November 11 – November 15, 2015

chashama 266 Gallery
266 West 37th Street
New York, NY

Opening Performance
Wednesday, November 11th, 6-8pm

Closing Reception
Sunday, November 15th, 11am-2pm

Open Hours
Wednesday, 12-8pm
Thursday, 12-6pm
Friday – Saturday, 12-7pm
Sunday, 11am-5pm

“LTAW…I Need You” merges two ongoing projects, “Let’s Take a Walk” and “Knitting… I Need You.” The project combines a participatory performance and an installation, using methods of connecting from the old world (knitting together, going on a walk) and the new (Twitter) to open a dialogue about social and world issues. The piece is made up of three components and culminates with an exhibition at the chashama 266 Gallery.

I. Knitting… I Need You  (September 21-29)
Various locations, follow @mcayer for updates an visit LTAW Blog for details.
Creates pockets of close moments and connections. I teach knitting lessons, engaging with the participants – telling stories, exchanging ideas. All are actively involved and become co-creators. Together we will create elements to make an over dress I’ll wear during LTAW#35.

II. Let’s Take a Walk #35 (October 2, 6:30pm)
Meet the artist at Ghandi sculpture in Union Square, to participate please follow  @mcayer and visit LTAW Blog for details.
We are a cast of four, and will lead followers on a walk and Tweet instructions to Twitter followers around the globe. Participants will receive instructions and share our journey. Passersby’s are encouraged to join in. Connection, conversation and storytelling fill the moments we share. Whether at Union Sq or anywhere around the world, we are walking together, apart. The knit elements unravel, leaving traces.

III. Schlepping & Displaying (October 3-4)
Various locations, follow @mcayer for updates an visit LTAW Blog for details.
I will walk and display  physical remains (knit elements) from the walk. Some of the knittings will linger along the path of the walk, a mapped echo of our shared experience.

IV. Culminating exhibition at chashama (November 11-15)
266 W 37th St. New York, NY
See Opening Performance, Closing Reception, and Open Hours above.

About the Artist
Marie Christine Katz was born in Switzerland in 1960. She is a multi-media artist working in installation, performance, and video. She is interested in bringing elements of art and theatre together, encouraging public participation and collaboration with artists of various disciplines. She received her B.A. from Empire College in 1990, studied at The New York Studio School and was artist-in-residence at The Field in 2010 and at Art Omi in 2011. Her work has been described as an intuitive and spontaneous gesture in reaction to a current event or a personal situation that is then further developed over time. Recent exhibitions and performances include presentations at Dixon Place, Bronx River Art Center, No Longer Empty, Velada Santa Lucia Performance Festival (Maracaibo Venezuela), Art in Odd Places, Five Myles Gallery, New York Studio School and The IRT Theatre. Marie Christine was selected by the Consulate General of Switzerland to exhibit and perform, she is a LMCC 2015 Grantee. She lives and works in New York City.

For more information, visit www.mariechristine.com (site update in progress) or
www.letstakeawalkmc.blogspot.com and
www.myfavoritegrandmother.com.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact the artist at mariechristine@mindspring.com