“Sleep” on Odyssey

Created for the Sleep as Art Residency at Ars Electronica (Shulea Cheang et al) – Featuring Krysania Eramos (Yunji Johanning) Fau Ferdinand (Yael Gilks) Man Michinaga (Patrick Lichty) Bibbe OH (Bibbe Hansen) Lizsolo Mathilde (Liz Solo). Warhol’s Factory couch by Bebe Begonia. Second Front are lot of people: Produced by Patrick Lichty Concept by SHuLea…

Avatar Salad

The Second Front are working on Exhibit A this week preparing a new performance/machinima for the University of Wichita’s upcoming “At A Distance” exhibition. Stay tuned for more news and documentation from “Virtual Proposition for Alison Knowles #1 – Make an Avatar Salad”, based on an Alison Knowles event score/performance called “Proposition #2 – Make…

Leave Nothing Untouched

Leave Nothing Untouched: A Wrong Biennial Pavilion Reception Curated by Patrick Lichty Featuring: Second Front and Virtual Fluxus @ Odyssey Art and Performance Simulator With Participants in San Francisco CA, Victoria BC, Hudson NY, St. John’s Newfoundland, London UK, and Sharjah UAE. Friday, January 15, 2016 – 9 AM SLT/PST – onwards – Exhibit A…

Red Dog For Freddie Herko

On October 27th a week-long program began in New York city  to celebrate the life of American dancer Fred Herko. Here is a machinima from the 50th Anniversary performance of Al Hansen‘s “Red Dog For Freddie Herko” – produced by Virtual Fluxus, created by and starring Second Front with associate Phreek Fargis. Second Front is…

Summer of Love 2.1

The Second Front performed on Odyssey last weekend and were projected live into Turner Hall at Milwalkee’s Pabst Theatre as part of the event Present Music – Life Love and Death – a showcase of life, love, and death-inspired art installations. Second Front presented a new iteration of their Summer of Love 2.0 installation –…

Fluxus Piano Piece

On November 23, 2013 Patrick Lichty and Bibbe Hansen met on Odyssey and opened the Fluxus Performance Workbook. They chose to perform George Brecht’s Piano Piece (1962) Piano Piece a vase of flowers on (to) a piano 1962 by Patrick Lichty (b. 1962) and Bibbe Hansen (for Second Front)

Second Front – Happy Birthday Fluxus

Second Front performed Happy Birthday Fluxus a series of works celebrating 50 years of Fluxus performances. The performance happened simultaneously on Odyssey Exhibit A and at the Franklin Street Works in Stamford Connecticut. The event began with an intro by Second Front member Bibbe Hansen, followed by a live, streaming performance by Second Front and…

Second Front Ends the World

Second Front go over the Fiscal Cliff for the 2012 Odyssey Festival. Live on Odyssey and at Open Space, Victoria Canada as part of the End of the World Karaoke Party and at the Black Bag Media Collective Studio in St. John’s, Newfoundland.