![“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde
Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition
As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others.
Which facts construct our identities?
Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them?
Is the identity we display in public different than our private one?
What happens if we take an identity of another person?
Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible?
Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?
For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.
Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both.
Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):
-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces
-Your standard CV and contact information
-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible
NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE
About AC Institute:
The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.
Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.
AC Institute [Direct]
547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor
New York, NY 10001](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5kco4PbLN1qa1xm1o1_250.jpg)
![SNOWBALL GALLERY
& WORKSHOP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO [March 23, 2010] PERSPECTIVE – featuring mixed media installations by Lubo Brezina with Scott Eunson, Shlomi Greenspan, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina, and James Swain is on now at Snowball Gallery & Workshop. The exhibition will run through Sunday, April 4 2010.
PERSPECTIVE derives its theme from the concept of perspective as a physical and mathematical construction, and/or a conceptual or perceptual experience. Perspective organizes space using geometric principles, it projects three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, and acts as a lens in which to view the world. Perspective is usually gained through vision, as a view point, but it can also be engaged by subtle shifts in movement and deliberate actions that have the potential to render new perspectives.
Constructed out of maple and elm salvaged from a barn demolition and meticulously crafted using mortise and tenon joinery, Shrine Dedicated to the Memory of Demolished Barns and Fallen Trees [2010] sees Lubo Brezina in collaboration with Scott Eunson, address PERSPECTIVE in both physical and metaphysical space. Shrine is a structural system, an example of the flexibility and scalability of this traditional building technique. It draws the viewer into its space and focuses perspective on an invisible vanishing point.
James Swain’s Untitled (Triptych) [2010] draws perspective from history. Portraits of Charles Baudelaire, R. Buckminster Fuller, and Austin Osman Spare are layered with alchemical symbols meant to shed light on the magical nature of their contributions to, poetry, architecture and art, respectively. The collages are inspired by the sigils of Spare who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self.
Installed at street level, in the front window of the gallery, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina’s A Piece of the Pi [2010] acts as a filter for deconstructing perception. Paper tubes varying in diameter are stacked horizontally and at varying depths to interrupt and distort the peripheral view of the observer. The resulting pixelation creates a broken perspective and invites viewers to interact with the piece to see images beyond.
Shlomi Greenspan’s 561 Ephemeral Moments [2010] merges cinematic convention and the painted object to explore the perpetual cycle of destruction and recovery in financial markets. Employing a car race as an equivalent representation for the movement of stock indices, Greenspan’s installation animates painting by tracing the additions and subtractions of marks made in the creation process. The work as a totality is thereby able to contrast ephemeral and corporeal perspectives.
Snowball Gallery & Workshop is located in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood at 1690 Queen Street West. The gallery is open Thursday & Friday from 1-7PM and Saturday & Sunday from 12-6PM. More information about gallery programming and events can be found at www.snowballgallery.com or by calling 416.456.4966.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzrdvz90LR1qa1xm1o1_250.jpg)
![“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde
Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition
As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others.
Which facts construct our identities?
Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them?
Is the identity we display in public different than our private one?
What happens if we take an identity of another person?
Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible?
Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?
For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.
Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both.
Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):
-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces
-Your standard CV and contact information
-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible
NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE
About AC Institute:
The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.
Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.
AC Institute [Direct]
547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor
New York, NY 10001](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5kco4PbLN1qa1xm1o1_500.jpg)
![“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde
Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition
As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others.
Which facts construct our identities?
Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them?
Is the identity we display in public different than our private one?
What happens if we take an identity of another person?
Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible?
Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?
For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.
Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both.
Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):
-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces
-Your standard CV and contact information
-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible
NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE
About AC Institute:
The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.
Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.
AC Institute [Direct]
547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor
New York, NY 10001](http://www.artprwire.com/photo/1280/812042863/1/tumblr_l5kco4PbLN1qa1xm1)
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
Oscar Wilde
Narrative / Identity – Open Call for group exhibition
As a means of grappling with the flux of identity, narratives are a necessary part of individual and social constructs. Whether internal or external, narratives define how we see ourselves and others.
Which facts construct our identities?
Do we have a variety of identities and what makes us change them?
Is the identity we display in public different than our private one?
What happens if we take an identity of another person?
Does an ID or passport tell the most important things about us? If you don’t have one does it mean you are invisible?
Does education and knowledge about society and politics change our identity?
For the first group show of 2011, February 3 – March 12, curated by Nicole Bebout and Sonja Hofstetter, The AC Institute seeks to investigate the ways in which narrative is used by contemporary artists to construct or demolish our ideas of self and other. Whether through guerrilla-like disruption, ambiguity or fantasy inspired story-telling, we are seeking artists who see narrative as essential to their artistic identity.
Focusing on experimental, installation, and new media work, AC seeks submissions from contemporary artists, and others, working in any medium. Artists are encouraged to submit work either already existing or as-yet unrealized that addresses the interlocking questions of narrative and identity; either at the level of social practice, contemporary representation, or both.
Email submissions should be sent to submissions@artcurrents.org by Sept. 15th, 2010. Please include the following in the body of your message (not as attachments):
-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces
-Your standard CV and contact information
-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible
NO ATTACHEMENTS PLEASE
About AC Institute:
The AC Institute exists to advance art through investigation, research and practice. It is a lab for experimentation and a forum for critical discussion. Emphasizing emerging, international, and under-represented artists, the Institute develops projects across disciplines, exhibiting work deploying a variety of strategies for critical, experiential, and performative interventions in the field of contemporary art. In addition to publishing critical writing that pushes conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity, the AC Institute realizes off-site projects taking place at the edge of the art marketplace. Committed to an integrated vision of creative practice, Art Currents creates autonomous spaces to pursue experimental work. The AC institute is non-profit 501(c)3 under the Direction of Holly Crawford.
Since moving to Chelsea in September of 2008, AC has mounted numerous exhibitions and performances, participated in the 2009 Armory show with Critical Conversations in a Limo; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations including Rhizome and Harvestworks to pursue its mission. We provide space, programming support, and certain A/V equipment. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.
AC Institute [Direct]
547 West 27th street, # 610, 6th floor
New York, NY 10001
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![SNOWBALL GALLERY
& WORKSHOP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TORONTO [March 23, 2010] PERSPECTIVE – featuring mixed media installations by Lubo Brezina with Scott Eunson, Shlomi Greenspan, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina, and James Swain is on now at Snowball Gallery & Workshop. The exhibition will run through Sunday, April 4 2010.
PERSPECTIVE derives its theme from the concept of perspective as a physical and mathematical construction, and/or a conceptual or perceptual experience. Perspective organizes space using geometric principles, it projects three-dimensional space on a two-dimensional surface, and acts as a lens in which to view the world. Perspective is usually gained through vision, as a view point, but it can also be engaged by subtle shifts in movement and deliberate actions that have the potential to render new perspectives.
Constructed out of maple and elm salvaged from a barn demolition and meticulously crafted using mortise and tenon joinery, Shrine Dedicated to the Memory of Demolished Barns and Fallen Trees [2010] sees Lubo Brezina in collaboration with Scott Eunson, address PERSPECTIVE in both physical and metaphysical space. Shrine is a structural system, an example of the flexibility and scalability of this traditional building technique. It draws the viewer into its space and focuses perspective on an invisible vanishing point.
James Swain’s Untitled (Triptych) [2010] draws perspective from history. Portraits of Charles Baudelaire, R. Buckminster Fuller, and Austin Osman Spare are layered with alchemical symbols meant to shed light on the magical nature of their contributions to, poetry, architecture and art, respectively. The collages are inspired by the sigils of Spare who developed idiosyncratic magical techniques based on his theories of the relationship between the conscious and unconscious self.
Installed at street level, in the front window of the gallery, Edward Lin & Kira Varvanina’s A Piece of the Pi [2010] acts as a filter for deconstructing perception. Paper tubes varying in diameter are stacked horizontally and at varying depths to interrupt and distort the peripheral view of the observer. The resulting pixelation creates a broken perspective and invites viewers to interact with the piece to see images beyond.
Shlomi Greenspan’s 561 Ephemeral Moments [2010] merges cinematic convention and the painted object to explore the perpetual cycle of destruction and recovery in financial markets. Employing a car race as an equivalent representation for the movement of stock indices, Greenspan’s installation animates painting by tracing the additions and subtractions of marks made in the creation process. The work as a totality is thereby able to contrast ephemeral and corporeal perspectives.
Snowball Gallery & Workshop is located in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood at 1690 Queen Street West. The gallery is open Thursday & Friday from 1-7PM and Saturday & Sunday from 12-6PM. More information about gallery programming and events can be found at www.snowballgallery.com or by calling 416.456.4966.](http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzrdvz90LR1qa1xm1o1_400.jpg)
