Northern Lights + CHICAGO IRL Launch Party – Heather Marie Vernon – Sharkheart (June 2011) from CHIC

Northern Lights + CHICAGO IRL Launch Party – Heather Marie Vernon – Sharkheart (June 2011) from CHICAGO IRL on Vimeo.

Heather Marie Vernon
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CHICAGO IRL definitely lucked out when creative co-conspirator Erik Peterson introduced Heather Marie Vernon to us interested in doing a performance for the launch party. The performance work Vernon does is constantly breaking boundaries and pushing the audience into a place of exquisite vulnerability. Sharkheart closed out the stage for the evening captivating everyone to silence and anticipation. Vernon has a command that has already caused an addiction for more.

Northern Lights + CHICAGO IRL Launch Party – Erik Peterson – SICK (June 2011) from CHICAGO IRL on Vi

Northern Lights + CHICAGO IRL Launch Party – Erik Peterson – SICK (June 2011) from CHICAGO IRL on Vimeo.

Erik Peterson – SICK
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CHICAGO IRL contributor Erik Peterson’s last performance before the launch party was in 1993. When he comes back, he comes back big. SICK began with a figure in dress wearing a Mexican wrestling max and a blonde felt-like wig being wheel chaired through a heavily crowded bar, buzzing electronic beats filling the air while throwing confetti about everyone and shouting. Pushing the wheelchair in a cameo appearance was none other than performance artist Heather Marie Vernon.

There was not a single eye in the room that was not fixed on what was transpiring and for that we are ever eager to see more. In the meantime we will busy ourselves with absorbing more of Erik’s talented work.

Northern Lights + Chicago IRL Launch Party photographed by A/S/L Media (June 2011) CHICAGO IRL defin

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Northern Lights + Chicago IRL Launch Party photographed by A/S/L Media (June 2011) CHICAGO IRL defin

Northern Lights + Chicago IRL Launch Party photographed by A/S/L Media (June 2011) CHICAGO IRL contr

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Northern Lights + Chicago IRL Launch Party photographed by A/S/L Media (June 2011) CHICAGO IRL contr

Heather Marie Vernon has a terrifying new love in her life and she wants to tell us all about it in

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Heather Marie Vernon has a terrifying new love in her life and she wants to tell us all about it in