News
2 February 2012
I look forward to delivering an artist's lecture entitled "The Revitalized Gaze: Nudity, Molten Bodies, and the Spectatorship of Intimacy," as part of the eMBODY Art lecture series in Chicago. Wheaton College, Cozette Lecture Hall, Adams Hall, 4:15pm
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11 January 2012
Honored... Many thanks to the amazing Cambridge University based poet Malcolm Guite for his wonderful write up on my work in the current issue of CIVA's journal.
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18 December 2011
Friends, Wisdom Keepers, Migratory Artists and Lucid Hatters: In celebration of International Migrants Day and in conjunction with Tania Bruguera’s Immigrant Movement International, the Queen’s Museum of Art, and Creative Time, I am pleased to host a Personal Histories Afternoon Tea in honor of the migrants who have shaped our lives. Please bring your tea hats and pinkie fingers for an afternoon of performative story-telling. We’ll share mythologies based on factual and fictitious journeys of ancestors and relatives who dared to cross borders and become aliens. Together, we will re-tell and re-imagine stories of the brave souls who helped sculpt the shape of our lives with their acts of invention, necessity, and sacrifice.
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18 November 2011
I will be hosting a fall supper and artist salon at my studio in Lower Manhattan, which will feature a lecture by the painter Linnea Gabriella Spransy on her sumptuous works of "scripted visual choreography." To learn more about Spransy's extraordinary work, visit her website here.
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3 October 2011
I will be giving a lecture on my latest work at the New York Center for Art and Media Studies (NYCAMS) at 1pm. 44 West 28th Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10001
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24 July 2011
A provocative article crafted by the writer Mark Sprinkle on my recent work has been published on the blog of the Biologos Foundation, (an organization which explores a rigorous dialogue between science and the sacred founded by the Human Genome Project head Francis Collins). Read it here.
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18 June 2011
I'll be participating in a panel called "The Material Vs. The Digital" at the biannual CIVA conference "Matter and Spirit" held at Biola University on Los Angeles. The discussion, which runs from 8:45am to 10:15am, will focus on analyzing this dualistic notion in light of developments in contemporary art practice. It will include Kevin Hamilton as moderator, and Brent Seales, Greg King, David Adey, and myself as panelists.
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20 March 2011
I will be hosting an Art Brunch at my studio which will feature a presentation by the British performance art duo ZierleCarter. Fresh from a visual arts residency at The Banff Centre in Canada, Alexandra Zierle and Paul Carter will be sharing their recent creative discoveries and illuminations uncovered in the majestic Canadian Rockies.
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5 March 2011
I will be participating in a panel entitled Metamorphic Journeys and Alternative Realities in Art in association with Meghan Boody The Lighthouse Project II Visitation at Affirmation Arts, New York on March 5th from Noon-1pm. Moderated by Rick Wester. Panelists include Kathy Battista, Meghan Boody, Amani Olu, Christopher Phillips, Tommy Rom, and myself. The discussion will be followed by a champagne brunch from 1-3pm.
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26 - 27 November 2010
I will be participating in Tino Sehgal's dance workshop in relation to the exhibit, Move: Choreographing You, at the Hayward Gallery in London in late November.
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16 November 2010
I will be leading an artist salon and panel discussion on November 16th in New York City. The topic of this event will be creative humanitarianism. The gathering will be held at Affirmation Arts in tandem with their acclaimed exhibit, Saving Grace: A Celebration of Haitian Art. The invitation-only salon brings together 15 nationally and internationally-recognized artists with 6 experts from within art, philanthopy, law, spirituality, cultural diplomacy, and the academy to examine how the liminal status of art and artists presents a potential for alternative, 'creatively disruptive', and most importantly, generative, political discourse. I am most grateful for the support of Affirmation Arts and International Arts Movement who are co-hosting the event, and for Makoto Fujimura who will be moderating the panel discussion, 'Looking forward: Imagining a creative humanitarianism for this generation of artists'. For further information on future salons and gatherings, please contact me directly through this website.
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2-6 October 2010
I will be participating in Janine Antoni’s Performance Matters Creative Space workshop as part of the Performing Idea programme at Toynbee Studios and Whitechapel Gallery in early October. The public programme also looks fantastic! (Details below.)
Performance Matters is a collaboration between the Live Art Development Agency; Goldsmiths, University of London; and Roehampton University. Supported by Visiting Arts and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Performance Matters presents
Performing Idea
2-9 October 2010
Whitechapel Gallery and Toynbee Studios, London
ANNOUNCING THE PERFORMING IDEA PUBLIC PROGRAMME
Performing Idea is a programme of events at Whitechapel Gallery and Toynbee Studios that investigate the shifting relations between performance practice and discourse, event and writing. It comprises a set of workshops led by three internationally acclaimed artists; a five day symposium with leading writers, thinkers and artists; a sound and video archive of seminal performance lectures; and a series of new performance lectures and redos by UK and international artists. With contributions from: Janine Antoni, Ron Athey, Anne Bean, Wafaa Bilal, Maaike Bleeker, Silvia Bottiroli, Jonathan Burrows, Gavin Butt, Cabula 6, Augusto Corrieri, Robin Deacon, Rose English, Tim Etchells, Matthew Goulish, Adrian Heathfield, Hannah Hurtzig, Shannon Jackson, Janez Janša, Joe Kelleher, Tellervo Kalleinen, Lois Keidan, Ong Keng Sen, Bojana Kunst, Boyan Manchev, Fred Moten, Rabih Mroué, Giulia Palladini, Owen Parry, Peggy Phelan, Heike Roms, Lara Shalson, and Julie Tolentino.
Performing Idea is the first year of Performance Matters, a three-year creative research project rethinking why performance matters through the matter of performance. At a time when performance and live art have increased visibility in the worlds of art, theatre, dance and the academy, Performing Idea asks how such experimental performance forms signal changes in understandings of both art and the world beyond through a set of critical and creative exchanges and research processes.
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Open studio 18-19 September 2010
You are cordially invited to attend my open studio on the weekend of September 18-19 at La Ruche. I'll be sharing new work and work-in-progress. In addition, I will be teaching a rooftop Yoga class for creatives on Saturday. The 360 degree view of London is exhilarating! All are welcome. Please find all details below.
La Ruche Open Studios
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September 2010
Opening Times: Saturday 18th, 12 noon - 7 p.m
Sunday 19th, 12 noon - 3 p.m at La Ruche Studios, 20 Buckle Street, London, UK
Schedule of special events on the 18th of September:
12 noon - 7 p.m | Open Studios
Explore the building and meet the artists in their working studios.
1 p.m and 2 p.m | Organised Tours
Assistants will give tours throughout the studios, meeting the artists and discovering hidden corners and undiscovered views of La Ruche. Meet at the reception/entrance.
2 p.m | Rooftop Yoga classes with Lia Chavez: Part of La Ruche Open Studios Weekend, these Yoga classes led by artist and Yoga Alliance certified instructor Lia Chavez will explore links between movement, meditation, the power of visualisation, and the utilisation of the body as a catalyst for creative discovery. All levels, including beginners, are welcome. Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and kindly bring your own mat.
5 p.m and 6 p.m | Organised Tours - meet at the reception/ entrance.
8 pm | Building closes.
About La Ruche
At the heart of Whitechapel, E1 - The 'La Ruche' building: incorporating T1+2 Gallery's new space, 30 artist studios, cafe, workshops and resident partner galleries and Creative industries. In conjunction with London Design Festival and Open House weekend La Ruche will be opening its artist studios to the public. Visit some of London's most exciting Contemporary Artists and Designers in this unique artists’ community and creative regeneration project at the heart of Whitechapel, E1 - conveniently located near to The Whitechapel Gallery and Aldgate East tube. Participating Artists include: Gordon Cheung, Lizzie Cannon, Wayne Chisnall, Constance Slaughter, Ann-Marie James, Caroline Lambard,Marcin Dudek, George Sleap, Jeremy Evans, Anja Henckel, Alice Planel,Lia Chavez, Jeannie Lowen, Chinami Sakai, Beatrice Jarvis, and Douglas Park Resident Galleries and Creative industries: Janet Rady Fine Art, dalla Rosa gallery, Quare offsite project (exhibiting Larry Achiampong), 20x20 magazine, Troika, and rAndom.
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Yoga class for artists from 1 September 2010 - 3 November 2010
I will be teaching a Yoga class exploring links between Yoga philosophy and the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi from 1-2pm, every Wednesday until November 3rd. Classes will be held on the top floor of East London’s bustling artist community, La Ruche - 20 Buckle Street, London E1 8EH (closest tube: Aldgate East). All levels, including beginners, are welcome. Please wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing and kindly bring your own sticky mat.
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Exhibition opening 18 September 2010
Artists' Film and Video Salon
Immerse yourself in a whole day of contemporary art which continues into the evening with ground breaking digital collaborations and music.
During the day take a guided tour around the Key Venues, windows and sites with accompanying artist talks. Join Festival Curator David Gilbert exploring the selected and curated shows in depth. An outstanding opportunity for the curious student and art lover.
On the day, French artist Flore Gardner wraps St Mary’s Church in a mile of French knitting as part of her re:place commission.
Stay on to watch the Festival’s first Artists’ Film & Video Salon. Entries from all over the world include work from: Beatrice Baumgartner, Lia Chavez, The Centre of Attention, Candida Elton, Tony Hill, Shona Illingworth, Carlos Lopez, Marianna and Daniel, Caitlin Masley, Huw Morgan, Simona Pantieri/Mary Ingoldby, Kate Rowles, Darshana Vora.
Town Hall at 6.30pm.
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Exhibition opening 29 January 2010
Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta (SCAD) Presents “Entwined” by William T. Hillman and Lia Chavez.
ATLANTA, Ga.—The SCAD exhibitions department presents “Entwined,” an exhibition showcasing the recent collaboration between artists William T. Hillman and Lia Chavez. “Entwined” presents large-scale photographs depicting choreographed, overlapping bodies that emerge and dissolve in stark silhouettes. Both corporal and cerebral, the imagery evokes the connections between the physical and the psychological. Also entwined is the unique combination of traditional and digital photographic processes used in this innovative body of work.
In a recent catalogue for the Hillman + Chavez collaboration, renowned writer and curator Gary Sangster wrote, “The work of William T. Hillman and Lia Chavez – a first time partnership in creative photography from two artists, one located in New York and the other in London – can be described as the embodiment of a complex hybrid system of contemporary expressive pictorialism.”
The exhibition will be on display at the Trois Gallery at SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree St., Jan. 29-Feb. 28. A reception for the artists will be held on Feb. 4, 6 p.m. Opening remarks will be offered by Lia Chavez. The event and exhibition are free and open to the public.
The Savannah College of Art and Design is the most comprehensive art and design university in the world, offering more degree programs and specializations than any other art and design university. SCAD is a private, nonprofit, accredited institution conferring bachelor’s and master’s degrees in distinctive locations and online to prepare talented students for professional careers. SCAD offers students a choice of degree programs in 46 majors and more than 50 minors at locations in Savannah and Atlanta, Georgia; in Lacoste, France; online through SCAD eLearning; and in Hong Kong beginning Fall 2010.
SCAD offers an exceptional education and unparalleled career preparation. The diverse student body of more than 9,900 comes from all 50 United States and nearly 100 countries worldwide. Each student is nurtured and motivated by a faculty of more than 650 professors with extraordinary academic credentials and valuable professional experience. These faculty emphasize learning through individual attention in an inspiring university environment. SCAD provides an innovative curriculum enhanced by advanced, professional-level technology, equipment and learning resources. SCAD has garnered acclaim from respected organizations and publications, including BusinessWeek, American Institute of Architects, DesignIntelligence, U.S. News & World Report and Los Angeles Times.
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Exhibition opening 9 November 2010
Calling all shoe obsessives (you know who you are!) I contributed a pair of studio shoes to the fun and wonderful SONS Museum which is curated by Veerle Swenters and Pierre Bogaerts and features the shoes from an encyclopedic selection of artists.
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Exhibition opening 13 November 2009
AXIOM is proud to present its next exhibition, ‘RIDERS on the TRAIN’ curated by Nance Davies, opening Tuesday, November 10, 2009 and running through Saturday, December 19th, with a Reception on November 13th from 6-9pm. An accompanying website can be found at www.axiomart.org/riders.
‘RIDERS on the TRAIN’ is an interdisciplinary art exhibition exploring new relationships between artist, audience, site, and context. Drawn from an international call for submissions, these artists and writers explore ‘the private within the public’ experience of mass-transit in Sweden, Australia, South Africa, India, Switzerland, NYC, London, Madrid, Paris, Berlin, Mexico City, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, LA, DC, Portland, and Boston. The poetics of acceleration, compression, fragmentation and sensory immersion are explored as the artists record, collaborate, and devise small scale tactical interventions – juxtaposing high with low technology. ‘Riding Artists’ sample their ‘ride’ and generate an aggregate description of the mass-transit experience through a diversity of lenses and media including video, sound art, photography, web-based interactivity, performance, installation and writing.
Calendar Submission / At-a-Glance
What/// Riders on the Train Opening Reception
When/// November 10th – December 19th, 2009
– Opening Reception: Friday, November 13th, 2009, 6-9 pm
– Artists Talk/Performance Night: Friday, November 20, 2009
Who/// Manuel Vazquez, Denise Marika and Dana Moser, Henry Gwiazda, Sarah Rushford, Stephen Cady, Jesse Malmed, Nance Davies, Andrew Sempere, Francois Xavier de Costerd, Scott Hall, Marc McNulty, Dylan Mortimer, Zehra Kahn, Nita Sturiale, Ximena Alarcon, Erik Conrad, Ben Chaffee, Jason Nelson, Sherry Karver, Marianne Fourie, Lia Chavez, Helene Zuckerbrod, Marian Berelowitz, Lisa McCarty, Katherin McInnis, Jamie Waelchli, Guy Telemaque, Gary Duehr, Yuri Stone, Susan Bregman, Carolyn Lewenberg, Harvey Loves Harvey, Alexia Mellor and Sarah Banasiak, Jeremy Hight, Kamarie Chapman, Leora Silverman Fridman, Sarah Goodman, Gordon Fearey, Colette A. Shumate-Smith, and Jonathan Powell.
Gallery Hours: Tuesdays, 2-5 pm, Wednesdays 6-9 pm, Thursdays 2-9 pm, Saturdays 2-5 pm, alternative visiting hours can be arranged by appointment
Where/// AXIOM Center for New and Experimental Media – 141 Green Street
located in the Green Street T Station on the Orange Line
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Exhibition opening 13 November 2009
An exhibition and auction curated in aid of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture
Curated by Summaria Lunn
Sir Peter Blake / Michael Craig-Martin / Dexter Dalwood / Ian Davenport / Jim Dine / Sir Howard Hodgkin / John Hoyland / David Inshaw / Sarah Lucas and Olivier Garbay / Lisa Milroy / David Nash / Cornelia Parker / Paulo Rego / Ralph Steadman / Mark Titchner / Gavin Turk
Johan Andersson / Claire Burbridge / Antony Crossfield / Hilary Ellis / Rebecca Glover / Andy Harper / Monroe Hodder / Sue Hotchkis / Yun-Kyung Jeong / Ross Jones / Suzann Kundi / Richard Leoroyd / Tim Phillips / Debra Scacco / Luke Stones / Jane Ward / David Wightman / Eugene Wood
Sean Alexander / Axel Antas / Grace Aza-Selinger / Franko B / Sohalia Baluch / Jonathon Boast / Derren Brown / Tereza Buskova / Luke Caulfield / Lia Chavez / Peter Clark / Hannah Collins / Pip Dickens / Richard Ducker / Anabell Emson / Lis Fields / Laura Oldfield Ford / Gotz Fusser / Carin Gruda / Celia Hempton / Ghislaine Howard / Rebecca Jewell / Sue Kennington / Cathy Lomax / Susan Meiselas / Hal Messel / Whitney McVeigh / Anja Niemi / Marilene Oliver / Henrijs Preiss / Liz Rideal / Sophie Ryder / Stuart Semple / Alli Sharma / Kate Street / Jason Smith / Nicola Taylor
SUMARRIA LUNN presents an exhibition in association with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture (MF), and with the support of Sotheby’s, showcasing some of the most notable figures in the modern and contemporary art scene. The show will have over 70 pieces of exceptional artwork, including works by Paula Rego, Sarah Lucas, Howard Hodgkin and Michael Craig-Martin.
Does all art share a link with its creative sibling literature? An artwork cannot help but provide to some extent a record of the process of its creation, of the artist’s state of mind, and of the wider context of his or her time. These elements are what we might associate with non fiction- factual accounts of process, contemporary culture and events. Conversely artistic intention is a subjective phenomenon, one that we can associate with fiction. The proportionate mixture of these kinds of narrative vary greatly from one artwork to the next, but what can be said with some assurance is that unlike literature these stories must be discovered and explored; they are not as immediately obvious and definite as in text. Whether incidental, intentional or both, it is the stories the artworks tell that unify them.
This exhibition brings together a diverse collection of work from a wide range of artists. In curating this show we are proud to support such a worthy cause. The MF, a registered charity established in 1985, is dedicated to the treatment of torture survivors and organised violence. Sadly, torture is a reality in many countries around the world, and survivors will endure lasting effects for the rest of their lives. For those who have been subjected to all the brutality which that entails, fleeing into exile is often the only chance they have to save their lives. The MF is a UK charity that cares for these men, women and children and helps them rebuild their future, providing them with the specialist care they desperately need. The MF offers medical consultation, examination and forensic documentation of injuries, psychological treatment and support, and practical help. Central to the charity’s vision are its efforts to educate the public and decision makers about torture and its consequences, while advocacy work strives to ensure that the UK honours its international obligations towards survivors of torture.
Private view: Wednesday 4th November / 6 – 9pm / at John McAslan + Partners, 7-9 William Road, Euston, London, NW1 3ER
Exhibition: at John McAslan + Partners / 5th – 17th November / 10am – 6pm (Mon to Fri)
Exhibition continues: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4BS / 19th November 9am – 9pm / 20th November 9am – 5pm
The Auction Night
Date: Friday 20th November
Time: Drinks and canapes from 6pm
Venue: The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London
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Performance 9 October 2009
TINA B. – The Prague Contemporary Art Festival presents
NEW ERA Performance Art Evening
Curated by BBB Johannes Deimling
18:00-21:00
Parkhotel Prague
/ VeletrÅní 1502/20, Prague 7
TINA B. Festival 2009 is pleased to present an evening of performance art by 13 international artists, including Lia Chavez (USA), Francesca Romana Ciardi (GER), Valeria Drotskaja (GER), Chris Dupeis (CDN), Andres Galeano (ESP), Friederike Hoppner (CZ), Anna Lauenstein (GER), Manuela Macco (IT), Marilli Mastrantoni (GR), Linda Mikolaskova (CZ), Lucia Sunder-Plassman (GER), Anja Pollnow (GER), Joana Ruival (PT)
THE PRAGUE CONTEMPORARY ART FESTIVAL TINA B. STARTS ON 8 October 2009
FESTIVAL TINA B. – 8 October – 25 October 2009
V.I.P. WEEK – 8 October – 12 October 2009 – A week of special events and performances.
The new era of contemporary art begins...
For a period of three weeks (8 – 25 October) in October, Prague will become the mecca of contemporary art again. The TINA B. Contemporary Art Festival is being held for its fourth year, this time wrapped in yellow. The key theme of this year’s TINA B. Festival is defined by the phrase ‘New Era’.
The organisers are thus shifting attention towards the new outlooks of contemporary art. This curatorial concept is underscored by the TINA B. Festival’s resolve to explore the relationship and links between new, experimental forms of artistic expression and wider cultural and social aspects and contexts.
Where is contemporary art headed? What thematic contexts are intrinsic to it? And what are its newest forms, shapes and colours?
TINA B. is trying to present the widest possible look inside the progressive world of visual art today, where an idea born a minute ago is already passé.
We bring the work of fifty artists from every corner of the planet to Prague. Therefore the festival is a unique opportunity – not just for artists and lovers of art, but across the art spectrum – to meet and learn and to exchange opinions and experiences.
The festival is preparing seven curatorial projects right in the pulsating historical centre of Prague in extraordinary venues. This year’s main theme puts an even greater focus on the new media, digital technology, video, and installations, and it is offering numerous performances.
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Exhibition opening 1 October 2009
Parallel Worlds: Fleeting Realities
Detournement Venise collateral exhibition of the 53rd Venice Biennale of Visual Arts
Curated by Dovrat ana Meron
October 1 – 27, 2009
Private View: October 1, 2009, 6-8pm
Scalamata Gallery
Cannaregio 1235
Ghetto Vecchio
Venice, Italy
To address the apparent dichotomy of reality for a different and multifaceted perception of our lived experience: This is what the 17 artists participating in Parallel World: Fleeting Realities propose.
In the vast range of topics covered by various artists, contradiction is one of the topics that most characterizes their work. Though embracing very different forms of artistic expression – switching from painting to installation, from performance to video art-we can find in this topic a solid common ground that unites them.
From that premise begins a survey on the elusive realities surrounding us which are caught to be fixed on matter to allow us to reflect on the “rift between opposite positions”. One wonders then between what is known and what is not, between cerebral and sensual, between word and anti-word, between the attractive and the repulsive pursuing the inquiry on the meaning of the ascent and descent of man and his relation between codes and symbols, the boundary between a dream of veiled modern mysticism as opposed to the experience of the ordinary which is only apparently trivial.
The artists of Fleeting Realities while taking us in the territory of opposites seem interested in widening the rift created between the elements and antithetical feelings and by doing so they seem willing to suggest that the opposites, in reality are merely shades of the same idea.
Exhibiting artists include: Alberto Graziani, Aya Chowers, Birgit Ramsauer, Carmela Weiss, Chen Shapira, Dante Maffei, David Behar Perahia, Eiva Lilja, Fabrizio Cotognini, Kaisu Koivisto, Lia Chavez, Michael Basov, Patrick Corrado, Regine Freise, Richard Schofild, Roma Pas, Sergio Trevisan, and Valter Luca Signorile.
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Ongoing exhibition and publication
I have contributed a written piece to the Virtual Mercury House ‘Save the Poetry’ collateral event of the 53rd Venice Biennale. It’s a fun project curated by Caterina Davinio in which ‘planetary and interplanetary events online’ are hosted in cyberspace venues such as Facebook and Second Life. The poem (based on a 140 character 'Twitter structure') will be published in a book dedicated to the virtual events in the framework of the 53rd Venice Biennale later in 2010.
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Exhibition opening 9 November 2009
I will be showing new video work in Finland in September at the 4th Pirkanmaa Triennial in a programme entitled, The Truth
Pispala Cultural Association welcomes you to the Exhibition Opening of
“Truth” at the 4th Pirkanmaa Triennial this coming week.
OPENING 11.9.2009 at 6.00 p.m. The opening is free and open to all.
Pispala Contemporary Centre a.k.a. Hirvitalo
Hirvikatu 10
Tampere
The Exhibition will run 11.9 – 4.10
Exhibition Curator: Markus Petz
“Truth” is the name of the current exhibition now on at the Pispala
Contemporary Center, in Pispala opposite the library. It is being run as
part of a series of events under the theme, Organizing the Structure of
Conspiracy. In addition there will be Art Mondo on 22 September, in the
Pispala Contemporary Art Center and the same night Disco Occult in the
Vastavirta nightclub.
The events are part of the the 4th Pirkanmaa Triennial, which will see
events in many of our best art venues in Tampere. Truth showcases a range
of artistic views from across the world. There are anonymous contributions
that deal with the current political reality here in Finland as well as
artistic works from Africa, Asia, North America and other European
countries.
Works come from both artists and activists and range from installations to video pieces. There will be live webcasts, film screenings and paintings and other of visual pieces. The art seeks to question – as all art should - our place in the world. At the opening there will be live music from Frankie Shannon, the play Vaaliralli will be performed and Orgonisaatio will be placing Orgonite Healing Devices and explaining the philosophy of Wilhelm Reich and how it applies to us today.
The whole show can be contextualized as follows:
Contextualization
As long ago as 1651, in his book “Leviathan” the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes compared the complex structure of a modern country to that of a sea monster which had grown in size beyond the scope of human understanding. Now in the fourth century after the release of Hobbes’ book, the monster has grown even more in size and complexity. Bigger than ever before! For many, it is difficult to see oneself as a part of this huge creature. While people are trying to get a grip of its complexity, different kinds of theories are born – including those of conspiracies.
The conspiracy theories that can’t be proven either right or wrong can become prophecies of their time. There’s no hereafter or apocalypse that would prove their existence – or thereby non-existence. Thus contemporary “modern” societies have also the official media-religion with its own prophecies. People who are creating the alternative theories are the heretics that challenge these “officially approved” prophecies.
In ancient Greece, the proverb thi seauton – know thyself was scribed above the door to the Temple of Apollo, inside of which the famous Delfi oracle gave prophecies to people seeking wisdom and answers.
The modern day Hero, Neo of the movie Matrix encounters the same proverb in Latin when consulting the Oracle guide in the tale. This phrase can therefore be understood as counsel for those trying to understand prophecies – for true understanding of wisdom given from outside, we should first look into ourselves. Perhaps after that we can decide which
prophesies we take for the truth?
Artists:
Marco Loechner
, Andrius Kulikauskas,
Ed Water,
Lia Chavez,
Lisa Erb
, Stefan Riebel,
Jol Thomson,
Abby Donovan,
Ivo Burokvic,
Guenter Puller,
Marius Leneweit,
Andrea Huyoff,
Sinasi Günes,
Alan Bulfin,
Clint Enns
, Etta Säfve
, Zoneziwoh
Ismo Torvinen
, Mira Heija,
Mikko Lipiäinen
, Kristiina “Krisse Sydän” Tuominen
, Marjorie Stamm Rosenfeld
, Edna Nelson,
Laina Koskela
, Toni Valkeala
, Ria Shannon
, Beth Yarnelle Edwards
, Sarawut Chutiwongpeti,
Eric Schneider,
Hernan Ohaco,
Kevin Morgan,
Frankie Shannon,
Mika Pettissalo,
Maria Hukkamäki
, Kristian Jalava
, Mikko Kuorelahti,
Jussi Pitkänen,
Leslie Supnet
Harley.
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Exhibition opening 21 August 2009
The 8th International Video Festival in Kansk presents the Video Art Festival VIDEOHOLICA
The International Video Art Festival VIDEOHOLICA (Varna) will be presented at the International Video Festival in Kansk (Siberia, Russia) to be held from 21st to 31st August 2009.
The Videholica Festival will take part in the Kansk Video Festival showing a selection of video art in the section Special Program of European Short Films, Cartoon Films and Video Art along with the presentation of a selection of experimental films from the Festival Vallecas Puerta Del Cine (Madrid, Spain), the International One-Minute Film Festival Videominuto (Italy) as well as short and cartoon films from the Festival InterFilm (Berlin, Germany).
The Videholica Festival shall be presented by Pavlina Mladenova (co-director of Videholica) on 28th August 2009, at 3:00 p.m. at the Kansk Town House of Culture.
The International Video Festival in Kansk has been held since 2002. This year’s Festival Program covers six sections: an international competition, Japanese cartoon films, other-type of movies, European independent movies, children’s program and authors’ (presentation) films.
The organizer of the Video Festival in Kansk is Studio Videodom (Moscow, Russia).
Short films and video art from 24 countries shall be competing in the program of competition of the Video Festival in Kansk, which shall be estimated by an international jury with the popular actor and stage director Mikhail Efremov being the chief of jury, and members of the jury Pavlina Mladenova (curator, co-director of the Video Art Festival Videoholica, Bulgaria), Nicolay Khrustalev (film critic, Estonia), Federico Schmucler (film director, Mexico), Walera Kanischtscheff (InterFilmWostok Festival curator), Andrey Smirnov, (film director, Izhevsk Cinema Club Director, Russia), Oleg Ponomarev (artist, curator, Russia), Gerard Ribera (video artist, Spain) and Fabrice Maruca (film director, France).
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29 August 2009
Visual Deflections featuring Pipilotti Rist
Curated by Eleanor Lawler and Katherine Nolan
Corbet Place: Sat 29th August 2009, 6.30pm till late
Corbet Place in the Old Truman Brewery off Brick Lane in London
Pipilotti Rist’s pioneering video work has been inspirational for a generation of emerging artists. This event will screen a selection of these artists alongside Rist’s (Absolutions) Pipilotti’s Mistakes. Her influence is reflected in the concept of Visual Deflections, a homage to her use of disjuncture and distortion
The idea of Visual Deflections infers the interruption of the image through distortions of time, movement, light and space. It may also suggest a manipulation of assumptions and identifications that reverberate between the spectator and screen
The works will be shown as a screening from 6.30 Sat night and video installation will continue until Sun 11pm. The venue, Corbet Place, is part of the Old Truman Brewery at the heart of Shoreditch’s vibrant creative scene. The brickwork of the club provides a stripped back aesthetic for the screening, which will be followed by music curated by Back to the Wood.
Artists: Pipilotti Rist, Clint Enns, Ted Sonnenschein, Tessa Garland, Katherine Nolan, Eleanor Lawler, Jonathan Gilhooly, Jan Hakon Erichsen, Ciara Scanlan, Victoria Melody, Anders Weberg, Theo Tagholm, Lisa Flynn, Hillary Williams, Mathew Guillford, Alan Magee, Jeremy Newman, Saskia Vermeulen, Angelo Picozzi, Sarah Breen, Ella Bertilsson, Lia Chavez.
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Weekend Exhibition opening 2 July 2009
Art Art Art at Matt Roberts Arts, Unit 1, 25 Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 from July 2-3.
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Exhibition opening 3 July 2009
Exhibit 1 at Temporary Contemporary, Old Police Station, 114-116 Amersham Vale, London SE15 6LG from July 3-12
Exhibit 1 PRESS RELEASE
We are pleased to invite you to the first yearly selected group show of studio artists at The Old Police Station. Exhibit 1 will take place over two floors of The Old Police Station with selected artists from the studios making site-specific responses to the Police Gym, Cells, Interview Rooms and Operations Yard. With Cake and Neave aka The Little Artists, Lia Chavez, Rosie Cooper, Mário Pires Cordeiro, Andrew Hladky, Sam Kemp, Teresa Paiva, Inês Rebelo, Michael Schwab, Biggi Stiller, Alexandra Unger, Jo Wilmot, Sinead Wheeler, Flora Christina Whiteley. Selected by Mário Pires Cordeiro and our new Gallery Manager, Sara Pergola. 3rd – 12th July, Private View: 3rd July 6-8pm. Coinciding with the opening of the Exhibit 1 will be the first Open Studios throughout the building, offering the public an opportunity to get up close and personal with the artists and their works. 3rd & 4th July, 12-6pm.
