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I was startled by Kendall Nordin's process when I first encountered it during an open studio, so I'm about to sample this larger-scale event. Of course, I have a taste for earlier works by Marina Abramovic, Chris Burden, Vito Acconci, and Tehching Hsieh which demanded almost too much intense attention from both performer and audience, so . . . Barry Alpert 24-Hour Drawing Project This weekend, from Friday, March 13 at 9 AM to Saturday, March 14 at 9 AM Hamiltonian Gallery 1353 U St., NW For the first time, the 24-hour Drawing Project will take place simultaneously in both Australia and the US. Six artists, led by project co-founder Kendall Nordin, will participate in Washington D.C. Project co-founder, Hannah Bertram, will lead the project in Melbourne, Australia. In addition to Nordin, the artists working in DC include Leah K White, Hamiltonian artist Leah Frankel, and a collaborative group of Erica Prince, Heather Bregman, and Sarah Ritch from the Pen 16 Collective in Philadelphia. The artists will all be working on projects related to duration and space. The 24-hour Drawing Project is an event in which artists start and finish a work of art in a continuous 24-hour period. All artists work in the same venue and start at the time. Artists work on their own projects-- the materials, scale, purpose, or content are not restricted. They do not have to "draw" in the traditional sense of the work. The only condition is that the artists must work for the full 24 hours (with reasonable breaks). It involves intensive effort and attention to process, action, and time. The art-making does not necessarily result in an outcome that could be exhibited, so the labor of the artists is ultimately the exhibit. Nordin and Bertram first performed the event in 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. Since then it has been performed in studios, galleries, and residencies throughout Australia. The Warehouse Theater and Gallery in Washington D.C. hosted the project's first American performance in October 2008. The Gallery will be open to visitors from 9 AM to midnight on Friday and again from 7 AM to 9 AM Saturday morning.