Opening Reception
Thu, Feb 22
|Akron Soul Train
Enjoy the February exhibitions at Akron Soul Train and celebrate with the Artists at our opening reception.
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2024, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Akron Soul Train , 191 S Main St, Akron, OH 44308, USA
About the event
Matthew B. Kurtz Rolls Out Prelude Exhibit Before Solar Eclipse Performance
Performance artist Matthew B. Kurtz presents “Drumroll for a Total Eclipse: A Preliminary Exhibition,” a prelude to his upcoming live performance with this year’s solar eclipse. Kurtz’s work fuses place, nature, sound, rhythm, and movement to question the mystery of existence. With humor, curiosity, and in tandem with his surroundings, “Drumroll” explores the process of trying to understand wonder.
For his upcoming performance on April 8, 2024, Kurtz will invite an audience to celebrate the total eclipse. Collaborating with the cosmos, he will perform a drumroll before “totality” passes over Northeast Ohio and creates the natural phenomenon known as “the blackout.”
“When I engage with a site for an art piece, I consider its history, recontextualize its objects, and insert my identity through intuitive gestures. I was raised to believe that humans are supposed to connect the lines between…