio is a collaborative print project located in El Barrio, East Harlem, New York City. This exhibition features recently published selections by artists who live and work uptown. In contrast to the replicable nature of the print-based process, each artist is also represented by instances of their non print-based work.
Coronado and Kioti (via Coronado Print Studio) aim to provide varied points of view, establishing a dynamic transcultural dialogue presented by a diverse coalition of artists. Together these artists create a collective action against marginalization characterized by works dealing with issues of race, gender, immigration and that which challenges the status quo.
Through their exploration of the current sociopolitical environment, these artists craft a map for navigating a more integrated and equitable society.
repetition|singularity
Co-curated by Coronado Print Studio & Autumn Kioti
May 14th-May 30th , 2018
Opening Reception Monday May 14th, 2018 6-8PM
Closing Reception Sunday May 27th, 2018
4-7PM
Gitler&___
3629 Broadway
(b/w 149th and 150th)
Artists Include COCO144, Pepe Coronado, Rene de los Santos, Autumn Kioti, Palen Obesa, Leslie Jimenez, Carlos Jesus Martinez Dominguez, Fernando Ruíz Lorenzo , Vladimir Cybil Charlier, Karen Revis
repetition|singularity
works from the print shop and the artist studio
co-curated by Coronado & Kioti
Coronado Print Studio is a collaborative print project located in El Barrio, East Harlem, New York City. This exhibition features recently published selections by artists who live and work uptown. In contrast to the replicable nature of the print-based process, each artist is also represented by instances of their non print-based work.
Coronado and Kioti (via Coronado Print Studio) aim to provide varied points of view, establishing a dynamic transcultural dialogue presented by a diverse coalition of artists. Together these artists create a collective action against marginalization characterized by works dealing with issues of race, gender, immigration and that which challenges the status quo.
Through their exploration of the current sociopolitical environment, these artists craft a map for navigating a more integrated and equitable society.
| NEW SCRAPS |
Interdisciplinary artist and scavenger Autumn Kioti works from from society's discards, marrying subconscious narrative with mythic and folk impulses. Using the natural world as an in road, she frequently addresses the issues of mental health, reproductive justice, gender/sexual identity, environmental and food justice. To this end, she scavenges bits of everything from history, science and literature, to her circus and aerial training, even David Attenborough animal documentaries, in the creation of ritual-inspired participatory performances, works on paper, printwork, installation.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," her work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
She is also an urban forager/scavenger, feeding herself and her family from a sustainable diet of edible vegetation found in her local parks and garden as much as possible.
Select site-specific performance/installations include: WHISPERING VOICES (2015); whisper to me... (2015); segment I [in respect for food] (2015); AESCULAPIAN HARVEST [in respect for food] (2015); re-sounding the landscape: BRONX (2016); WHISPERS IN THE AIR (2016); Making the ROUNDS (2016); re-creation (2016); BECOMING THEM: a fantasy narrative on our relationship to our tech devices (2016); RUN:rabbit (2016), IDEAS IN THE AIR, a conversation with Fritjov Capra (2016); this is NOT a dance | this is not a composition (2017).
Current resident artist with the Audubon Society on Governors Island in NYC, resident artist/recipient of NOoSPHERE Circle of Fire Performance Art Grant, artist-in-residence at Santa Fe Art Institute's first themed residency (FOOD JUSTICE), resident at Art Monastery Italia, Autumn participated along with Art Monastery and RETE in the development of the first Caramanico Teatri D'Arte (a Pescara), currently collaborates with Pepe Coronado/ Coronado Print Studio and has an upcoming installation/performance with Art in FLUX.
Past/present collaborators include: master printmaker Pepe Coronado, biologist/TEDtalk veteran Sara Lewis, naturalist Gabriel Willow, Eric Sanderson (author of Mannahatta), Chef Joel Coleman, Katy Gunn, Sol Kjok, Suprina, Kid Lucky, Maria Hupfield, RSM, Shaman Misha Nogha, Jeanine Alfieri, Alexis Elton, Anthony Collins.
She is also a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, has taught flying trapeze, worked as an animal educator, has performed as an aerialist worldwide, among other teaching, writing, choreography, and performance credits.
Autumn lives in Harlem with her best friend Mademoiselle Magdalena the leopard dog.
Playing with the notion of craft, conventionally considered "women's work," her work often incorporates weaving, knitting, embroidery, food preparation, taking it in unexpected directions.
She is also an urban forager/scavenger, feeding herself and her family from a sustainable diet of edible vegetation found in her local parks and garden as much as possible.
Select site-specific performance/installations include: WHISPERING VOICES (2015); whisper to me... (2015); segment I [in respect for food] (2015); AESCULAPIAN HARVEST [in respect for food] (2015); re-sounding the landscape: BRONX (2016); WHISPERS IN THE AIR (2016); Making the ROUNDS (2016); re-creation (2016); BECOMING THEM: a fantasy narrative on our relationship to our tech devices (2016); RUN:rabbit (2016), IDEAS IN THE AIR, a conversation with Fritjov Capra (2016); this is NOT a dance | this is not a composition (2017).
Current resident artist with the Audubon Society on Governors Island in NYC, resident artist/recipient of NOoSPHERE Circle of Fire Performance Art Grant, artist-in-residence at Santa Fe Art Institute's first themed residency (FOOD JUSTICE), resident at Art Monastery Italia, Autumn participated along with Art Monastery and RETE in the development of the first Caramanico Teatri D'Arte (a Pescara), currently collaborates with Pepe Coronado/ Coronado Print Studio and has an upcoming installation/performance with Art in FLUX.
Past/present collaborators include: master printmaker Pepe Coronado, biologist/TEDtalk veteran Sara Lewis, naturalist Gabriel Willow, Eric Sanderson (author of Mannahatta), Chef Joel Coleman, Katy Gunn, Sol Kjok, Suprina, Kid Lucky, Maria Hupfield, RSM, Shaman Misha Nogha, Jeanine Alfieri, Alexis Elton, Anthony Collins.
She is also a member of AEA, SAG-AFTRA, has taught flying trapeze, worked as an animal educator, has performed as an aerialist worldwide, among other teaching, writing, choreography, and performance credits.
Autumn lives in Harlem with her best friend Mademoiselle Magdalena the leopard dog.
EXPERIMENT #23b (ritual:raven)
2014
in collaboration with the Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure
Exploring daring wordless communication, I lead two viewers at a time, following in a precarious walk along the outer catwalk of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
2014
in collaboration with the Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure
Exploring daring wordless communication, I lead two viewers at a time, following in a precarious walk along the outer catwalk of the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
EXPERIMENT #39 (ritual:raven)
2014
in collaboration with the Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure
Referencing the art of shapeshifting using elements of mask and aerial performance, I lead each individual audience member from the mundane to the surreal, performing ritual:raven thirty times in two five hour sessions.
2014
in collaboration with the Institute for Psychogeographic Adventure
Referencing the art of shapeshifting using elements of mask and aerial performance, I lead each individual audience member from the mundane to the surreal, performing ritual:raven thirty times in two five hour sessions.
*this phrase means “to act against,” and refers to acting against behaviors that are not life-giving and hold us back from freedom
We begin by clothing ourselves in the words of the resistance.
To-do list for the radical hypocrite:
We begin by clothing ourselves in the words of the resistance.
To-do list for the radical hypocrite:
- Choose your words.
- Stand for something.
- Care.
- Wonder how it got this far.
- Wonder why you didn’t care before.
- Dismantle the Great Chain of Being.
- (google the Great Chain of Being).
- Do better.
- Do better.
- Do better.
AGERE|CONTRA I*
(performed by a radical hypocrite)
TRASH TALK #4
feathering
AUGUST 13
WHAT: COMMUNITY RITUAL AND ART PROJECT IN MARCUS GARVEY PARK.
Autumn beckons you into the world of the homeless by paying tribute to one soul. She invites his spirit to soar by exploring the avian pride and delicacy of a showy |scavenger| bird of paradise. Her performance is in response to Jodi Powell's THE ROUNDS, a word portrait of Eugene Rounds.
WHEN: AUGUST 13, 2PM
WHERE: MARCUS GARVEY PARK, HARLEM, NYC, BEGINNING AND ENDING AT THE NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, DNA TOTEM.
art for progress and NOoSPhere Arts present
#1:everythingfallingthrougheverything
JULY 16
WHAT: I will be presenting the first piece in my new durational, interactive series, #1:everythingfallingthrougheverything, as part of HAVEN, a summer retreat for artists and friends.
"...But most people use social media not to unite, not to open their horizons wider, but on the contrary, to cut themselves a comfort zone where the only sounds they hear are the echoes of their own voice, where the only things they see are the reflections of their own face. Social media are very useful, they provide pleasure, but they are a trap."
--Zygmunt Bauman
WHEN: JULY 16, 7:30PM
WHERE: THE MOTHERSHIP NYC, 252 GREEN STREET, 2L, ROOFTOP, GREENPOINT, BKLYN
Dixon Place presents
RUN:rabbit
JULY 14
WHAT: It is the 25th anniversary of NYC's largest LGBTQ arts festival, and I am lucky enough to be a small part of it. This Thursday, July 14th, I will be presenting a 20-minute excerpt of this full-length, multimedia, one-human work-in-progress. Based in truth, RUN:rabbit is an immersive roller coaster through mental illness, abuse, and sexual identity. The evening will also feature works by two amazing choreographers: Amanda Hunt and Kevin Williamson.
WHEN: JULY 14, 7:30PM
WHERE: DIXON PLACE, 161A CHRYSTIE STREET, NYC
THE RECENT | PAST
(OR THE STUFF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED!)
WHISPERS IN THE AIR
JUNE 9
WHAT: Collaborative performance duo Autumn Kioti + Katy Gunn respond to the works of Sol Kjok and Peter Max-Jakobsen.
Here, using vocal, physical, instrumental, and aerial elements, Autumn and Katy create sacred space in which they explore the depths of identity, reflecting on those those things that connect us as collective beings, and define us as individuals. Together they ask, where do I/you end, where do you/I begin?
WHEN: JUNE 9TH
WHERE: DENISE BIBRO FINE ART, 529 WEST 20TH STREET, 4W, NYC
TRASH TALK #2
re-creation
JUNE 11
WHAT: COMMUNITY RITUAL AND ART PROJECT IN MARCUS GARVEY PARK. MORE HERE.
WHEN: JUNE 11
WHERE: MARCUS GARVEY PARK, HARLEM, NYC, BEGINNING AND ENDING AT THE NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, DNA TOTEM.
FOUNTAIN HEAD AND COLLECTIVE ENERGY PRESENT:
re-sounding the landscape: BRONX
MAY 14
WHAT: PREMIERE OF re-sounding the landscape, A SERIES OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS/PERFORMANCES/COMMUNITY RITUALS BEGINNING WITH PORT MORRIS IN THE BRONX. MORE INFO ON THE FESTIVAL HERE.
WHEN: MAY 14TH. 3PM (EVENTS 12-7)
WHERE: EAST 132 STREET, BRONX, OPPOSITE THE ENTRANCE TO THE RANDALL'S ISLAND CONNECTOR ON THE PORT MORRIS SIDE.
DIXON PLACE PRESENTS:
WHISPERING VOICES
JANUARY 20
WHAT: A PERFORMANCE, THROUGH DIXON PLACE'S NEW FAST FORWARD SERIES, OF MY CONTINUING COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIAN/COMPOSER KATY GUNN. ALSO THE RELEASE OF KATY'S NEW ALBUM OF THE SAME TITLE
WHEN: JANUARY 20, TIME TBA
WHERE: DIXON PLACE, NYC
DOUBLE GATE
DECEMBER 10
WHAT: I WILL BE APPEARING AS A GUEST ARTIST IN COLLABORATION WITH PERFORMANCE ARTIST MARIA HUPFIELD AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH DARLA BJORK'S CURRENT EXHIBITION Torii/Gate
WHEN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 7:30PM
WHERE: SOHO20 GALLERY, 56 BOGART STREET, BROOKLYN
THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIMENT
DECEMBER 7
WHAT: INFORMAL READING OF AN EXCERPT OF AUTUMN'S SOLO PLAY RABBIT: RUN
WHEN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 6:30PM
WHERE: THINK COFFEE, 248 MERCER STREET, NYC
WHISPERING VOICES
OCTOBER 10-25
WHAT: CLOSING PERFORMANCE
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, DOORS OPEN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT @ 7:30, PERFORMANCE BEGINS @ 8PM
GALLERY SHOW RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 25
WHERE: LAST FRONTIER, GREENPOINT, BKLYN
ARTISTS: KATY GUNN, AUTUMN KIOTI, SOL KJOK, BOB CLYATT, RICHARD BORGE & SAM YOCUM
WHISPER TO ME...
OCTOBER 16
IN OUR CONTINUING QUEST FOR CONNECTION THROUGH MODERN RITUAL, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT NOoSPHERE Arts THIS FRIDAY EVENING FOR A SPECIAL POP-UP PERFORMANCE OF whisper to me... AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE SHOW WHISPERING VOICES HAPPENING NOW AT Last Frontier NYC.
whisper to me... IS A PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCE IN WHICH AUTUMN , PHYSICALLY OFFERING HER OWN BODY, WILL SHOULDER YOUR BURDEN, ACCEPT YOUR SECRETS, YOUR PAIN, YOUR LIGHT, OR INNERMOST DARKNESS...
WHAT: POP-UP PERFORMANCE whisper to me...
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 7:30 PM
WHERE: NOoSPHERE Arts
ARTISTS: AUTUMN KIOTI + KATY GUNN
COME BE PART OF THE MOMENT!
feathering
AUGUST 13
WHAT: COMMUNITY RITUAL AND ART PROJECT IN MARCUS GARVEY PARK.
Autumn beckons you into the world of the homeless by paying tribute to one soul. She invites his spirit to soar by exploring the avian pride and delicacy of a showy |scavenger| bird of paradise. Her performance is in response to Jodi Powell's THE ROUNDS, a word portrait of Eugene Rounds.
WHEN: AUGUST 13, 2PM
WHERE: MARCUS GARVEY PARK, HARLEM, NYC, BEGINNING AND ENDING AT THE NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, DNA TOTEM.
art for progress and NOoSPhere Arts present
#1:everythingfallingthrougheverything
JULY 16
WHAT: I will be presenting the first piece in my new durational, interactive series, #1:everythingfallingthrougheverything, as part of HAVEN, a summer retreat for artists and friends.
"...But most people use social media not to unite, not to open their horizons wider, but on the contrary, to cut themselves a comfort zone where the only sounds they hear are the echoes of their own voice, where the only things they see are the reflections of their own face. Social media are very useful, they provide pleasure, but they are a trap."
--Zygmunt Bauman
WHEN: JULY 16, 7:30PM
WHERE: THE MOTHERSHIP NYC, 252 GREEN STREET, 2L, ROOFTOP, GREENPOINT, BKLYN
Dixon Place presents
RUN:rabbit
JULY 14
WHAT: It is the 25th anniversary of NYC's largest LGBTQ arts festival, and I am lucky enough to be a small part of it. This Thursday, July 14th, I will be presenting a 20-minute excerpt of this full-length, multimedia, one-human work-in-progress. Based in truth, RUN:rabbit is an immersive roller coaster through mental illness, abuse, and sexual identity. The evening will also feature works by two amazing choreographers: Amanda Hunt and Kevin Williamson.
WHEN: JULY 14, 7:30PM
WHERE: DIXON PLACE, 161A CHRYSTIE STREET, NYC
THE RECENT | PAST
(OR THE STUFF YOU MAY HAVE MISSED!)
WHISPERS IN THE AIR
JUNE 9
WHAT: Collaborative performance duo Autumn Kioti + Katy Gunn respond to the works of Sol Kjok and Peter Max-Jakobsen.
Here, using vocal, physical, instrumental, and aerial elements, Autumn and Katy create sacred space in which they explore the depths of identity, reflecting on those those things that connect us as collective beings, and define us as individuals. Together they ask, where do I/you end, where do you/I begin?
WHEN: JUNE 9TH
WHERE: DENISE BIBRO FINE ART, 529 WEST 20TH STREET, 4W, NYC
TRASH TALK #2
re-creation
JUNE 11
WHAT: COMMUNITY RITUAL AND ART PROJECT IN MARCUS GARVEY PARK. MORE HERE.
WHEN: JUNE 11
WHERE: MARCUS GARVEY PARK, HARLEM, NYC, BEGINNING AND ENDING AT THE NEW PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION, DNA TOTEM.
FOUNTAIN HEAD AND COLLECTIVE ENERGY PRESENT:
re-sounding the landscape: BRONX
MAY 14
WHAT: PREMIERE OF re-sounding the landscape, A SERIES OF SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS/PERFORMANCES/COMMUNITY RITUALS BEGINNING WITH PORT MORRIS IN THE BRONX. MORE INFO ON THE FESTIVAL HERE.
WHEN: MAY 14TH. 3PM (EVENTS 12-7)
WHERE: EAST 132 STREET, BRONX, OPPOSITE THE ENTRANCE TO THE RANDALL'S ISLAND CONNECTOR ON THE PORT MORRIS SIDE.
DIXON PLACE PRESENTS:
WHISPERING VOICES
JANUARY 20
WHAT: A PERFORMANCE, THROUGH DIXON PLACE'S NEW FAST FORWARD SERIES, OF MY CONTINUING COLLABORATION WITH MUSICIAN/COMPOSER KATY GUNN. ALSO THE RELEASE OF KATY'S NEW ALBUM OF THE SAME TITLE
WHEN: JANUARY 20, TIME TBA
WHERE: DIXON PLACE, NYC
DOUBLE GATE
DECEMBER 10
WHAT: I WILL BE APPEARING AS A GUEST ARTIST IN COLLABORATION WITH PERFORMANCE ARTIST MARIA HUPFIELD AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH DARLA BJORK'S CURRENT EXHIBITION Torii/Gate
WHEN: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 7:30PM
WHERE: SOHO20 GALLERY, 56 BOGART STREET, BROOKLYN
THE PLAYGROUND EXPERIMENT
DECEMBER 7
WHAT: INFORMAL READING OF AN EXCERPT OF AUTUMN'S SOLO PLAY RABBIT: RUN
WHEN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 6:30PM
WHERE: THINK COFFEE, 248 MERCER STREET, NYC
WHISPERING VOICES
OCTOBER 10-25
WHAT: CLOSING PERFORMANCE
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, DOORS OPEN FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE EVENT @ 7:30, PERFORMANCE BEGINS @ 8PM
GALLERY SHOW RUNS THROUGH OCTOBER 25
WHERE: LAST FRONTIER, GREENPOINT, BKLYN
ARTISTS: KATY GUNN, AUTUMN KIOTI, SOL KJOK, BOB CLYATT, RICHARD BORGE & SAM YOCUM
WHISPER TO ME...
OCTOBER 16
IN OUR CONTINUING QUEST FOR CONNECTION THROUGH MODERN RITUAL, WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT NOoSPHERE Arts THIS FRIDAY EVENING FOR A SPECIAL POP-UP PERFORMANCE OF whisper to me... AS PART OF THE COLLABORATIVE SHOW WHISPERING VOICES HAPPENING NOW AT Last Frontier NYC.
whisper to me... IS A PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCE IN WHICH AUTUMN , PHYSICALLY OFFERING HER OWN BODY, WILL SHOULDER YOUR BURDEN, ACCEPT YOUR SECRETS, YOUR PAIN, YOUR LIGHT, OR INNERMOST DARKNESS...
WHAT: POP-UP PERFORMANCE whisper to me...
WHEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 7:30 PM
WHERE: NOoSPHERE Arts
ARTISTS: AUTUMN KIOTI + KATY GUNN
COME BE PART OF THE MOMENT!
(Addendum: How do I navigate the inherent feminist/activist aspect of my work? I m having a hard time with this, because it angers me that to say I am a feminist artist not only puts me in a box, but it also has the potential to label me as a pariah. STILL. In 2o14. When I talk about it, I watch for the inevitable eye roll, the sigh that means I am not longer being taken seriously. SERIOUSLY?!
So, what then? Do I leave it out and hope that somehow, osmotic-ly, the viewer will "get it"? I do like to leave room for the viewer to interpret and decide for herself. Or do I shout it out? And take the knocks [that are coming either way].
But, wait, I think my real questions is:
Why should I have to decide?)
THE SHORT OF IT
Autumn Kioti has been seen from Miami to Indonesia as an actress, dancer, fighter, and circus artist. She originated the role of Cassandra in THE HIVE, based on Euripides' TROJAN WOMEN, has performed at La Mama, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and more, and has appeared in award-winning films worldwide. As a kinetic artist: NYFA, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Streb, and more. Fight choreography: FringeNYC, the Wild Project, teraNOVA Collective, and more. She recently appeared as a stunt woman on POWER, a STARZ Original Series.
So, what then? Do I leave it out and hope that somehow, osmotic-ly, the viewer will "get it"? I do like to leave room for the viewer to interpret and decide for herself. Or do I shout it out? And take the knocks [that are coming either way].
But, wait, I think my real questions is:
Why should I have to decide?)
THE SHORT OF IT
Autumn Kioti has been seen from Miami to Indonesia as an actress, dancer, fighter, and circus artist. She originated the role of Cassandra in THE HIVE, based on Euripides' TROJAN WOMEN, has performed at La Mama, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, and more, and has appeared in award-winning films worldwide. As a kinetic artist: NYFA, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Streb, and more. Fight choreography: FringeNYC, the Wild Project, teraNOVA Collective, and more. She recently appeared as a stunt woman on POWER, a STARZ Original Series.
Copyright 2014 Anthony Collins Photography
On the catwalk (a REAL one)
THE LONG(ER) OF IT
I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to perform as an actor, kinetic artist, and circus artist throughout the world. It hasn't been a glamorous life, but the tough scrabbling life of a scavenging coyote girl. And I wouldn't trade it for anything!
A few of my more unique experiences: l; performing on the streets of NYC as a gigantic monster created from 500 plastic bags (and subsequently put on trial in Union Square); being dropped and raised at high speeds from the top of Madison Square Gardens while performing aerial choreography (including a number where I was wearing a 25 lb backpack filled with LED lights and a portable smoke machine!); performing fight choreography as a spy in the streets of DUMBO (and having to explain ourselves to various officers and teamsters as they attempted to arrest us or threaten us with ACTUAL violence respectively). I've nearly been set on fire while performing aerial fight choreography with a fire breather and five person dragon, been graffitied while in midair on a silk; laid naked in the snow while being covered in paint; performed excerpts from my kinetic art piece, grounded, at NYFA and participated on panels focusing on activism and feminism in the arts (including a stint with the Feminist Tea Party), and as an actor have been a part of many incredible productions.
Recently I was diagnosed with a degenerative joint disorder (Ehlers-Danlos) and was told I must give up on being a crazy mover, fighter, and aerialist, but I hope to prove the doctors wrong! (And I do hope they'll keep up with my blog while I do so.)
It's been a trip, and I hope to continue for as long as I can move this body!
I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to perform as an actor, kinetic artist, and circus artist throughout the world. It hasn't been a glamorous life, but the tough scrabbling life of a scavenging coyote girl. And I wouldn't trade it for anything!
A few of my more unique experiences: l; performing on the streets of NYC as a gigantic monster created from 500 plastic bags (and subsequently put on trial in Union Square); being dropped and raised at high speeds from the top of Madison Square Gardens while performing aerial choreography (including a number where I was wearing a 25 lb backpack filled with LED lights and a portable smoke machine!); performing fight choreography as a spy in the streets of DUMBO (and having to explain ourselves to various officers and teamsters as they attempted to arrest us or threaten us with ACTUAL violence respectively). I've nearly been set on fire while performing aerial fight choreography with a fire breather and five person dragon, been graffitied while in midair on a silk; laid naked in the snow while being covered in paint; performed excerpts from my kinetic art piece, grounded, at NYFA and participated on panels focusing on activism and feminism in the arts (including a stint with the Feminist Tea Party), and as an actor have been a part of many incredible productions.
Recently I was diagnosed with a degenerative joint disorder (Ehlers-Danlos) and was told I must give up on being a crazy mover, fighter, and aerialist, but I hope to prove the doctors wrong! (And I do hope they'll keep up with my blog while I do so.)
It's been a trip, and I hope to continue for as long as I can move this body!
