‘Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)’ Premieres At Main Beach

Guild Hall’s “Swept Away: Love Letter to a Surrogate(s)” made its premiere at Main Beach in East Hampton last Saturday, September 10. 

Fourteen of 65 East End artists, in simultaneous groupings of three to five, presented their interpretations of love letters by their assigned partners in Los Angeles. The five illuminated rings of happenings were a feast for the eyes and the mind. Attendees both watched and participated, from dancing with Margaret Garrett to casting poems on water soluble paper into the ocean with Philippe Cheng, watching a performance art piece by Darius Yektai, and listening to poetry by Scott and Megan Chaskey.

The artists and their LA pairings who participated in the opening event included Elena Bajo (paired with Jasmine Orpilla), Lillian Ball (paired with Dana Duff), Megan Chaskey (paired with Lionel Popkin), Scott Chaskey (paired with Kathryn Andrews), Philippe Cheng (paired with David Horvitz), Peter Dayton (paired with Anita Pace), Katrina del Mar (paired with Taisha Paggett and Meital Yaniv), Carol Edwards (paired with Pamela Hudson), Margaret Garrett (paired with Susan Kleinberg), Sutton Lynch (paired with Yrneh Gabon Brown), Eileen O’Kane Kornreich (paired with Iman Person), Bastienne Schmidt (paired with Jisoo Chung), Christina Sun (paired with Catherine Scott), and Darius Yektai (paired with Barbara McCarren and Jud Fine).

“Swept Away” continues for the next three Saturdays through October 1 from 7 to 10 PM at Main Beach in East Hampton. Reservations are not required.