Jim Jeffers is an intermedia and performance artist currently living and working in Port Saint Lucie, FL. This is a collection of roughly five-minute edits of his performance pieces.
In his performances Jim takes on an alter ego, transforming into a superhero and creating something simple on a mythic scale. His performances are commentary on or are allegoric to current events as they relate to his own lived experience. The audience is invited on a journey as they follow him around the gallery space and beyond to witness the creation of a giant chalk line or circle on the ground. He has asked the audience to join him in the ritual consumption of food, has filled the room with balloons and has entangled the audience in 300 feet of string before cutting them free in the same way that we are entangled and set loose by relationships and cultural occurrences.
All of the documentation here was edited, compiled by Kristen Zephyrus (Spillane)-check her out at cognitive-surplus.com. Full credits are available at the end of each piece.
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Improvised Comfort Device (food) (Superhero Action)
Lowell, MA
for 119 Gallery
June 18th, 2009
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(roadside) Improvised Comfort Device – one
Staten Island NYC, NY
for Day De Dada at Staten Island Museum
with Jean Jeffers
June 6th, 2009
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99 Red Balloon Drawing (Superhero Action)
Lowell, MA
for UMass Lowell
with Adam Norton, UMass Lowell, Lowell MA
May 7th, 2008 |
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Strategic Admission Procedure (S.I.)
Lowell, MA
at Center for Women and Work, Alumni Hall, UMass Lowell
as part of: Reframing Homeland Security: Building a CWW Agenda for Justice and Care at Home, at Work and in the Community, Gathering at the Well 10th Annual Forum
with Adam Norton, Denise Manseau, Derek Paul, Heather Derby, Julia Pelosi, Shuwen Liu and Stacie Hargis
special thanks to Prof. Mignon Duffy
April 3rd, 2008 |
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Esoteric Synchronicities, and Poltergeists: a live(d) performance
Lowell, MA
for UMass Lowell
Oct. 3rd, 2007 |
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Wedding Celebration II
Piscataway, NJ
at Johnson Park
collaboration with Jean Jeffers, Mike Maxwell, Lydia Grey, Scott Heath, Heather Freeman,
Suzy Connors & Olivia Kalin
June 16th, 2007 |
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…And Awe (Superhero Intercourse)
Lowell, MA
with Adam Norton & Julia Pelosi
at
McGauvran Student Center, UMass Lowell
April 25th, 2007 |
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What Wouldn’t Dada Eat (Superhero Correspondence) – Ta Da!
Staten Island, NY
collaboration with Kristen Spillane
for What Does Dada Eat? Day de Dada 2007 at Martini Red
April 14th, 2007 |
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Salutation Increasing Collective Kindness (Superhero Intercourse)
Charlotte, NC
at University of North Carolina Charlotte
with Tegan Anderson & David Banemanivong
November 13th, 2006 |
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Peace Offering to Birds I (Superhero Action)
North Adams, MA
with Alexis Grabowski, Jen Van Winkle & Michael Simon
July 27th, 2006 |
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Knowledge / Life (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for
Happy Birthday Dada at Le Petit Versailles Garden
July 15th, 2006 |
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Moral Compass? (Superhero Action)
Staten Island, NY
for Day De Dada 5 (Happy Birthday DADA) at NYC Arts Cypher
April 1st, 2006 |
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Packaged Goods (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for ENCORE at Vlepo Gallery in association with NYC Arts Cypher
October 14th, 2005 |
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With Ties To (suspicious activity) (superhero action)
Staten Island, NY
for Day De Dada ID at Snug Harbor
with Woman of Fire: Eileen Mulcahy
June 11th, 2005 |
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In Lieu of Catastrophe: Three Large Chalk Targets
Rte 10, NJ
with Sidekick: Eileen Mulcahy
May 12th, 2005 |
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Twine (Superhero Action)
Jersey City, NJ
artist talk for One By One/Short Trips & The Superfly Effect at The Jersey City Museum
with Sidekick: Eileen Mulcahy
April 28th, 2005 |
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Baptoexorcism/Velvet Cosmo (Superhero Action) (for Heather and The Dreamers)
Newark, NJ
for Partial Recall: performance art, new media & certain investigations at Aferro Gallery
with Sidekicks: Emily Helck & Eileen Mulcahy
December 11th, 2004 |
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Peel: a red tape drawing (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for one night only... at The Sun Factory
with Heather Freeman and Sidekicks: Ashley Grullemans and Eileen Mulcahy
November 13th, 2005 |
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Twine (Superhero Action)(extended)
NYC, NY
for one night only... at The Sun Factory
with Sidekicks: Ashley Grullemans and Eileen Mulcahy
November 13th, 2005 |
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A Target with No Faces (Superhero Action)
South Orange, NJ
for artZONE with Pierro Gallery of South Orange
with Sidekick: Eileen Mulcahy
October 30th, 2004 |
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Cut and Run (Superhero Action)
Encinitas, CA
for Kinetica 2 at Nofufi Gallery
August 7th, 2004 |
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Cycle/Fold (Superhero Action)
Brooklyn, NY
for 3 at Madarts
April 17th, 2004 |
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Spring Thaw Map (Superhero Action)
South Orange, NJ
at South Orange Train Station with Pierro Gallery of South Orange
with Women of Fire: Emily Helck & Eileen Mulcahy
April 10th, 2004 |
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Flagged (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for Day De Dada III
with The Standard Barers: Ashley Grullemans & Rachel Tengowski
April 3rd, 2004 |
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Twine (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
at Barney Building, NYU
October 12th, 2003 |
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Dry Run
NYC, NY
for New York Waterfront Festival
June 8th, 2003 |
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White Rabbit (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for Day De Dada II at The Muddy Cup
with Women of Flour: Ailson Holt, Caitlin Massey & Liz Sadler
April 12th, 2003 |
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Lucky Number 12 (Superhero Action)
New Haven, CT
for Out of Bounds A Night Performance at Art Space/Untitled Space Gallery
with Woman of Fire: Larissa Schaffnit
June 29th, 2002 |
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Baker's Dozen (Superhero Action)
Somerville, NJ
for Artist to Artist: Berlin to New Jersey at The Printmaking Council of New Jersey
with Woman of FIre: Larissa Schaffnit
June 1st, 2002 |
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no endings only beginnings (Superhero Action-for Fran)
Montclair, NJ
for FluxForFran at The Nandi School
May 18th, 2002 |
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30 Feet for Savanna (Superhero Action)
NYC, NY
for Day De Dada at The Muddy Cup
April 13th, 2002 |
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Solomon (Superhero Action)
Hightstown, NJ
for Contemporary Directions in Performance Art at Mariboe Gallery
with Women of Fire: Eileen Mulcahy & Larissa Schaffnit
April 5th, 2002 |
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10 Green Chalk Lines for Johnnie Johns (Superhero Action)
Berlin, Germany
for Feedback: artists by artists at Druckwerkstatt, Bethanien
August, 2001 |
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Red Circle Drawing (Superhero Action)
Montclair, NJ
for XPLODING EXTRAVAGANZAS at Montclair High School
July 12th, 2001 |
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Stairs are about all I can do: Yellow String Drawing (Superhero Action)
New Brunswick, NJ
for Open Performance Art at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
2000 |
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Likely Usage (Superhero Transubstantiation)
New Brunswick, NJ
for A Wicked Evening of Performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
*photo documentation only*
2000 |
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Yellow Chalk Circle: Drawing Protection (Superhero Action)
New Brunswick, NJ
for Sphere of Influence at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
*photo documentation only*
2000 |
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Red Cicle Drawing (2 for RISD) (Superhero Action)
Providence, RI
for swap meet at Market House Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design
November 11th, 1999 |
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Red Tape Drawing (Superhero Intercourse)
New Brunswick, NJ
for Performance Night at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
with Heather Freeman
1999 |
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Building Essential Desire (Superhero Transformation)
New Brunswick, NJ
for The Y2K Solution: Creative Moves into the 21st Century at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
September 30th, 1999 |
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Blue Cube Drawing (reinventing the wheel) (Superhero Action)
Boston, MA
for exchange at the Patricia Doran Graduate Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art
October 22nd, 1999 |
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Pressing Flesh Constituency Drawing (Superhero Action)
New Brunswick, NJ
for A Night of Performance II at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
*no documentation*
1999 |
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Be A Superhero for a Day! (Superhero Action)
New Brunswick, NJ
at Civic Square Building
*photo documentation only*
1999 |
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Large Glass Drawing (Superhero Action)
Clinton, NJ
for DADA Country at The Hunterdon Museum
February 14th, 1999 |
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Blue Wall Drawing (Superhero Action)
New Brunswick, NJ
for An Evening of Performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
November 20th,
1998 |
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Blue Wall Drawing (Superhero Training)
New Brunswick, NJ
1998 |