Biography:

Erik Fabian is an artist and producer working in live performance, installation, and conceptual art.

Erik is a graduate of the Masters of Fine Arts degree program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

He now resides in Brooklyn, New York.

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Statement:

ErikAndTheAnimals is a conflux of art and performance by Erik Fabian, developed individually and in collaboration.

ErikAndTheAnimals's participatory performances have been accumulating for years, often in shady nooks of building for invite-only audiences. They use found objects and precious metals, create relationships and history between people and objects and then revisit and rearrange these systems in formats like structured improvisations, durational performances, rituals, games, theater, interviews and installation.

For several years, in anticipation of the current economic crisis, ErikAndTheAnimals has presented work that explores notions of value; how we value art and the experience of performance; and how the perception of value changes during inflationary monetary periods.