stevie kincheloe

NOW AND NOW AND NOW | GROUP SHOW CO-CURATED WITH VICTORIA CHAPMAN

“REMEMBER, REMEMBER

THIS IS NOW AND NOW AND NOW

LIVE IT. FEEL IT. CLING TO IT.

I WANT TO BECOMING ACUTELY AWARE OF ALL I HAVE TAKEN FOR GRANTED.”

— SYLVIA PLATH

AN EXCERPT FROM THE DIARIES OF SYLVIA PTAH CIRCA 11 SEPTEMBER 1950

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS

IPSHITA MAITRA

FRANCESCO TORI

LINDA ZAMBOLIN

SILVIA GAFFURINI

STEVIE KINCHELOE

L. MIKELLE STANDBRIDGE

TAMARA REYNOLDS

MELODY JOY OVERSTREET

GREG SMITH

ALEXANDRA TERLESKY

the visible and the invisible being | Slow art day collaboration

SLOW ART DAY, ON APRIL 13, 2024, MARKED THE INITIATION OF PHASE II: THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE BEING. BUILDING ON THE PROGRESS MADE IN 2023, VICTORIA CHAPMAN AND STEVIE KINCHELOE SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATED SELECTED TEXT FROM MAURICE MERLEAU-PONTY'S "THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE." THIS YEAR WELCOMED STEVEN DAYVID MCKELLAR, CONTRIBUTING HIS VOICE TO THE SPOKEN WORD SEGMENT.

IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S PERFORMANCE, A RITUAL UNFOLDED INVOLVING THE DELIBERATE TEARING AND RELEASE OF BOOK PAGES INTO THE AIR. THE WAY THEY DESCENDED AND SETTLED INFLUENCED THEIR LATER COLLECTION AND PERCEPTION. IN An intuitive ritual, CHAPMAN AND KINCHELOE GATHERED THE DISCARDED PAGES. ADOPTING A "SUNNY SIDE UP" APPROACH, THEY LIFTED PAGES FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT, circling THE INITIAL PASSAGE ON EACH, RESULTING IN A POETIC AND INNOVATIVE COMPREHENSION OF THE HISTORICALLY RICH EXISTENTIAL TEXT. THIS TRANSFORMATIVE JOURNEY LED TO THE EVOLUTION OF THE PROJECT INTO A SPOKEN WORD FORMAT.

cycles of being and becoming | An existential film piece

CYCLES OF BEING AND BECOMING BRINGS THE VIEWER FACE TO FACE WITH A STRIKING VULNERABILITY AS ARTIST, STEVIE KINCHELOE, INVITES THEM INTO HER INTERIOR WORLD. INTIMATE, POIGNANT, AND HOPEFUL, THIS FILM PIECE CAPTURES AN INTUITIVE MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE AND AN UNRELENTINGLY RAW STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS SPOKEN WORD. SPEAKING TO THE WHOLLY HUMAN QUESTION OF EXISTENCE— SEASONS OF GROWTH, DEATH, AND REBIRTH, WHAT IS KNOWN AND UNKNOWN— THE PERCEPTION OF REALITY IS BLURRED AS THIS EXISTENTIALIST FILM PIECE BREACHES ANOTHER DIMENSION ALTOGETHER. 

EXPERIENCE CYCLES OF BEING AND BECOMING AS A ZINE.

PRINTED WITH EL NIDO PRESS IN LOS ANGELES

My Self Being My Self | MULTI-MEDIA INSTALLATION

A portrait in process, a collection of present moments across 4 months and 4 countries, “My Self Being My Self,” is a vulnerable world, an open door to the messy, incomplete, raw, unknown Self.

Exhibiting at El Nido Art Space | 1028 N Western Ave

January 6th - March 23rd 2024

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Homage to Sam Francis | Depth is All | PERFORMANCE

As a part of Slow-Art Day, a ritual incorporating Sam Francis audio (selected text) layered within music by John Cage, ‘In a Landscape,’ observing pages from, ‘The Visible and the Invisible’ by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, ‘The Letters,’ between Freud and Jung, and I Ching, and for the senses, burning frankincense and myrrh.

The pages were released in ritualistic contemplation and later, carefully collected from the gallery floor in dedication for the next phase of this experiment. The first sentence of each page will be recorded as an audiobook.

Enjoy the entire online, group exhibition here.

Gestura1 | performance

This series seeks to make visible the importance of gesture in play. A collaboration of movement and sound between KARNEJ and Stevie Kincheloe, Gestura1 is brought to life using motion-tracking body sensors and modular electronics, creating an experience consisting of triggered vocalization and melodic tones.

Shown at El Nido in Los Angeles

Feb 13— private performance

Feb 16

Feb 18

Who Would I be | PERFORMANCE

Interdisciplinary artists Stevie Kincheloe and Steven McKellar explore the role intimate Relationship plays in individual growth, refinement, and identity. 

“Several entities exist in Relationship— those of the individual and one cultivated through the communion of the individuals. Through the cause and effect of experiences, mirroring, the development of the inner world, each of these entities are in a continuous loop of expansion and creation.” 

Using organic elements and electronic equipment and instrumentation, along with poetry, this accumulative performance piece is manipulated, layered, and looped as each artist responds to their own truth and the truth of the other. The experience coalesces through one amplifier, giving voice to both Individual and Relationship, creating a new identity all its own.

“Intimate relationship is something we choose each day, each moment. It is something we are free to hold on to or free to let go of.” 

Connecting the artists as they move in a circular pattern while they create, is the delicate thread of choice. Each holds in their hand the symbolism of that choice and the power to let go of it. 

The Relationship becomes integral to the growth of the individual as the growth of the individual renews the relationship. This begs the question, “Who would I be” without this third entity or the Other that acts as the mirror for Self. “Am I becoming more myself or becoming something entirely new?”

Showing at El Nido art space in Los Angeles

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Translations of being through sight and sound | MOVEMENT

“As I listen, I move. As I move, I listen. And what I begin to hear is my truth.” 

 An interdisciplinary artist, Stevie Kincheloe understands movement as a conversation between the physical and metaphysical planes. What began as a path to opening that notoriously elusive portal of inspiration, her movement meditations are becoming a medium all their own. A dismantling of the masks and false faces we show to the world, the intuitive moment is channeling the raw expression of the truth, moment to moment.

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With Shane Guffogg and Shooka Afshar, Stevie was part of the 2022 exhibition “Translations of Being Through Sight and Sound,” a collaborative effort curated by Victoria Chapman, showing at the El Nido art space in Los Angeles.

In July 2022, Stevie was in residence at the historic Villa Emma, participating in Shooka Afshar’s latest multi-medium composition, “Manipulation,” and several other performance pieces.

Kincheloe has a solo exhibition in 2023 in Los Angeles.