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Devices for Preparation & Comfort

 
In partnership with Fusebox Festival, Big Medium presents Devices for Preparation & Comfort, a performance lecture and a collaborative project by Hillerbrand+Magsamen, Kirk Lynn, and Peter Stopschinski

Due to our current situation, 147 Devices for Integrated Principles as a part of Fusebox Festival has been reimagined online as Devices for Preparation & Comfort, beginning with a 20-minute, live-stream seminar via Zoom. 

Hillerbrand + Magsamen + (Stopschinski) + [Lynn] will share music, images, and activities intended to provide Comfort and Preparation for quarantines both actual and internal. In order to play along and make your own art at home, download your Performance Kit with instructions and follow on YouTube. You can also continue the project off-line for the following 7 days to unlock a special gift. 

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Download the #tinybigmedium PDF
  2. Print out the #tinybigmedium Pledge and gallery
  3. Fill in and sign the #tinybigmedium Pledge and fold the gallery
  4. Use your own creativity to install, draw, paint, or perform inside this wonderful #tinybigmedium art gallery
  5. Take a picture of what you have done and post it to Instagram using #tinybigmedium and tag @hillerbrand_magsamen, @bigmediumaustin, and @fuseboxfestival.

Hear more about the project directly from the artists in this video:

After the performance, we encourage you to upload photos of your own devices and music to Instagram using #tinybigmedium and tag @hillerbrand_magsamen @bigmediumaustin and @fuseboxfestival.

Fusebox Festival is April 24 – 26, a weekend-long virtual experience. Find the full lineup of artists and more details at fuseboxfestival.com.

Hillerbrand+Magsamen is the collaboration of Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen and their children, Maddie and Emmett. Their work has been presented at festivals, galleries and museums internationally. Based in Houston, Texas, Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s practice utilizes collaboration, process and media experimentation through video, photography, installation and interdisciplinary performance. Explorations of humor, tension, family, futility, and found objects are at the center of their creative practice, blurring boundaries between life and art.

hillerbrandmagsamen.com

Devices for Preparation & Comfort will open with a virtual performance on April 26 during the Fusebox Festival followed by an interactive exhibition on Big Medium and Hillerbrand+Magsamen’s social media platforms. Fusebox Festival in its entirety will take place April 24 – 26, as a weekend-long virtual experience. Find the full lineup of artists and more details at fuseboxfestival.com.