Ballroom Marfa: The First Twenty Years tells the story of this extraordinary art destination through lively firsthand accounts by internationally celebrated artists and performers such as Terry Allen, Mel Chin, Agnes Denes, rafa esparza, Loie Hollowell, Elmgreen & Dragset, Hubbard/Birchler, and Graham Reynolds, among many others. It also includes three zines capturing two decades of electrifying performances by musicians including Roky Erickson, Helado Negro, Suzanne Ciani, Lonnie Holley, Lyle Lovett, Laraaji, Joanna Newsom, Perfume Genius, Pharoah Sanders, Sonic Youth, Spoon, and Wire, to name just a few.
A short documentary of the opening night with a live musical performance and behind the scenes making of Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park in Austin. The video was created by Fat Cat Productions and features interviews with Hubbard / Birchler and Curatorial Advisor, MacKenzie Stevens.
Jamin An’s essay probes connections between Himid’s Make Do and Mend at The Contemporary Austin and Hubbard / Birchler’s Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park, Austin.
A review by Gene Fowler explores the roles of drama and archeology in Hubbard / Birchler’s new site responsive, public art work, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come.
In the context of the Munich Film Festival and in cooperation with the Deutsches Theatermuseum, the Sammlung Goetz will present films by artists who explore aesthetic strategies of cinema. Through the use of innovative techniques and experimental narrative forms, the works on view offer a multi-layered reflection on film as a medium.
Participating artists: Yael Bartana, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Tristan Bera, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Sven Johne, Isaac Julien, Jesper Just, Annika Larsson, Christian Marclay, Tracey Moffatt, Tracey Moffatt & Gary Hillberg, Marcel Odenbach, Julian Rosefeldt, Aïda Ruilova, Ann-Sofi Sidén und Yang Fudong
Avrel Seale explores ideas about objects and everyday life in UT faculty members Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler’s, new public artwork, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come.
Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler in conversation with Ricky Ruihong Li about their most recent work, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come and the beginnings of their collaboration in Canada.
Waterloo Greenway and Hubbard / Birchler launch the first phase of their public outreach program: Dialogues, in association with Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come. Lisa Le Feuvre, Director, Nancy Holt / Robert Smithson Foundation and Jana La Brasca, PhD candidate at the University of Texas at Austin, are the first contributors in a staggered schedule of essays exploring ideas about site, objects and objecthood, context and history.
Ruby City presents an Artist Talk by Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler with a special Screening of their work House with Pool in conjunction with their participation in the current Collection Exhibition Water Ways
Waterloo Greenway presents, Past Deposits from a Future Yet to Come, a new site-responsive video installation by Hubbard / Birchler at the Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park in Austin, TX. The work will be on view nightly for the next five years.
Opening night, March 2, at 7pm will feature a live performance of the musical score composed by Alex Weston.