"So you got your self back" Melissa Lockwood & Yinka Oyewole Chelsea Art Museum 10/16/2011

Oct 16 2011
Performance Art Collaboration: Melissa Lockwood & Yinka Oyewole
At: Chelsea Art Museum New York City.
Sonic Self Artist
as part of 99% Art.
Performance Art Collaboration between Melissa Lockwood and Yinka Oyewole. A sound and action as part of the 99% Art. Occupy Wall Street. In this piece Lockwood & Oyewole, Share a story of abuse of power through the use of money. In a transformational actionLockwood recreates her self within her story. Oyewole created an analytical discourse spoken text that compliments Lockwood personal spoken sound track. Additionally as lockwood creates her action Yinka Oyewole creates a live sound track.

10/16/11 99% Art, Chelsea Art Museum, NY Performance: "So, You Got Your Self Back"




Bio: Melissa Lockwood

An Interdisciplinary Artist working with Conceptual Art as a medium. She draws from her personal experience creating parallels to larger societal issues. Confronting the topics of Violence, Power & Greed.

She embarks on creating perceptions of big picture power cycle issues through the use of her individual experience. Her work strives for transformation in both participant & observer. Her work is in essence to exemplify the use of life experience as a catalyst for change through performance art.

With an MFA in Performance Art from the University of Iowa, She works from a point of person specific expression. Melissa has shown internationally with solo and group Performance work. Her Artwork is focused on Human Rights & Environmental Issues.

Online:
http://www.iqtest-nyc.com
iqtest@iqtest-nyc.com


Bio: Yinka Oyewole

An enigma, an anomaly, an exception to the rule, Yinka Oyewole exists as much in spite of the world as a part of it -- and the same could be said of his band SABATTA. Born in Romford, Essex, UK of Nigerian parentage, educated in the North of Scotland and resident in South London, Yinka's life has been nothing if not eventful!

Originally having dreamt of being a fine artist Yinka switched to music early because he felt he could reach more people than 'putting work in a gallery' -- now he's back! Musically Yinka was exposed to so many forms of music: rock, hip-hop, hi-life, Afrobeat and he calls the music his band produces -- Grunge Soul! A style that challenges musical genre stereotyping.

Yinka is currently in New York doing shows with his band SABATTA playing songs from their new self-titled album. SABATTA play the CMJ music marathon at The Delancey, 168 Delancey street this coming Wednesday 19 Oct at 645pm.

Online:
www.sabatta.net
www.facebook.com/sabatta
www.twitter.com/sabatta
http://www.youtube.com/sabatta

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Film & Animation

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