Loess

Corrie Befort

Evolving sculptural installation and dance/sound performance series.

March 5th-May 30th, 2026

Opening Reception: March 5, 6pm, ticketed performance at 7pm

Loess (pronounced luss) is a reimagining of the Palouse landscape’s shapes and inhabitants, natural and unnatural. Landforms and bodies accumulate, re-organize and bury each other over the exhibition’s three months. Throughout, dancer and inter-media artist Corrie Befort will be visibly at work inside the installation, changing its seasons, contours and character to embody the eroding, human-handled, surreal loveliness of the Palouse. Embedded in the installation are dispersed sound environments and localized sonic elements created by sound artist Jason E Anderson.

Over five performance weekends, acclaimed dancers from Seattle, Portland and NYC join a brilliant local cast, as well as an ensemble of wet-felters, to inhabit and re-calibrate the shifting textile environment. Each performance is a unique event, scored for its specific casting and altered scenography to Anderson’s synthesized sounds. Performances include a brief discussion between artists and audience about how the scores operate.

Performance Schedule

Thurs March 5th, 7pm $10
with Local Cast: Michael Schumacher, Hannah Turner, Deena Goodgold and guests, 8-9pm Q+A with artists

Sat March 21st, 7pm + Sun Mar 22nd, 2pm, $12
with Emily Stone (PDX), Chelsey Byrd Lewallen (Moscow) and Local Cast

Corrie Befort’s evolving sculptural installation and performance series commissioned by Moscow Contemporary through generous funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.