The Arts Center at Duck Creek is pleased to present Honey (INVENTORY-2). Artist Alix Pearlstein will direct a group of actors to present a continuous live performance, ongoing throughout open hours, in and around the John Little Barn.

A running list of objects, structures, poses, gestures, actions and characters derived from Pearlstein’s inventory of previous works will form the script, which will evolve over the 4 day / 16-hour duration, in response to site and the moment. Direction will be given in real time, making visible incremental shifts in technique, affect and point of view, through iteration and interpretation. A wide range of performance activity and approaches will be evident, as passages of narrative and psychological drama occur simultaneously along with task-based actions, choreographed movement, and play.

Honey (INVENTORY-2) extends Pearlstein’s longstanding interest in performance as material and process. The work prioritizes liveness and responsiveness as viewers are invited to come and go, to witness moments of cohesion and disruption, emergence and disassembly. The result is a charged environment of sustained attention, where small changes gain weight, meaning and feeling. Over time, what accumulates is not just a series of actions and objects - but a living installation and collective encounter.

Alix Pearlstein’s interdisciplinary practice spans performance, video, installation, sculpture, and collage. Working with modular objects and ensemble groups of actors, she employs mise-en-scène to propose connections through history, form and association. Her work examines human subjectivity through relationships, behavior, character, power dynamics and social constructs, to highlight moments where the psychological and spatial overlap.

Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at institutions such as the Neuberger Museum, Ballroom Marfa, The Kitchen, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and in performances at the Aspen Art Museum, Art Basel Miami Beach, and the Park Avenue Armory. Group exhibitions include Parrish Art Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the New Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, Whitechapel Gallery, the Whitney Museum and the Biennale de Lyon. A recipient of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, Pearlstein serves on Skowhegan’s Board of Governors, and lives and works in New York City and Orient, NY.

This project is free and open to the public.

Alix Pearlstein: Honey (INVENTORY-2)
August 7–10, 2025; 2PM – 6PM
The Arts Center at Duck Creek
127 Squaw Road, East Hampton, NY
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