Thank you for an amazing 2011
2011 has been an amazing year of growth and development in my artistic practice. This could not have happened without the support of my community of fellow artists, the supprtive and forward thinking funding of Chicago Dancemakers Forum, Driehaus Foundation, The Illinois Arts Council, The Chicago Office of Tourism and Culture, and the additional support of Links Hall, The Ingenuity Festival, The Chicago Park District, and many wonderful individual supporters… Read more
Victory goes to Ingenuity Fest
Rere[public] in/decency Radio Interview on CIUT 89.5FM (in Toronto)
![Rere[public] in/decency Radio Interview on CIUT 89.5FM (in Toronto)](http://www.ericamott.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/palimpset1-e1302632541431-150x150.jpg)
While in Toronto for their performance at the 32nd Annual Rhubarb Festival of Contemporary Performance Erica Mott and Coman Poon were invited to CIUT 89.5FM to speak about their work as re[public] in/decency.
re[public] in/decency was interviewed on CIUT 89.5FM (in Toronto) on Sex City on Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 5-6pm (about THE PALIMPSEST PROJECT and How To Survive While in Exile) and on Evi-dance on… Read more
Hexes and Heroes Preview
Object manipulators Erica Mott and Meredith Miller team up for a double-bill
at Links Hall, January 28 – 30. Sid Smith writes a preview for SeeChicagoDance.com
in which both women discuss the mood and impetus behind their work.
SeeChicagoDance Newsletter The Victory Project Download as a PDF.
“I’ve rigged the nozzle so that there’s lipstick inside that comes out,” Mott said. “The idea is to explore the mundane… Read more
Erica Receives Hub14 residency in Toronto
February 20th-March 5th, Erica will be participate in a Live-In Residency at hub 14 in Toronto. There she and collaborator Coman Poon will conduct research with Toronto based artists and community groups in preparation for their latest performance installation, The Palimpsest Project.
Erica receives Santa Fe Art Institute Residency
This autumn, Erica has been selected to work in residence at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Since 1999, SFAI has enlivened local, national and international discourse on art and society through its residency program. There she will write about her her year long movement research on the Victory Project and continue her creation of the dual channel installation performance for the Cowboys and Vikings Project.
News about Iceland trip
Erica spent September as an artist in residence at NES in Skagastrond, Iceland. In addition to conducting research for the Victory Project, she also began a series of landscape performances called the Vikings and Cowboys Project. Video footage will be uploaded soon, but in the mean time you can see stills from the videos below.
Erica receives prestigious Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist Award.
The Chicago Dancemakers Forum is a catalyst for innovation and a means to increase dynamic interaction among Chicago’s dancemakers. The Lab Artist program supports artistic exploration, research, and development that leads to production of a new work, culminating in public performances. The select choreographers are active in their field and developing a distinctive trajectory in their work. They possess the skills and experience to undertake a larger project of… Read more
Erica in Iceland August 17th-September 30th, 2011
Erica Mott has been invited to act as artist in residence at NES Arts Center in Skagastrond, Iceland. During her time in residency, she will conduct community based, performative co-research on diasporic cowboy culture and maverick mythology for a the Vikings and Cowboys Project, upcoming in 2011/12.
Summer 2010 News
Erica heads out this June for performances and teaching residencies in New York, North Carolina, Malerargues, France, Oaxaca, Mexico, and Skagastrond, Iceland. Sign up to her mailing list for updates from the road.