APRIL 2, 2016, 8:30 PM Get tickets HERE Cassils was awarded The International Prize for Live Art in 2014. As part of this prize The Powers That Be (210 Kilometers) was commissioned as a site specific work…
Inextinguishable Fire Premieres at 2016 Sundance Film Festival
The installation from Canadian, Los Angeles-based artist Cassils uses techniques borrowed from Hollywood stunts to speak to the violence of war. “Inextinguishable Fire put a match under our certainties and perceptions, making you…
WIRED: We watched an artist set fire to themselves on stage
WIRED magazine profiles Cassils’s performance of “Inextinguishable Fire” at London’s National Theatre. Cassils gazes expressionlessly over the audience. During the entire process, in fact, Cassils will say nothing. There is no explanation, no…
New York Times Interview, “Cassils: Transgender Artist Goes to Extremes”
The New York Times talks to Cassils about their performance of “Inextinguishable Fire” at London’s Spill Festival. Read the full article here.
The Guardian Reviews “Inextinguishable Fire” at the Spill Festival
The Guardian has reviewed Cassils’ performance of “Inextinguishable Fire” at London’s National Theatre. “Cassils makes you look; the artist dares you to avert your eyes from the safety of your theatre seat.…
“Cassils – The Body as Social Sculpture” Artist Lecture, Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London
November 10, 5:00-7:00 pm “Cassils – The Body as Social Sculpture” Artist Lecture, Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London I will discuss the process, historical contexts, and inspiration for Cuts:…
Double Bill: Inextinguishable Fire + Tiresias @ Southbank Centre, London
November 8 – 29, 2015 Following my live performance of Inextinguishable Fire at the National Theatre as part of the SPILL Festival, London’s Southbank Centre will screen the film element of this…
Live Performance: Inextinguishable Fire @ London’s Spill Festival
November 8, 2015 Live performance of Inextinguishable Fire – Spill Festival of Performance,National Theatre, London, UK I am thrilled to be closing the 2015 SPILL Festival of Performance with the first and only live performance of Inextinguishable Fire, a…
Fall 2015: Performances, Exhibits & Screenings
ONGOING – Until December 1, 2015 Homosexualit_ies Group Exhibition at the Schwules Museum* and Deutsches Historishes Museum, Berlin, Germany Selections from Cuts: A Traditional Sculpture and Becoming an Image are included in…
Artist Book Publication
MU Eindhoven published a stunning exhibition catalog with color illustrations of my works and essays by David J. Getsy and Julia Steinmetz. Book orders can be placed through the Ronald Feldman Gallery…