Featured Performer 1997
Charles Garoian
Charles Garoian of State College, Pennsylvania performed as an Invitational Artist in PAF 96. This year, he returns Thursday May 8 with his autobiographical work, The Yogurt Man, presented at the Colonial Arcade. Garoian's performance mixes cultural identification, interdisciplinary strategies and religious background to tell the strange story of Brother Peter, the Yogurt Man. It is divided into three parts, Lactose Intolerance, Spiritual Diarrhea and The Body Purged. Charles Garoian was the principal organizer of the Performance Art, Culture, Pedagogy Symposium held this past November at Penn State University, where he is an assistant professor.