Sanctuary Of Hands

SanctuaryOfHands

17 Texts / 17 paintings / 1 recipe /3 videos / 3 photographs by Nicole Peyrafitte
Book published by Stockport Flats
All Compositions by Nicole Peyrafitte (BMI) & Michael Bio (AMB Music ASCAP)
Double Bass Michel Bisio
Recorded by Ambrose Bye at Fast Speaking Music
more info at: http://www.nicolepeyrafitte.com/

10-ThingsFall

11-Vertigo

12-Crane

13-SheWhoSeeksHas

14-ToWhiten

15-IWeaveTherefore

16-AtGargas

17-TheVulvaUniverse

Nicole Peyrafitte is a Pyrenean-born multidisciplinary artist whose videos, paintings, writings, singing & cooking are often integrated into multimedia stagings. Her rich, multi-textured and -layered work draws on her eclectic background and the experiences of shaping identity across two continents and four languages. The work has been presented and/or performed in such venues as The Metropolitan Museum, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, The University of Bordeaux, Birbeck College at the University of London, Poets House NYC, The Poetry Project NYC, Cave Poesie Toulouse, France, Wayne State University, Naropa University, Boulder CO., etc. Her latest projects include the documentary film Basil King: Mirage as producer & co- director (with Miles Joris- Peyrafitte), & Bi-Valve, a performance project that includes 17 texts, 14 paintings & 3 Videos. She has authored 2 CDs, The Bi-continental Chowder & Whisk, Don’t Churn (with Michael Bisio, bassist); the DVD Sax, Soup Poetry & Voice, with Pierre Joris & Joe Giardullo, and 3 chapbooks of writings (Ride the Line, The Calendar & Homage à la Vénus de Lespugue). She has also illustrated & created covers for a number of books by Pierre Joris. Her performance Remember-Reflect-Mark was documented in Emergency INDEX 2011 (Ugly Duckling Presse).