Diana Heise’s art practice is invested in creating a free space for contemplation that lends itself to mutual understanding and the promotion of non-violence. Ms. Heise’s work has taken a variety of forms including performance, installation, photography, film, video, text, sculpture...
[more]Diana Heise’s art practice is invested in creating a free space for contemplation that lends itself to mutual understanding and the promotion of non-violence. Ms. Heise’s work has taken a variety of forms including performance, installation, photography, film, video, text, sculpture and sound.
For the 13th annual DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, join Diana Heise in Gut #5: witness walk, a performance and sculptural installation project.
During the festival, I will distribute white chocolate Humvees in a wandering performance. In the spirit of gift exchange, the festival-goers and I will collectively dissolve these war vehicles by consuming them together. Second, there will be an installation of these small Humvees in the Windows on Main: The powerHouse boilerRoom, affiliated with Powerhouse Books. This exhibition has been made possible by the support of the Franklin Furnace, supported by New York State Council on
the Arts, a State agency and Jerome Foundation.
In the past, Diana Heise has participated in exhibitions, performances, and film festivals internationally, including at the Brooklyn Museum, the Film Anthology Archives and the High Falls Film Festival. She is a recipient of a Franklin Furnace Performance Art grant, the Director's Choice Award at the Black Maria Film Festival, the Weitzel Barber Art Prize from Vassar College and is a resident artist at Review Studios in Kansas City MO. She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, and a BA from Vassar College. Heise teaches in the Photography and Digital Filmmaking department at the Kansas City Art Institute. She lives and works in North Hero, VT and Kansas City MO.
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