Marten Evergreen: We are Boise's leading contemporary performance artists. Our work explores relational aspects of human spirituality and identity. As we use our bodies to create art, much like the catalyst of performance art in the 1960's and 1970's, we are re-addressing the original intent from visual two dimensional work into the third dimension. We do this by performing upon a canvas and therefor going from the third dimension back into the second. Marten Evergreen is an advanced ecosystem of artists that collaborate together to explore in performance art. We are Lisa Marten and Lukas Evergreen and we have worked with artists such as Krysta Nebeker, Caid Jones, Jeremy Busack, Gonzalo Valdez, Naomi Psalm, Travis Nelson, and Jessie Nilo.
Our most recent performance was a 6 hour time duration piece performed live on stage for Art in the Bar 9 at The Knitting Factory Concert House in Boise on Sunday, November 24, 2013.
The piece was titled "Nicodemus":
As the world spins, we are unavoidably partaking in the inevitable commandment of Love's true identity. That identity, in reality, is a reverse image of what society has pledge to place us in our individual claim as a man or as a woman.
Performers: Lisa Marten, Lukas Evergreen, Krysta Nebeker
We performed for 6 hours on stage during one of Boise's largest local art shows. Throughout the day other performers such as singer/songwriter Anderson Mitchell and Velocity Pole Art dancers also performed alongside us on stage.
photo taken by J Metts
We would assume positions and poses throughout the time and hold them steadily, creating a living sculpture, all the while allowing paint to drip from the above platform onto the canvas and onto each other. With each passing hour we exchanged positions slowly interacting with the canvas and eventually with each other. This was our longest and most disciplined piece to date. With no food, drink, rest, or bathroom breaks, we allowed our bodies to become the work of art. The audience could view us at anytime throughout the 6 hours from afar or up close. With each movement, shift, repositioning, the art changed and we changed.
photo taken by Starry Night Media
photo taken by Starry Night Media
photo taken by J Metts
photo taken by J Metts
photo taken by J Nilo
photo taken by J Metts
photo taken by J Metts
photo taken by Starry Night Media
photo taken by J Nilo
photo taken by J Nilo
Here is the finished two dimensional painting that was created during our three dimensional piece.
