Josiah McElheny: Two Walking Mirrors for the Carpenter Center, sculptures will periodically become part of performances when performers—in fact, Harvard University dance students—inhabit the sculptures on a published schedule, transforming the objects into a kind of fashion accessory. The performances are between 15 and 30 minutes in duration and occur at the following dates and times. 

Thu, Oct 1, 5 pm (reception to follow)               Tue, Oct 20, 5 pm 
Wed, Oct 21, 6 pm                                              Thu, Oct 22, 5 pm 
Fri, Oct 23, 6 pm                                                 Sat, Oct 24, 2 pm

The performances are in collaboration with the Harvard Dance Project (HDP).  The HDP cultivates invention and fosters the courage of artistry. This faculty-led, performance company gives students the opportunity to be original cast members and collaborators in two or more diverse dance works created by preeminent professional choreographers. The project focuses on performance research, collaboration, choreographic composition, and links choreographic thinking to other fields. It is a year-long studio based course which includes at least 12 performances at major venues on campus.

Josiah McElheny

Josiah McElheny was born in Boston in 1966. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and was an apprentice to master glassblowers Jan-Erik Ritzman, Sven-Åke Carlsson, and Lino Tagliapietra. He has exhibited widely, including solo shows at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2013), Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2012), Whitechapel Gallery, London (2011), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (2009), Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Museum of Modern Art, New York (2007), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (2002), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (2001), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston (1999), and the Seattle Art Museum (1995). Group shows include Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands (2013), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, CCS Bard, New York (all 2011), The Power Plant, Toronto (2009), Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2006), CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2003), Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2001), Whitney Biennial, New York (2000), and the Art Institute of Chicago (1998). In 2006, McElheny was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship.