Oliver Herring: Task

The Frye presents Oliver Herring’s Task in conjunction with partners On the Boards, the Seattle Public Library, and the Tacoma Art Museum. An improvisational art-making event, Task brings together a group of strangers of diverse ages, professions, and backgrounds to create a unique site-specific contemporary artwork in the Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Public Library. Simple tasks devised by the artist become catalysts for performance by the participants. When the first artist-assigned actions are completed, participants invent their own tasks for others. The unpredictability of the performance is inherent to its process: the artwork takes shape according to the interests and creativity of those on stage as well as the relationships they form with one another.

Oliver Herring: Task
Seattle Public Library