https://nicolechochrek.com Nicole Chochrek Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:53:54 +0000 https://nicolechochrek.com en https://nicolechochrek.com/HOME_HOME Wed, 19 Jan 2022 03:01:30 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/HOME_HOME &nbsp;INSTALLATION&nbsp;︎&nbsp;PERFORMANCE ︎&nbsp;SCULPTURE&nbsp;︎ PROJECTS&nbsp;︎ PHOTO ︎&nbsp;DRAWING ︎ VIDEO&nbsp;︎ BROKEN PLASTICS ︎ EVENTS &amp; NEWS NICOLE&nbsp; CHOCHREK <img width="2492" height="3061" width_o="2492" height_o="3061" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d006579ac2994a4ef50559fdabc9b24b6b9cd34b65c6d9f9f3f07cd71b263412/LOLLI.jpg" data-mid="130778996" border="0" data-marker-id="2" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d006579ac2994a4ef50559fdabc9b24b6b9cd34b65c6d9f9f3f07cd71b263412/LOLLI.jpg" /> <img width="3200" height="4000" width_o="3200" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e2858bf8fe3d30625d3b85b73e72b86f62188a81639a7f722c7e531826374dba/nc-121.jpg" data-mid="130801006" border="0" data-marker-id="4" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e2858bf8fe3d30625d3b85b73e72b86f62188a81639a7f722c7e531826374dba/nc-121.jpg" /> https://nicolechochrek.com/DECLARATIONS-OF-HEALING Fri, 22 Nov 2019 03:22:54 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/DECLARATIONS-OF-HEALING DECLARATIONS OF HEALING&nbsp; https://youtu.be/TGCxQam6jW0 IN COLLABORATIONS WITHROIN MORIGEAU <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c210692bb781e12e21b8a7a8b1ab3de133e4b088705f8530fcfbda36aa3e3fa1/DSC01517.JPG" data-mid="55246573" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c210692bb781e12e21b8a7a8b1ab3de133e4b088705f8530fcfbda36aa3e3fa1/DSC01517.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8daf9c90bb8d2056e6299aae1c364ce55842a2716ce7f6642a830dd8a77326e1/DSC01500.JPG" data-mid="55246572" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8daf9c90bb8d2056e6299aae1c364ce55842a2716ce7f6642a830dd8a77326e1/DSC01500.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0c7bc14a8e5ecbf921e14176e5aec1317582b4e72708fa090c06d5b7bc1cd0c/DSC01497.JPG" data-mid="55246571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0c7bc14a8e5ecbf921e14176e5aec1317582b4e72708fa090c06d5b7bc1cd0c/DSC01497.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bac7dfd1c3999b0b67e1c1dbc2fefa00e9fa4ebd40c53e0399de5b2874c834d/DSC01533.JPG" data-mid="55477628" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bac7dfd1c3999b0b67e1c1dbc2fefa00e9fa4ebd40c53e0399de5b2874c834d/DSC01533.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe67e799b15346b5d0794b2787dd642e5a3fe6188d9d7d2f4ca54d816c80e9dc/DSC01548.JPG" data-mid="55477768" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe67e799b15346b5d0794b2787dd642e5a3fe6188d9d7d2f4ca54d816c80e9dc/DSC01548.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4107b67334772c81fa322bb5ebe542c0d37b5cc4603f3b65f2917acafaa5f2d/DSC01606.JPG" data-mid="55477586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4107b67334772c81fa322bb5ebe542c0d37b5cc4603f3b65f2917acafaa5f2d/DSC01606.JPG" /> <img width="6000" height="4000" width_o="6000" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ecd73ef6981b8f6e70c10f8f377e9b581c7207426ac13ecc7b3a8df9927471e2/DSC01605.JPG" data-mid="55477581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ecd73ef6981b8f6e70c10f8f377e9b581c7207426ac13ecc7b3a8df9927471e2/DSC01605.JPG" /> Declarations of Healing is a 12 hr durational performance that took place in the storefront windows of Alpine Bakery in Spokane, Washington. This process-based collaborative performance used sewing machines, thread, fabric, and fiberfill as a medium to inscribe our thoughts into plush tapestries.Encapsulated in the window our process became transparent. Our bodies physically exploring the cognitive process of rational and emotional thought. We asked each other questions, we asked each other for help, we gained and gave momentum while transforming the space and ourselves. We used the sewing machines to write out slow and deliberate statements. "What can time heal?" &nbsp;Musing in real-time on the process of healing was in itself a healing process. The vulnerability, the visioning, stepping into a project where the finish is possibly unknown.︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/HOLDING-STEPS Thu, 29 Aug 2019 03:04:30 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/HOLDING-STEPS HOLDING STEPShttps://youtu.be/_Aco2Flg4m8 <img width="2532" height="1416" width_o="2532" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67e1ca6512ba73e188891e3a41dd617ee2305fa07b88aec421fe713dd42d3727/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-10.31.34-PM.png" data-mid="49486554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67e1ca6512ba73e188891e3a41dd617ee2305fa07b88aec421fe713dd42d3727/Screen-Shot-2019-07-22-at-10.31.34-PM.png" />An exploration in seeing women elevated.︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/CHILD-S-PLAY Fri, 22 Feb 2019 01:03:52 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/CHILD-S-PLAY CHILD‘S PLAY https://youtu.be/bNdwkL_IEbw <img width="2048" height="1144" width_o="2048" height_o="1144" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61bef28eb63feb107d20a611431442c0e3c16724a3f1b12aee678655e1225a76/Child-sPlay-2.png" data-mid="36013638" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61bef28eb63feb107d20a611431442c0e3c16724a3f1b12aee678655e1225a76/Child-sPlay-2.png" /> <img width="2048" height="1151" width_o="2048" height_o="1151" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d22473078d84c44df9360a173fc6702167bce56d9cc55acf3d10137f313d73c0/Child-sPlay_1.png" data-mid="36013637" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d22473078d84c44df9360a173fc6702167bce56d9cc55acf3d10137f313d73c0/Child-sPlay_1.png" /> Child’s Play is a performance that recontextualizes our assumptions of character. Putting into question what is socially acceptable and what is diminished through conformity as adults in society. By interacting publicly to the surrounding architecture in a child-like manner, the building becomes an alternate destination.︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/IN-THE-WOODS Tue, 24 Sep 2019 22:29:24 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/IN-THE-WOODS IN THE WOODS-THE ENCLAVE&nbsp; <img width="1050" height="583" width_o="1050" height_o="583" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/874557d3012cf37e4d84d4c73ce3ffff8ee34fd39cb1742195ae5de963cfb7cd/INTHEWOODS.jpg" data-mid="55289944" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/874557d3012cf37e4d84d4c73ce3ffff8ee34fd39cb1742195ae5de963cfb7cd/INTHEWOODS.jpg" /> <img width="7360" height="4912" width_o="7360" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/17847a0fbc464fe85168ffa4e7b95f3b98590e1f851141809e69fea4419b446a/_DSC5319-copy.jpg" data-mid="55290084" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/17847a0fbc464fe85168ffa4e7b95f3b98590e1f851141809e69fea4419b446a/_DSC5319-copy.jpg" /> <img width="7360" height="4912" width_o="7360" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/242650315b0b65853eae2607de218658158e86c0f9cd4db82febb83dea7a8284/_DSC5318-copy.jpg" data-mid="55290083" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/242650315b0b65853eae2607de218658158e86c0f9cd4db82febb83dea7a8284/_DSC5318-copy.jpg" /> The Enclave at Denton is a housing project in Denton, Texas scheduled to be built in 2020. The 270-Unit apartment complex will be built in a Post Oak Tree Conservation Area in the Upland Habitat. A Neighborhood meeting was not required due to the “character” of the area. In its place, a mock presentation was given to the trees that would no longer remain. The Denton housing authority approved a full property tax exemption in exchange for “affordable housing.” The private developers pledged with no binding agreement.&nbsp;“Mayor Chris Watts estimated the city, county and school district would lose about $950,000 per year with the property off the tax rolls (Denton Record-Chronicle).” Update: This complex was never built, and the post oaks in this project remain.&nbsp;︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/SUBVERSION-OF-CHARACTER Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:21:24 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/SUBVERSION-OF-CHARACTER SUBVERSION OF CHARACTER&nbsp;https://youtu.be/I4ZVCtifhwM IN COLLABORATION WITH MIGUEL ESPINEL (MUSICIAN)Biofeedback is used to expose vital signs of the performer and allows a less active connection to humanity's social character to favor its animal nature. Elements of improvisation are used to highlight the response and reaction to situations, movement, and sounds. The performer exposes her vital signs through sonified brainwaves and hertbeat, to which the musician improvises. The biosensor data affects the parameters of the processing of the live instrument. The shared reactionary response creates a dialogue between the performers, their bodies, and the system. Drastic facial gestures of the performer expose a sonic layer of screams, highlighting a quality in society where subdued emotions are usually favored, as feelings of panic are often not acknowledged. The performer and musician can affect their level of self-exposure by controlling mobile devices.The combination of these elements creates a complex dialogue which will build upon itself throughout the performance.︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/SKING-TONE Sun, 06 Jan 2019 06:46:31 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/SKING-TONE SKIN ) ( TONE https://corporeality2017.wordpress.com/skin-tone/ IN COLLABORATION WITH&nbsp; ADRIANA VALLS&nbsp; ALEJANDRO CARRILLO&nbsp; REYNA MONDRAGON <img width="2000" height="2347" width_o="2000" height_o="2347" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f33dcf8df54601c7fb70e4980c5ed24a8effb3c9cd2d7293632973fca1172d2/Skin-Tone.jpg" data-mid="31966878" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f33dcf8df54601c7fb70e4980c5ed24a8effb3c9cd2d7293632973fca1172d2/Skin-Tone.jpg" />Skin ) ( Tone is an interactive performance encompassing dance, sound-object performers, video, and audio manipulation. The concept of the piece explores skin as the first mode of interaction and reaction. It’s a membrane that can change, take in, exclude, protect, break, and become ill. The way skin looks varies with each body; and when we take it out of the context of the body, skin becomes amorphous and creates a conflict between what is strange and familiar. We took the skin out of context by taking close up video of our own moving skin, from different parts of our bodies.︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/The-Death-of-Democracy Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:06:57 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/The-Death-of-Democracy THE DEATH OF DEMOCRACYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIAuamq57tEIN COLLABORATION WITH&nbsp; PUPPETS FOR THE PLANET &nbsp; <img width="960" height="488" width_o="960" height_o="488" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63823891134e9f4f44744c50911d14c9d40e3b8dabac5513b646848eabbb7272/11295552_10155589482160612_8411767727136995872_n.jpg" data-mid="56828838" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/960/i/63823891134e9f4f44744c50911d14c9d40e3b8dabac5513b646848eabbb7272/11295552_10155589482160612_8411767727136995872_n.jpg" /> After an onslaught of legislation to overturn local control in Texas, The Frackettes sing and dance to a satirical version of ‘Come to the Cabaret,” whose lyrics expose the Texas Legislature and its disregard for local democracy. https://nicolechochrek.com/Safety-Net Sun, 05 Oct 2025 21:53:54 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/Safety-Net SAFETY NETE-CIGARETTES, CABLE, WOOD, HARDWARE <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/296fa1ff3e74d8b4b1afacb43d5c254d9d755ef5de6e2919c57f111f83a0a485/DSC09157.jpeg" data-mid="239046151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/296fa1ff3e74d8b4b1afacb43d5c254d9d755ef5de6e2919c57f111f83a0a485/DSC09157.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b80bc70c14f45f8df5bb5b6f62d9fed97e6efe8b4bb6937ea47eb326c9fa6276/DSC09167.jpeg" data-mid="239046155" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b80bc70c14f45f8df5bb5b6f62d9fed97e6efe8b4bb6937ea47eb326c9fa6276/DSC09167.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/28f38fdd1fdbc8199115cf824ecb11e675193e528c8a31b6e4d5fe9499016393/DSC09183.jpeg" data-mid="239046160" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/28f38fdd1fdbc8199115cf824ecb11e675193e528c8a31b6e4d5fe9499016393/DSC09183.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08680beaa3a2fba06f3371b88fc6dc90168b28e02bd00bf986ab7e20c23d5182/DSC09338.jpeg" data-mid="239046170" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08680beaa3a2fba06f3371b88fc6dc90168b28e02bd00bf986ab7e20c23d5182/DSC09338.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b25d91ad7896ed77130122b5c812f65182568286bb17f0bff9d7eaa2c6bafa9f/DSC09166.jpeg" data-mid="239046154" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b25d91ad7896ed77130122b5c812f65182568286bb17f0bff9d7eaa2c6bafa9f/DSC09166.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1b064cba5c9ce545b04e83ab9f585940b4a44b55d7477725829e2d7c3759c96/DSC09163.jpeg" data-mid="239046152" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1b064cba5c9ce545b04e83ab9f585940b4a44b55d7477725829e2d7c3759c96/DSC09163.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a62db7c94eb1d5cc3b2ff4fb75849f1a7d6f13d14b20cc3856968251bf53873/DSC09279.jpeg" data-mid="239046168" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0a62db7c94eb1d5cc3b2ff4fb75849f1a7d6f13d14b20cc3856968251bf53873/DSC09279.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fd6d0f51ad2e9b4cc7f6584c85f6bde1b4b20ba4630e959d1643e7a38697ba83/DSC09173.jpeg" data-mid="239046157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fd6d0f51ad2e9b4cc7f6584c85f6bde1b4b20ba4630e959d1643e7a38697ba83/DSC09173.jpeg" /> <img width="1024" height="1536" width_o="1024" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36852f96ad1fc7bc04ea8a3bb95bbaef060b0f4eecdd8c97116ad3ff380dbd55/DSC09324.jpeg" data-mid="239046169" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36852f96ad1fc7bc04ea8a3bb95bbaef060b0f4eecdd8c97116ad3ff380dbd55/DSC09324.jpeg" /> Photos by Pat CrayIn collaboration with the Tobacco Lab at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, this work uses e-cigarette cartridges confiscated from grade schools across Buffalo, New York. The cartridges are woven together to create a malleable netting formed into playful shapes. As a material, these cartridges were designed to be attractive. A strategy used in various fields to make products appealing even when harmful and deadly.&nbsp; This work was installed inside the historic Marine A grain elevator for the Silo City Reading Series in Buffalo, NY. It featured poetry readings from Donika Kelly &amp; Nabila Lovelace, and musical performace by Charlie Martin (Hovvdy). ︎ https://nicolechochrek.com/PLASTIC-HOMES Sat, 28 Jan 2023 20:44:09 +0000 Nicole Chochrek https://nicolechochrek.com/PLASTIC-HOMES PLASTIC HOMESFOUND PLASTIC FROM UNITY ISLAND IN BUFFALO NY, RECLAIMED SHOWER CURTAIN, THREAD <img width="1234" height="1174" width_o="1234" height_o="1174" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1a47dddbf42760041edeabdd26206028e2c506ac4d1f0cebe1cbf496c953c7e/Plastic-Homes.jpg" data-mid="166457530" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1a47dddbf42760041edeabdd26206028e2c506ac4d1f0cebe1cbf496c953c7e/Plastic-Homes.jpg" /> This work directs our focus to the accumulation of waste consumed on a daily basis in the comfort of our homes. It visually fills the structure in similar ways we fill our surroundings. ︎