Anne Wilson Performance: To Cross (Walking New York)

After discovering that The Drawing Center’s SoHo building was originally built in 1866 for the Positive Motion Loom Company, Chicago-based artist Anne Wilson conceived of her latest site-specific performance that will use the main gallery’s four central columns as a weaving loom. Recalling the physical structure and operations of the loom itself, the piece’s four participants will “walk” around the twelve foot columns, carrying a spool of thread to form a standard weaving cross (a method used to keep warp threads in order). The durational performance, which will take place over the course of two months, will result in the fabrication of a five by thirty-four foot sculpture: a colorful cross composed of innumerable strands of thread.

Performance Times:

Sat, Sept 20, 12:30-5:30pm

Sun, Sept 21, 12:30-5:30pm

Sat, Sept 27, 12:30-5:30pm

Sun, Sept 28, 12:30-5:30pm

Sat, Oct 4, 12:30-5:30pm

Sun, Oct 5, 12:30-5:30pm

Sat, Oct 11, 12:30-5:30pm

Sun, Oct 12, 12:30-5:30pm

Thurs, Oct 16, 2:30-7:30pm with Anne Wilson

Sat, Oct 18, 12:30-5:30pm with Anne Wilson

Sun, Oct 19, 12:30-5:30pm with Anne Wilson

Thurs, Oct 23, 2:30-7:30pm

Sun, Oct 26, 12:30-5:30pm

Sat, Nov 1, 12:30-5:30pm

Sun, Nov 2, 12:30-5:30pm

The performance will occur in conjunction with the exhibition Thread Lines, on view in the Main Gallery from September 19th-December 14th. The exhibition admission ticket also includes this performance.