SOUTH WATERFRONT
PORTLAND OREGON

On Saturday, Dec. 22nd, over 125 people taunted the rain and cold by venturing down to the SWF to see Tahni Holt’s - The Party Project.  The fourth artist in the SWF Monthly Guest Artist series, Tahni worked with a cast of 30 volunteer performers, musician/composers Kate O’Brien-Clarke, Corrina Repp and Joe Haege, and lighting designer Bill Boese to create a strolling dance event that caught the only dry spell in nearly two straight days of rain.  If you missed the performance or want to be reminded of some of its beauty, a chronological photo essay follows.  All these photos and the others on AiR page are by Yalcin Erhan, the AiR Program photographer. Folks began to gather at about 3:45p in the Bella Espresso for a 4p show.  While frigid outside, everyone was greeted with hot cider or cocoa to warm their bones.   When critical mass had happened, we moved everyone outside for short introduction.Enough said, let the performance begin!   Space #1  -  A leased but as yet unbuilt-out retail space in the base of Atwater Place.         After a toast and then some breaking of glass (cups not windows), the audience strolled in a caroling-style fashion to site #2 - a second floor balcony on the courtyard of the John Ross plaza.   This time from below, the audience watched the second scene.      At the conclusion of episode two, all were finally invited inside into the Artist in Residence studio for the third and final event, an actual party (birthday).    This is just a glimpse of 30 minutes of stunning performance.  Visit the site again in a few weeks to see video clips from all three sites. 

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