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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#222222;">Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am happy to announce <em>Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate</em>, Part 2, curated by Anuradha Vikram, Renee Petropoulos and myself, opening this weekend April 22 and 23rd at Santa Monica State Beach. Please see the announcement below for times and artist participation. Yours. Warren</span></span></span></span></div>
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<div><em><strong>Swept Away:</strong></em></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; text-align: justify;"><strong><em><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Swept Away: Love Letter to A Surrogate</span></span></em></strong></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border: none; text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">April 22-23, 2023, 9 am-12 pm and 4-10 pm each day</span></span></strong></div>
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<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Presented by 18th Street Arts Center with support from the City of Santa Monica Art of Recovery Program, the Annenberg Community Beach House, and Guild Hall.</span></div>
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<a href="https://ymlpcl2.com/5d8ecmqysazaewwmuapaqbsazabwuj/click.php" style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><strong><em><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate</span></span></em></strong></a><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> is a community-oriented artistic project that aims to create a transcontinental heartbeat across America. 60 Los Angeles County artists will present live performances over Earth Day Weekend: <strong>April 22 and 23</strong>, <strong>2023</strong> at the <strong>Santa Monica State Beach</strong> <strong>near the Annenberg Community Beach House </strong>on the Pacific Ocean<em>. Swept Away</em> began in September 2022, in collaboration with Guild Hall, East Hampton, when 65 Los Angeles County artists sent "love letters" to 65 artists on the East End of Long Island who responded with live performances on East Hampton's Main Beach in </span></span><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">September and October. In April 2023, the reverse will take place with 60 West Coast artists creating performances inspired by and in response to their East Coast counterparts' letters. </span></span>
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<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; border: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">On <strong>April 22 and 23</strong>, <strong>2023, </strong>we are pleased to present up to five simultaneous performances taking place during the <strong>hours of 9 am-12 pm and 4-10 pm</strong> on <strong>Santa Monica State Beach in front of Annenberg Community Beach House. </strong> </span></span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Swept Away</span></span></em></strong><strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> in Santa Monica</span></span></strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> is curated by artists <strong>Warren Neidich</strong> and <strong>Renée Petropoulos</strong> and independent curator <strong>Anuradha Vikram</strong> with <strong>Christina Strassfield</strong> (formerly Guild Hall curator, now Executive Director at Southampton Arts Center) and administrative coordination by <strong>Julie McKim</strong>. This project is presented by <strong>18th Street Arts Center</strong> with support from <strong>The City of Santa Monica Art of Recovery Program</strong> and <strong>the Annenberg Community Beach House </strong>in Santa Monica, and <strong>Guild Hall</strong> in East Hampton. The project is the brainchild of Warren Neidich and brings together again <strong>Renée Petropoulos</strong> and <strong>Anuradha Vikram </strong></span></span><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">who along with Neidich created the successful </span></span></span><a href="https://ymlpcl2.com/266e7mqyuazaewwmuadaqbsadabwuj/click.php" style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><strong><em><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">Drive-by-Art (Public Art in This Moment of Social Distancing)</span></span></span></em></strong></a> <span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:11pt;">e</span></span></span><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">vent in Los Angeles in 2020 when art galleries and museums were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. </span></span>
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<strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Swept Away</span></span></strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> presents temporary installations and performances that take place at the water's edge. The project is concerned with the global ramifications of climate change as considered through the oceans that connect our continents. We hope to promote public awareness of climate conditions expressed through a focus on the health and well-being of the oceans. This is a Love Letter to the Earth and future generations! </span></span>
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<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This poetic project harkens back to the “Art Happenings” created by artist Allan Kaprow, in the 1950s and 60s. The syncopated surf will provide the acousmatic background for the project.</span></div>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0.25in; font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; border: none; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Warren Neidich notes “<em>It is hoped that through its combined gestures and performances, a sense of solidarity, so desperately missing today, will emerge with which to confront the ecological catastrophe at our doorstep.”</em></span></div>
<div style="font-size: medium; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Letters collected, photo and video documentation will be archived and presented in a pop-up exhibition in New York and Los Angeles after the completion of the project. </span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">CONTACT:</span></span></strong><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;"> Julie McKim, </span></span><a style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">juliemckim@gmail.com</span></span></a>
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<span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Warren Neidich, </span></span><a style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">warrenneidich@gmail.com</span></span></a>
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<span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Renée Petropoulos, </span></span><a style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">renatarprr@gmail.com</span></span></a>
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<span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Anuradha Vikram, </span></span><a style="outline: none; color: #838689;"><span style="color:#1155cc;"><span style="font-family:arial;">anu@curativeprojects.net</span></span></a>
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<strong><u><span style="font-family:arial;">EAST END ARTISTS</span></u></strong><span style="font-family:arial;"> >> <strong><u>LOS ANGELES ARTISTS</u></strong></span>
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<span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;">Elena Bajo ↔ Jasmine Orpilla<br>
Lillian Ball ↔ Dana Berman Duff<br>
Monica Banks ↔ Jamie Ross<br>
Dianne Blell ↔ Lisa Anne Auerbach (not performing) <br>
Scott Bluedorn ↔ Robby Herbst<br>
Megan Chaskey ↔ Lionel Popkin<br>
Scott Chaskey ↔ Kathryn Andrews<br>
Philippe Cheng ↔ David Horvitz<br>
Andrea Cote ↔ Nina Waisman<br>
Ivana Dama ↔ Rodrigo Arruda<br>
Peter Dayton ↔ Anita Pace (not performing) ↔ Carolyn Castano<br>
Katrina Del Mar + Kris Jonz ↔ Taisha Paggett + Meital Yaniv (not performing)<br>
Jeremy Dennis + Beau Bree Rhee ↔ Debra Disman<br>
Sabra Moon Elliot ↔ Rochelle Fabb<br>
Carol Edwards ↔ Pamela Smith Hudson<br>
Eva Faye ↔ Patty Chang + David Kelley (David Kelley performing solo)<br>
Saskia Friedrich ↔ Fran Siegel<br>
Margaret Garrett ↔ Susan Kleinberg<br>
Veronica Gonzalez Peña ↔ Cassandra Marketo (not performing) <br>
Kimberly Goff ↔ Cheri Gaulke + Xochi Maberry-Gaulke<br>
Jeremy Grosvenor ↔ Vincent Johnson<br>
Jerelyn Hanrahan + Laura Ross White ↔ Andrew Berardini<br>
Candace Hill Montgomery ↔ Anna Joy Springer<br>
Virva Hinnemo ↔ Sam Shoemaker<br>
Alice Hope ↔ Krysten Cunningham<br>
Erica-Lynn Huberty ↔ Sandeep Mukherjee<br>
Terri Hyland ↔ Joseph Mosconi<br>
Ruby Jackson ↔ Alice Köniz</span><br><span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;">Nishan Kazazian ↔ Beatriz Cortez (not performing)<br>
Carlos Lama <br>
No Partner ↔ Badly Licked Bear (not performing) <br>
Christine Lidrbauch ↔ Sterling Wells<br>
Donald Lipski ↔ Raul Baltazar<br>
Sutton Lynch ↔ Yrneh Gabon Brown<br>
Josephine Meckseper ↔ Jiayun Chen<br>
Tanya Minhas ↔ Allison Wyper<br>
Richard Mothes ↔ Kristin Calabrese<br>
Michelle Murphy ↔ Sarah Beadle<br>
Jill Musnicki ↔ Victoria Vesna<br>
Lois Nesbitt ↔ Lucia Santini Ribisi<br>
Eileen O’Kane Kornreich ↔ Iman Person<br>
Jaanika Peerna ↔ Marcus Kuiland-Nazario<br>
Dalton Portella ↔ Ryat Yezbick (remote performance)</span>
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<span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;">Toni Ross ↔ Sharon Barnes<br>
David Rothenberg ↔ May Sun<br>
Will Ryan ↔ Jody Zellen (not performing) ↔ </span><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Alejandra Herrera Silva</span></span><span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;"> <br>
Sara Salaway ↔ Melinda Smith Altshuler<br>
Matthew Satz ↔ Katie Grinnan (not performing) ↔ Laura Stinger<br>
Bastienne Schmidt ↔ Jisoo Chung<br>
Barry Schwabsky ↔ David Schafer<br>
Christine Sciulli ↔ Karen Lofgren<br>
Arlene Slavin ↔ Jenny Yurshansky<br>
Janice Stanton ↔ Kearra Gopee (not performing)<br>
Christina Sun ↔ Catherine Scott<br>
Carol Szymanski with David Adewomi ↔ xiouping<br>
Sara VanDerBeek ↔ Alicia Serling<br>
Ryan Wallace ↔ Joshua Aster</span>
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<span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;">Ross Watts ↔ Justine Harari (not performing) ↔ Joan Olden ↔ </span><span style="font-family:arial;">nicolaalee</span><br><span style="font-family:arial unicode ms;">Allan Wexler ↔ Dan Kwong with Chie Saito<br>
Nina Yankowitz ↔ Francesca Gabbiani<br>
Darius Yektai ↔ Barbara McCarren + Jud Fine<br>
Almond Zigmund ↔ Marissa Mandler</span>
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<li><span style="font-family:arial;">Live performances by 60 Los Angeles County artists</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial;">Curated by Warren Neidich, Renée Petropoulos, and Anuradha Vikram with Christina Strassfield and Julie McKim</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial;">Santa Monica State Beach near the Annenberg Community Beach House</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial;">Saturday and Sunday, April 22 and 23, 2023, 9 am-12 pm and 4-10 pm</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:arial;">Presented by 18th Street Arts Center with support from the City of Santa Monica Art of Recovery Program, and the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, and Guild Hall in East Hampton</span></li>
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