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Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold: 'She's So Articulate'

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:47:14 -0700

She's So Articulate

June 10th – July 19th, 2008

Arlington Arts Center, 3550 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22201

She's So Articulate sets out to expand how gallery-goers think about the relation of narrative to contemporary art by African-American women. The show includes selected works and room-filling installations by 11 artists: Maya Asante, Renee Cox, Stephanie Dinkins, Djakarta, Nekisha Durrett, Torkwase Dyson, Faith Ringgold, Erika Ranee, Nadine Robinson, Renee Stout, and Lauren Woods.

Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold: Standing in the Shadow of the Silhouette Figure

Wed, 2 Jul 2008 11:30:20 -0700

Professor Emeritus Faith Ringgold

Standing in the Shadow of the Silhouette Figure
Kara Walker's Success Inspires Arlington Exhibit

By Jessica Dawson, Special to The Washington Post, Friday, June 20, 2008; Page C02

You remember Kara Walker, whose stark cut-paper silhouettes show unflinching scenes of slavery and racism. The African American artist, recipient of a 1997 MacArthur genius grant at age 27 and subject of a major touring exhibition organized last year by the Walker Art Center, has enjoyed unprecedented success since her 1994 New York debut.

..... "Other voices in "She's So Articulate" -- the title itself is a pun on an old dis, as if it's surprising when blacks speak proper English -- are resolutely positive. Godmother of feminism Faith Ringgold is here. Rarely controversial within feminist and African American communities, Ringgold matters to this show for her politics, which are less complicated than Walker's. (In case you're wondering, she offers a quilt and canvas depiction of "Bad"-era Michael Jackson)..... "

Complete article below.

Ricardo Dominguez: A Public Reenactment Based on a 1971 Speech by César Chávez -'We Are Also Responsible'- Exposition Park in

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 14:49:58 -0700

Democracy in America: The National Campaign
Presented by CREATIVE TIME with LACE

Cesar Chavez
WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE
Based on a 1971 speech by César Chávez
a public reenactment starring Ricardo Dominguez

Saturday, July 19, 2008 | 6:00 PM

Exposition Park / South Lawn, Exposition Blvd. and Vermont Avenue, South Los Angeles

The fourth event of the Port Huron Project, a series of reenactments organized by artist Mark Tribe and is part of Creative Time's 2008 public art initiative

For a complete listing of reenactments please visit the The Port Huron Project web page at: http://www.nothing.org/porthuronproject/
To view poster, please click on image.

Professor Emeritus Eleanor Antin: 'Helen’s Odyssey'

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:25:00 -0700

Professor Emeritus Eleanor Antin

Eleanor Antin | “Helen’s Odyssey”
(http://blog.art21.org/2008/06/12/eleanor-antin-helens-odyssey/)

by Wesley Miller for art21, June 12th, 2008

EXCLUSIVE: Eleanor Antin’s exhibition Helen’s Odyssey (2007) installed at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts in New York. Antin discusses the historical figure Helen of Troy, and how she became the inspiration for photographic works such as Constructing Helen (2007).

An influential performance artist, filmmaker, photographer, and installation artist, Eleanor Antin delves into history — whether of ancient Rome, the Crimean War, the salons of nineteenth-century Europe, or her own Jewish heritage and Yiddish culture — as a way to explore the present. Antin is a cultural chameleon, masquerading in theatrical or stage roles to expose her many selves.

Alumnus: UCSD grad Moraghan played major role at Open

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:23:48 -0700

Alumnus Karen Moraghan

UCSD grad Moraghan played major role at Open
http://www.lajollalight.com/sports/246154-ucsd-grad-moraghan-played-major-role-at-open

By Gregory Ball for La Jolla Light, June 25, 2008

Karen Moraghan didn't get to take home a gleaming, prestigious trophy like Tiger Woods did. And she didn't earn the adoration of fans like Rocco Mediate did. But Moraghan's efforts were just as important to the recently completed U.S. Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course as those of the winner and runner-up. Moraghan, who spent her college years just down the road from Torrey Pines at UCSD and graduated from the school in 1981, served as a key cog in getting information out to rabid golf fans and casual observers around San Diego County and throughout the world.

"It's like my old stomping grounds," Moraghan said. "It's been kind of fun to be able to show off this place. (Recently), I took a friend for a long walk on the beach through Del Mar and past Dog Beach and all the way up and around. It's been fun to be here. I get such a charge coming back."

Moraghan's company, Hunter Public Relations, was hired by the U.S. Golf Association (USGA) to run part of the media operations for the 108th U.S. Open. Moraghan and members of her staff, along with a handful of USGA staff members and volunteers, operated the "flash" media area at the event's massive media center, shuttling players through a battery of interviews for television, radio, print and electronic media after coming off the course following their rounds each day. Other members of her team distribute statistical information in the media center, escort players to and from the media room or assist writers and photographers on the golf course.

Associate Professor Phel Steinmetz: FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:01:19 -0700

Phel Steinmetz

FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA
(http://www.safotofestival.com/galleries/index.html)

September 1-30, 2008

FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA-SAFOTO / Gallery 6, 333 West Olmos Drive #103, San Antonio, TX 78212

The FOTOSEPTIEMBRE USA International Photography Festival is a unique and eclectic forum for the exhibition and celebration of photography and photography-based art forms.

Grad Show: Work by Owen Mundy: Active Duty

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:14:37 -0700

Owen Mundy

Active Duty

Reception on Saturday, June 28, 2008 | 6-9 pm

Gallery Talk
Friday, July 4, 6-7 pm

Exhibition runs June 28 – November 30, 2008

The California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, 340 North Escondido Boulevard, Escondido, CA 92025

Local artist, Owen Mundy, is currently pursuing an MFA at the University of California , San Diego . The grandson of Indiana farmers and once a photographer in the Navy, his work considers issues of class, middle America , and the relationship between art and audience. Utilizing his BFA in Photography from Indiana University , he co-founded the nonprofit community arts organization Your Art Here, started yourarthere.net, and continues to make community-based artworks.

Professor Emeritus 'Manny Farber: New Drawings' Exhibition Review

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:58:30 -0700

'Manny Farber: New Drawings'

Quint Contemporary Art hosts its sixteenth solo exhibit of artist Manny Farber, featuring a collection of 70 of his expressionistic drawings.
( http://entertainment.signonsandiego.com/events/manny-farber-new-drawings/ )

By Robert L. Pincus, Union-Tribune Art Critic, June 5, 2008

Plants, vegetables and fruit have long been part of the picture in Manny Farber's figurative paintings. The view has generally been from above, as if they are placed on a table.

Professor Emeritus Eleanor Antin: Historical Takes at the San Diego Museum of Art

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:48:38 -0700

Eleanor Antin: Historical Takes
( http://www.sdmart.org/exhibition-eleanor-antin-historical-takes.html )

July 19–November 2, 2008

San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, California, 92112

Organized by SDMA, this solo exhibition features the work of celebrated conceptual artist Eleanor Antin. The exhibition is the first to focus on Antin’s recent series of large-scale tableaux photographs based on Greek and Roman history and mythology, which are presented together for the first time.

Tristan Shone: Shone's Drones Roam 01SJ

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:05:32 -0700

Tristan Shone

Shone's Drones Roam 01SJ
(http://artshiftsanjose.com/?p=570)

Drone Machines at ZERO1 by Julia Bradshaw for Art Shift San Jose, June 5, 2008

Sonic pleasures accompanied many of the opening day activities, none more fun than Tristan Shone’s Drone Machines on The San José State University campus.

Drone machines are hand-fabricated devices that look like someone has parked elements from an industrial shop in the midst of an arts festival. The instruments are reminiscent of some form of industrial cutting device, or suggest the heavy fabricated levers that are necessary to drive a ship. The weight of each device and the resistance each generates adds to a melodic sense of sound-creation.

Another instrument, fabricated using a CNC machine, is shaped like a heavy metal drum and is played by tapping and rotation. For this machine/instrument, inertia plays a role in ensuring an organic sound. Inside each of these instruments is an open-source micro-controller and robotics that are connected to the computer controls and from there to the amplifiers. The computer determines the output whereas sound is produced by two or more pitch and volume controllers in each device.

So what did it sound like? Drone is a good word. It’s the kind of music that sucks you in, that you can listen to for a long time as it feels both organic and soft. It murmurs and hums and hisses and bellows and roars and fades. Shone’s interest in heavy metal comes through in his music – only with a less wild performative aspect. He plays his instruments well; like some intense form of metal music mediation.

Tristan Shone, who performs as Author and Punisher fabricated his instruments either by hand or by using a CNC machine. He will also be performing on 1st street as part of the SubZero event on Friday May 6th from 6pm.

Zac Monday - Artist-in-Residence: Teen Studio at The New Children's Museum

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:34:40 -0700

Zac Monday

Teen Studio

Opening Performance on June 13, 2008 | 1-4pm

Exhibition runs June 13 through July 27, 2008

The New Children's Museum
200 West Island Avenue
San Diego, California 92101
619.233.8792
thinkplaycreate.org

Museum hours:
Open Daily from 9am – 4pm
Closed Wednesdays

Admission:
Adults and Children: $10

Professor Rubén Ortiz Torres: 01SJ: Crowds warm to festival of digital arts downtown ... and draws 12,000 fans

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:48:21 -0700

Rubén Ortiz Torres

01SJ: Crowds warm to festival of digital arts downtown
(http://origin.mercurynews.com/markdelavina/ci_9520794?nclick_check=1)

EVENT HAS DRAWN 12,000 FANS SINCE OPENING NIGHT

By Mark de la Viña for Mercury News, June 8, 2008

The 25-foot inflatable iceberg on Plaza de Cesar Chavez suggested otherwise, but 01SJ, the digital arts festival in downtown San Jose, is heating up.

After its successful but frigid opening Wednesday night, 01SJ experienced its warmest day on Saturday - and the crowds followed.

The festival has attracted 12,000 art fans, partyers and curious onlookers since 350 people participated on the 01SJ art crawl Wednesday night, marketing director Doniece Sandoval says.

While most celebrants on the plaza were on hand as much for the inviting warm weather as for the 01SJ booths and exhibits, many art enthusiasts were at the San Jose Museum of Art, where children 12 and under were admitted free. The museum, featuring the 01SJ exhibit "Superlight," drew 800 visitors by 4 p.m., more than twice the size of its typical Saturday crowd.

On the plaza, Socheat Seng, 27, of San Jose stopped to check out "CathexiSpin," an exhibit using stationary exercise bikes to power electric generators. Seng's pedaling supplied the juice for a turntable that played the Cars' "Heartbreak City" LP.

"This whole festival makes me want to come down and enjoy downtown more," Seng said as she caught her breath. "This brings in a lot of people."

Seng and her boyfriend, Mario Sanchez, 27, of San Jose, had attended 01SJ activities two of the previous three days. Seng said she was especially struck by "High 'n' Low Rider," Ruben Ortiz Torres' piece at Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana inspired by low-rider rigs. Sanchez said he was more partial to "Homoroborous," Peter Hudson's spinning, zoetrope-like exhibit at Discovery Meadow that creates the illusion of apes swinging high overhead from branches.

Rubén Ortiz Torres work featured on MetroActive Review of The 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 15:37:14 -0700

Rubén Ortiz Torres

The Arts

This MUST Be the Place
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/06.04.08/cover-01-0823.html

01SJ Global Festival of Art of the Edge takes place June 4–8 in downtown San Jose. See www.01sj.org or the program insert in this issue for complete details.The 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge is a convergence of vision, technology and creativity that could really only come from Silicon Valley

By Gary Singh for MetroActive, June 4, 2008

THE 01SJ Global Festival of Art on the Edge—or 01SJ for short—is not one of those harebrained schemes to "put San Jose on the map," or yet another attempt to alleviate San Jose's inferiority complex. The festival isn't taking place in San Jose just because Vancouver, Venice and São Paulo all have world-renowned cultural biennials and we don't. The festival is happening here because, plain and simple, it must happen here. This is San Jose and Silicon Valley's identity, or at least one of its identities. If there exists a definitive North American cultural locale where high-tech engineers collaborate with installation artists, where open-source enthusiasts trade ideas with painters, where graphic designers pool resources with environmental researchers and where PhotoShop geeks mingle with outlaw electronics tinkerers at art receptions—Silicon Valley should be that place. "It's not a question of 'Why here?'" says Steve Dietz, the artistic director for 01SJ. "It's like, 'Yeah. Damn. This makes sense.' "And I hope it works."

In 2006, 01SJ debuted under a slightly different moniker, ZeroOne San Jose, and ran in conjunction with ISEA 2006, the 13th International Symposium on Electronic Arts, a migratory academic conference where scholars, cultural producers, curators and media theorists congregate and yak about the latest ideas and practices involving art, science and emerging technologies. Previous ISEAs have taken place all over the world, and a team of local folks proposed to bring the conference to San Jose as a foundation to launch the first 01SJ Festival.

This year, the major difference is that the ISEA Conference won't be here—it's in Singapore this time—so all the emphasis is on 01SJ itself, meaning more festival visibility, more world premieres, more commissions, more local and global outreach and more projects expanding beyond just the five-day festival.

In addition to all the works that you can physically view and/or participate in, artists are here in residence, collaborating with folks from the high-tech industry. Elementary schoolkids are working with digital-media programs on a global scale. International digital artists are coming here to work with youth in at-risk neighborhoods. And some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Adobe and Cisco, are sponsoring the events. (Full Disclosure: Metro is one of the media sponsors of the festival.)

"Two years ago, everyone said, 'What the hell is ZeroOne?' There were a lot of [answers] like, 'Well, you just have to come see it,'" says Dietz. "But I swear—and this is true—this year, the only people asking me 'What is it?' are the press. Everyone else is asking me, 'Which is the best day to come?' I think we really had an impact in 2006. ... What happened is exactly what we thought was going to happen—if you come, you will see something that really amazes you and you'll want to come back."

Professor Rubén Ortiz Torres and Alumnus Rita Gonzales at the 'Puerto Vallarta Arte Contemporáneo 08' - Mexico

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 10:55:52 -0700

Rubén Ortiz Torres and Alumnus Rita Gonzalez

Puerto Vallarta's not just for tourists, it's for artists too
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-et-puerto4-2008jun04,0,1072924.story

By Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, June 4, 2008

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico -- Strollers passing along the river that flows through downtown here were startled last week to encounter a pair of "Towel Swans" gliding atop the murky water. Crafted out of plastic foam by Chilean artist Cristián Silva, they resembled the decorative birds sculpted by chambermaids to be left on tourists' hotel beds, in hopes of earning a few extra pesos in tip money.

Alumnus Mike Toillion to Participate at the Brazil’s Annual Electronic Language International Festival

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 15:57:38 -0700

UCSD Alumnus to Show Super-High-Definition,
Hip Hop-Inspired Video at International Festival
Uncompressed 3.5-Minute Video’s
138 Gigabytes Equivalent to 1,656 Hours of YouTube Videos
(http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/thisweek/2008/06/02_super_hidef_video.asp)

By Tiffany Fox for UCSD News, June 2, 2008

It was also the year UC San Diego alumnus Mike Toillion was born. Now, at age 23, Toillion has traveled back to the future himself, remixing elements from old-school hip hop culture and new-school video games to create a state-of-the-art 4K digital video that is beginning to draw attention from across the globe.