Using the framing of organized spiritual practice, Church of Art is a performance that falls somewhere between a self-help seminar and institutional critique.  Combining diagrams and references culled from Pierre Bourdieu and Oprah Winfrey with middle school classrooms pedagogical techniques, Veronique d’Entremont, Kim Ye, and Laub cultivate a space that engages diverse audiences in self-reflection and analysis of our relationship to institutions.  Through sermons, music performance and audience participation, Church of Art calls on us to transcend our ego-driven motivations, internal conflicts and external pressures as practicing artists and fellow humans.

Video Documentation Highlights

• Opening hymn (04:30)
• Veronique D’Entremont sermon (05:35)
• Laub musical performance (35:45)
• Kim Ye sermon (39:30)
• Laub musical performance (52:00)
• Veronique D’Entremont sermon (55:30)
• Participatory exorcism (1:08:15)
• Kim Ye prayer to Art (1:15:30)
• Closing Ceremony (1:22:45)