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Bushwick-based Performance Artists Make National News with ‘In Orbit’

Bushwick-based performance artists Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley recently made headlines with their explorative performance piece In Orbit, currently at The Boiler | Pierogi

Bushwick-based Performance Artists Make National News with ‘In Orbit’
Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley, 'In Orbit' at The Boiler | Pierogi. All photos by Katie Killary for Bushwick Daily.

Bushwick-based Performance Artists Make National News with ‘In Orbit’

Bushwick-based performance artists Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley recently made headlines with their explorative performance piece In Orbit, currently at The Boiler | Pierogi

Bushwick-based Performance Artists Make National News with ‘In Orbit’
Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley, 'In Orbit' at The Boiler | Pierogi. All photos by Katie Killary for Bushwick Daily.
Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley, ‘In Orbit’ at The Boiler | Pierogi. All photos by Katie Killary for Bushwick Daily.

Bushwick-based performance artists Alex Schweder and Ward Shelley recently made headlines with their explorative performance piece In Orbit, currently at The Boiler | Pierogi. The artists built a 25-foot tall wheel out of wood and steel then secured furniture to the inner and outer edges, all offset at 180 degrees. As the wheel rotated, the two would act in tandem: when one slept, the other slept, when one walked, the other did so as well. The live performance began on February 28th and ran through March 9th, during which visitors could observe the artists as they coexisted from inside and atop the structure.

The New York Post called them “ hipsters living in a hamster wheel ” and Refinery29 reported ‘ Two Hipsters Move Into A Hamster Wheel ’, claiming that with this act “Brooklyn may have…

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