TBA Time: Portland’s Time Based Art Festival Set to Kick Off
Tuesday, September 09, 2014
Photo Credit: Eugenie Frerichs
The TBA festival draws artists from across the country and around the world for a convergence of contemporary performance and visual art. Live performances, temporary galleries, and late-night parties will occupy a myriad of public spaces throughout Portland.
Exhibits and performances for TBA 2014 include everything from The Mammalian Diving Reflex's "All the Sex I've Ever Had," a show featuring local elderly people sharing personal stories of intimacy and sexual relationships, to a drag ball and competition, "Critical Mascara," which was one of the biggest hits of TBA 2013.
See Slides Below: 5 Artists To Look For At Portland's TBA festival, 2014
PICA describes the annual festival as an all-hours forum for new ideas and experiences that aims to activate the city with art and energy. For the uninitiated, it's an opportunity to see creative work at play in some of the city's public spaces, as well as a chance to catch a wide range of performances.
The festival is designed to brings guests into conversation with the ideas, research, and inspirations behind the presented works.
"I think there is a strong music and vocal thrust to our TBA programming this year that is notable and really diverse," said TBA communications director, Noelle Stiles.
Many of the vocal artists set to perform in the festival utilize raw vocal expression and sonic experiments to reveal themes and ideas about social and cultural realities, according to PICA.
The theater and dance lineup this year embraces themes of intimacy, exchange, humor, and reimagined worlds.
One of the festival's signature components is "The Works," where TBA goes after dark. Every night The Works features different performances: rock shows, drag balls, video art, mock reality TV shows, and more. TBA encourages both guests and artists to participate in late-night fun of eating, drinking, and dancing.
The Works is held at Fashion Tech, a warehouse venue that transforms each night on 2010 SE 8th Street. The outdoor bar opens nightly at 9:30 p.m.
TBA passes are available for purchase online or at PICA, 415 SW 10th Avenue from noon-6 p.m. Passes grant guests admittance to all exhibits, workshops, performances, and after parties throughout the festival. Interested persons can also purchase individual day-of-show tickets, available at each venue 60 minutes before showtime.
A TBA guidebook is available online to help guests navigate when and where exhibits and shows are happening. Guests can also use TBA's online personal planner to schedule events to attend throughout the festival.
Sign up for email announcements about TBA to stay notified about important information and dates.
Related Slideshow: 5 Artists To Look For At Portland’s TBA festival: 2014
Portland annual Time Based Art (TBA) festival draws artists from across the country and around the world for a convergence of contemporary performance and visual art. Here are five artists to watch for at this year's festival.
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