Holly Faurot & Sarah H. Paulson, 'hee-hoo he who Meets Us will adore us', 2008 2-hour performance at English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Photo: Iris Jaffe
Holly Faurot and Sarah H. Paulson live and work in Brooklyn, NY. They received their BFAs in Sculpture and Selected Studies in Art (respectively) from Syracuse University in 2002. Faurot and Paulson’s performances have been presented in galleries/venues including NYCAMS (New York Center for Art and Media Studies), NY; Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, NY; NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY; The Chocolate Factory Theater, L.I.C. NY; P.I.T. (Projects In Transit), Brooklyn, NY; and Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY, among others. Their video work has been exhibited internationally. Us will adore us, was performed at English Kills Gallery, Brooklyn, NY in August 2008. Their video work and selected performance artifacts are on view at the gallery through September 7, 2008 as part of Maximum Perception: Contemporary Brooklyn Performance (curated by Peter Dobill & Chris Harding).
For the past 6 years Faurot & Paulson have been collaborating on performances that focus on movement as a language of basic human interaction. These works serve as non-linear autobiographical documents. The collection and comparison of their shared and unshared personal experiences are translated and re-assessed through the use of multiple videos, chance improvisation, sound, and the choreography of the breakdown of time.