Andrea Haenggi: "Intertidal Pill", a performance activation at Bobst Library in Manhattan

Detail from bladderwrack (to be with the shore is all we ask). ©Photograph by Dan Phiffer

If you are in New York join Intertidal Pill, a durational performance activation with andrea haenggi marking the conclusion of the "bladderwrack (to be with the shore is all we ask)" interactive artwork at the Bobst Library's *This Is Not A Drill* Exhibition.

Saturday, December 2nd, 2023 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Location Bobst Library | 8th Floor | North Reading Room, 70 Washington Square South, Manhattan

Register (to get into the building) https://shorturl.at/ajotQ

Witness the transformation as bladderwrack seaweed, having resided within the gallery for over two months, becomes the Intertidal Pill, a powder capsule, a powerful medicine derived from the alteration, landfill, and land grabs that have existed since the colonization of the 520-mile Lenapehoking, NY shoreline.

In a delicate dance with a mortar and pestle, andrea's hands will produce sounds together with dried-out indigenous bladderwrack. It was said in ancient times “that great care should be given to the preparation of herbs for medical use.” The close interplay between bladderwrack's transformation and andrea’s hand in the act of grinding is done with special care through sound and movement.

More about the event: HERE

A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY / ANDREA HAENGGI

Born in Switzerland, Andrea Haenggi is an interdisciplinary artist, choreographer, dancer, embodied scientist and somatic – dance educator based in New York City.  She holds an MFA  in Creative Research Practice from Transart Institute/Plymouth University.  In 2017 she co-founded the artist collective the Environmental Performance Agency (EPA), which investigates the potential of eco-social art and movement-based practices to disrupt damaging human-centered narratives of earth systems. In her current commitment she performs embodied ecological Fieldwork in public spaces as an artistic act.

More about the artist: HERE