Two New Yorkers are set to invade Christchurch from 19 November–19 December this year with their colourful and intriguing take on the intersection between architecture, landscape and human movement.

Two New Yorkers are set to invade Christchurch from 19 November–19 December this year with their colourful and intriguing take on the intersection between architecture, landscape and human movement.

Previously exhibited in the Shaft Gallery space between the 3rd and 4th floors of New York City’s New Museum, where The Physics Room’s Director Kate Montgomery squeezed in to catch a disorientating glimpse.

C.L.U.E. (Color Location Ultimate Experience) blurs any boundaries that might still remain between the various genres of performance, time based media and the visual arts.

C.L.U.E is a collaborative video and performance work by New York-based artists robbinschilds, A.L. Steiner, AJ Blandford and Seattle-based band Kinski. A work permanently in progress, C.L.U.E. adapts to the space it temporarily occupies and by working with The Arts Centre,

The Canterbury Community Trust and the Embassy of the United States of America, The Physics Room is excited to announce that robbinschilds will be The Physics Room/Arts Centre International Artists in Residence in Christchurch from 19 November–19 December 2009.

Presenting C.L.U.E. within the context of The Physics Room’s gallery during their time in New Zealand, robbinschilds (Layla Childs and Sonya Robbins) use a choreographed language of bodily movements as a vehicle to explore the natural and human-made landscape.

Probing the relationship between movement, architecture and a range of disparate environments in a style that is obsessive, persistent and often humorous, C.L.U.E. sees robbinschilds’ traverse a range of North American locations that embody everything from the sublime to the mundane.

“The changing locations, rapid cutting and infectious energy recall punchy MTV videos of yore in which singers danced in front of shifting backdrops. But given the unity between C.L.U.E.’s striking visuals and robbinschilds’ obsessive, almost ritualistic, movements and poses, the comparison is a facile one—this trio is up to something much more curious.” Kristin M. Jones, Frieze, Issue 108.

For further information on this exhibition and for further information about the public programmes that will be facilitated during robbinschilds’ time as The Physics Room/Arts Centre International Artists in Residence see www.physicsroom.org.nz.

robbinschilds' residency is presented by The Physics Room in association with The Arts Centre, The Canterbury Community Trust and the Embassy of the United States of America.