ABSTRACT
Wedge was performed in the Albright-Knox Gallery, in a relatively open gallery space where several paintings by Clyfford Still are permanently on display. Wedge explores several interconnected themes, many of which relate to the artists' prior bodies of work. The name Wedge, then, calls attention to preparatory activities that are often in the background. Insofar as the performance itself is named as an act of wedging, this suggests that it has a preparatory function, perhaps readying both artists to move forward in their respective bodies of work as they deepen their knowledge of each other's disciplines. Several collaborative challenges arose from what might see as the wedge between dance and visual art. As a collaborative work of dance in which both artists perform, Wedge is a perfect vehicle to explore this dynamic, since it showcases the very relationship that drove its creation.
