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Sunday, May 17, 2015

Interview with Tish Carter

From the performance art piece Water Walkers (Rome, 1991) by Tish Carter
Tish Carter has always seen the world in a cross-disciplined way. Listening to her, one realizes just how many different forms and methods of artistic expression intersect. She is a critically acclaimed and award-winning visual and performance artist, choreographer and educator who has toured internationally. Her work has been shown at the Spoleto Festival (USA and Italy), the Kennedy Center and the Hirshhorn Museum in DC, among others. Using different mechanisms, she explores self-awareness, memory, time and perception.

Based in Washington, DC, her website is tishcarter.com. She answered some questions about her upbringing, inspirations, her approach to art, as well as elephants and tugboats.