CONTENTS:
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1. Martha Wilson’s early work in GLORIA, Another Look at Feminist Art in the 1970s at White Columns Gallery, September 13-October 20
2. Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga, FF The Future of the Present 2003 recipient, presents Vagabundo: A Migrant’s Tale, at The Kitchen’s Neighborhood Street Fair, September 14, 2002.
3. Matthew Geller, FF Alumn, in Microviews, an Archive of WTC Daily Life at The Municipal Art Society, September 18 through October 10
4. Tracy Quan, Veronica Vera, FF Alumns in Sex Worker Literati presentation at Barnes and Noble – 18th Street, Thursday, September 26th, 6.30pm
5. The Guerrilla Girls on Tour at WERISE – 1st Annual International Women Artist’s Conference – Barnard College -Saturday, September 14 at 12noon
6. Erika Yeomans’ (FF Alumn) art short, HARDHEAD FLAIR, to be presented at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Saturday, September 21, 8pm
7. Alba Sanchez, FF Alumn in solo show, “The Bronx Witch Project” at La MaMa Experimental Theatre – Sep 19 – Oct 6
8. FF Alumn Stanya Kahn’s new short film “Winner”, made in collaboration with Harry Dodge, plays in the Silverlake Film Festival, Los Angeles, Monday September 16th at 7pm
9. A Screening of a single channel video, Potential Partners, by Mandy Morrison/ mandymachine at Remote Lounge, September 22 from 8-10
10. UNFORGETTABLE – Artists proposals for a memorial for 9-11 at Chelsea Studio Gallery, September 5-28
11. REACTIONS, Exit Art’s exhibition about the public’s response to 9/11, is gifted to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and will become part of its permanent collection
12. Warren Neidich, FF Alumn, in “Remapping” at Storefront for Art and Architecture September 14 – October 13.
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1. Martha Wilson’s early work in GLORIA, Another Look at Feminist Art in the 1970s at White Columns Gallery, September 13-October 20
Artists include Laurie Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Lynda Benglis, Dara Birnbaum, Valie Export, Nancy Grossman, Jenny Holzer, Joan Jonas, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger, Ana Mendieta, Yoko Ono, Adrian Piper, Martha Rosler, Carolee Schneemann, Cindy Sherman, Mimi Smith, Nancy Spero, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Hannah Wilke, Martha Wilson & Jacki Apple, plus a selection of archival and documentary materials from the era.
Gloria will be followed by “Regarding Gloria,” an exhibition of ten emerging artists whose work is influenced by the feminist legacy and examines how today’s expression reflects and departs from that of the 1970s.
Gloria Film Series
Fridays, October 4, 11, and 18 Doors open at 7:15, screenings begin at 7:30
Free admission
For more information, go to www.whitecolumns.org/films
Opening reception: Friday, September 13 Member’s preview: 6:00-7:00 pm,
general public: 7:00-9:00 pm
Exhibition on view through October 20.
White Columns
320 West 13th Street (Entrance on Horatio St.)
New York, NY 10014
Gallery hours Wednesday – Sunday, noon to 6:00 p.m.
www.whitecolumns.org
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2. Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga, FF The Future of the Present 2003 recipient, presents Vagabundo: A Migrant’s Tale, at The Kitchen’s Neighborhood Street Fair, September 14, 2002.
If you are out and about in Manhattan Saturday the 14th, head over to The Kitchen’s Annual Neighborhood Street Fair for a fun filled afternoon. Be sure to try your hand at Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga’s new interactive paletero cart, Vagabundo: A Migrant’s Tale, in which you play the role of a new immigrant to New York City. And if you can’t make it to The Kitchen’s celebration, try the online version of Vagabundo:
http://www.ambriente.com/cart/
Below are the details on The Kitchen’s Street Fair
The Kitchen Neighborhood Street Fair
September 14 [Saturday], 2-5pm Rain or Shine FREE
Location: 19th Street (between 10th & 11th Avenues)
Information line: 212-255-5793, ext. 10
The Kitchen turns itself inside out with an afternoon of free outdoor performances and interactive events for the whole family. Main-stage festivities include percussive ensemble HERITAGE O. P.; Salsa sensation CONJUNTO PLACER; CLOUD SEEDING CIRCUS(FF alumn) of the Performative Object performing a Busby Berkeley-styled summer revue; BLACK BIRD THEATER presenting a zany and irreverent large-scale puppet and mask show; and Spanish Harlem-based dance troupe KR3T’S (RISING TO THE TOP) demonstrating its energetic mix of hip hop and Latin styles.
Additional Participating Artists!!!
Waterpixels by Leesa and Nicole Abahuni and Erik Guzman
Fantasy Foto Booth with Jess Dobkin(FF Alumn)
The Human Canvas and The Typewriter Game by The Freestyle Family
Jewelry by LawnFish
Bike Drawings by Adam Matta
Fabric Painting by Megan Shand
Strength Through Peace performed by Montana Miller
Book Of Dreams by PRAXIS
Teach Me English by Kaihatsu Yoshiaki
Vagabundo: A Migrant’s Cart by Ricardo Miranda Zuñiga
Hosted by Disney-reject FAIRY TINK
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3. Matthew Geller, FF Alumn, in Microviews, an Archive of WTC Daily Life, at The Municipal Art Society, September 18 through October 10
From 1997-2001, nearly 140 artists transformed temporarily vacant space in Tower One of the World Trade Center donated by the Port Authority of NY and NJ into art studios through the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s residency programs. Matthew Geller is one of the artists included in Microviews, a unique exhibition that presents the building’s architecture and environs as documented by the artists during their residencies. Viewers are invited to sift through this archive of daily life at the World Trade Center, including photographs, drawings, video and sound recordings of public areas, office suites, hallways, and infrastructure. Microviews aims to explore the processes of reconstruction and memory, to offer a counterpoint to the iconic public images of the Twin Towers that emerged last fall and to evaluate our notions of place through everyday documents.
Organized by Christopher K. Ho and Stephen Apicella-Hitchcock with Moukhtar Kocache and Erin Donnelly of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC’s Visual and Media Arts Programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. For more information, visit www.lmcc.net or www.mas.org
The Municipal Art Society, 10 Urban Center Galleries. 457 Madison Avenue, NYC
Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday 10 am to 5 pm. (Closed Thursday and Sunday)
212-935-3960
Through October 10
Public Program: Wednesday, September 18, 6 – 8 pm
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4. Tracy Quan, Veronica Vera, FF Alumns in Sex Worker Literati presentation at Barnes and Noble – 18th Street, Thursday, September 26th, 6.30pm
Sex Worker Literati, as described in the NY Times, is the newest wave of literature, combining gritty urban realism with the timelessness of an underdog surviving.
Performances & Discussion By: Tracy Quan, Veronica Vera, David Henry Sterry
Tracy Quan is the author of DIARY OF A MANHATTAN CALL-GIRL, an insider’s look at the oldest profession at the turn of the millenium, based on her adventures in the sex trade. She is a regular contributor to salon.com, and has been featured in the NY Times, LA Times, Cosmopolitan, and London’s The Guardian. Her novel was recently optioned by Darren Star (of HBO’s Sex and the City) to be turned into a major motion picture.
Veronica Vera is the author of MISS VERA’S CROSS-DRESS FOR SUCCESS, a resource guide for boys who want to be girls. A former porn star, she is also the author of MISS VERA’S FINISHING SCHOOL FOR BOYS WHO WANT TO BE GIRLS and founded the world’s first cross-dressing Academy in NYC. She’s been featured in PEOPLE magazine, Harpers Bazaar, the LA times and the Jay Leno Show and is the subject of the one hour documentary, “The Tranny School.”
David Henry Sterry is the author of the best-selling memoir CHICKEN: SELF-PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAN FOR RENT, about his year of living dangerously as a teenage gigolo in Hollywood. He has been in NY Times and on NPR’s Talk of the Nation, wrote for Disney, worked as a stand-up comic, a marriage counselor, and acted with everyone from Will Smith to Zippy the Chimp.
Barnes & Noble, 105 5th Ave at 18th St. NY NY 10003
Thurs., Sept. 26th, 2002, 6:30PM
Info: 212.807.0099
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5. The Guerrilla Girls on Tour at WERISE – 1st Annual International Women Artist’s Conference – Barnard College -Saturday, September 14 at 12noon
WERISE’s 1st Annual International Women Artist’s Conference at Barnard College, Columbia University–September 13-15th, 2002 Co-sponsored by the Barnard Center for Research on Women… presents a special noontime performance by:
The Guerrilla Girls on Tour
Saturday, Sept. 14th at 12noon in the Main Hall, Barnard Building,
117th/Broadway , New York
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6. Erika Yeomans’ (FF Alumn) art short, HARDHEAD FLAIR to be presented at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Saturday, September 21, 8pm
The Arizona State University Art Museum is touring the 2002 film show “Popcorn 2002” which features HARDHEAD FLAIR by Erika Yeomans.. If you have friends, enemies or estranged family members in the area, please send ’em to check it out………
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, 653 Paseo Nuevo, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
PH 805.966.5373 FX 805.962.1421
Saturday, September 21, 8pm.
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7. Alba Sanchez, FF Alumn in solo show, “The Bronx Witch Project” at La MaMa Experimental Theatre – Sep 19 – Oct 6
“The Bronx Witch Project”
An autobiographical journey from the Bodega to Bloomies, from boarding schools to the armpits of the South Bronx. Alba’s characters are blended through a 1958 meat grinder, Babaluaye the popcorn god, Chupa Cabra, sacrificial chickens, Florida water, and shopping tips. She crosses cult and cultural borders Este show lo tiene todo. Sexo, Suspenso y Salsa! Que caliente!
Created and performed by Alba Sanchez, directed by Gary Dini
Sep 19 – Oct 6, Thurs – Sat 10:00 pm and Sun at 5:30 at La MaMa
Experimental Theatre,
74A East 4th Street, New York City 10003 Box Office 212.475.7710
Tix: $15 (special deals for Club members – ask at box office)
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8. FF Alumn Stanya Kahn’s new short film “Winner”, made in collaboration with Harry Dodge, plays in the Silverlake Film Festival, Los Angeles, Monday September 16th at 7pm at Zen 2609 Hyperion.
“Winner” follows Lois, a reluctant sweepstakes winner who doggedly avoids her prize.
Tix 323. 993. 7225
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9. A Screening of a single channel video, Potential Partners, by Mandy Morrison/ mandymachine at Remote Lounge, September 22 from 8-10
Potential Partners comprises interwoven interviews with people speaking on the subject of emotional and sexual intimacy. Partially inspired by the plethora of dating services that have evolved as a result of the internet, Potential Partners aims to expose the frailty of the psyche as well as the less obvious pitfalls in the quest for an emotional connection.
The screening takes place September 22, 2002 from 8-10.
Potential Partners by Mandy Morrison/ mandymachine
Remote Lounge
327 Bowery (at the corner of 2nd St)
New York, NY
(212) 228-0228
www.remotelounge.com
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10. UNFORGETTABLE – Artists proposals for a memorial for 9-11 at Chelsea Studio Gallery, September 5-28
Statement from curator/organizer: Judy Collischan
This exhibition was provoked by the fact that there has been little or no involvement of the art community with the events of September 11, 2001. There has been no call and no invitations from governmental officials and few responses from museums, galleries or artists. A cataclysmic event took place in New York City, the center of the world, and hardly any connections have been made between authority and art.
From its beginnings, our history has been told that through great works of art, be they sculpture, painting, architecture or a combination. Milestone occurrences have been related and recognized through art. These objects and/or structures are narrative, dedicatory and triumphal–monumental and commemorative.
There is talk of a remembrance, but this comes from the mayor, the governor, real estate developers, families, police and fire departments, etc. Where is art in all of this? Where are the calls for proposals? Is it lack of interest? Is it apathy? Is it fear or mistrust of contemporary art? Is our art up to the task? Has art backed itself into such an esoteric and/or commercial corner that it can no longer be relevant to events in today’s world?
Answers that have been given include: too soon, we need time to react, we are waiting to see what happens, there is no mechanism in place, yet, etc. That’s odd. In the blink of an eye, politicians and real estate developers were making plans. Without hesitation, they acted immediately.
This exhibition, then addresses a need one of art’s involvement with an event in its time. Forty artists deliberately chosen to represent a diverse cross section of talent, have been asked to provide their ideas for an appropriate record. The emphasis is on concept as it suggests ethereality, ephemerality and vulnerability. In order to accommodate travel to other venues, the work is light in weight, small in scale and may be folded down or disassembled. Artists have been asked to conceive of a reminder, a tribute that is enduring and unforgettable.
Artists include:
Acconci Studio
Dennis Adams
Stephen Antonakos
Alice Aycock
Mike Bidlo
Chakaia Booker
Helene Brandt
Angiola Churchill
Eduardo Costa/Jimmy Pinto
Donna Dennis
Alan Finkel
Chuck Ginnever
Peter Gourfain
Maren Hassinger
Edgar Heap of Birds
Kristin Jones/Andrew Ginzel
Noah Jemisin
Niki Ketchman
Sol LeWitt
Donald Lipski
Abraham Lubelski
Ann Messner
Mary Miss
Kazuko Miyamoto
AJ Nadel
Dennis Oppenheim
Lorenzo Pace
Beverly Pepper
John Perreault
Lucio Pozzi
Jaune Quick to See Smith
Christy Rupp
Judith Shea
Maura Sheehan
Alan Sonfist
Michelle Stuart
Graeme Sullivan
Paul Wong
Yankowitz and Holden
September 5 – 28, 2002; Chelsea Studio Gallery, 515 West 19th Street, New York, NY
Information: 212-505-9657; Hours:12-6, Tues.-Sat
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11. REACTIONS, Exit Art’s exhibition about the public’s response to 9/11, is gifted to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. and will become part of its permanent collection.
Selections from REACTIONS will be featured in the exhibition: Witness and Response: September 11th Acquisitions at the Library of Congress September 7 October 26, 2002
The donation will be known as the Exit Art Reactions Collection. The Library, as an official repository of American history, felt a responsibility to preserve and share this important material.
Reactions originated and was on view at Exit Art in New York City January 26 April 20, 2002. As a cultural institution near the World Trade Center, Exit Art felt an urgency to present a collective expression of how the events of September 11th changed the behavior of people worldwide. The idea of Reactions was to present the national and international public with an opportunity to respond and have their voices shared.
To reach as diverse an audience as possible, Exit Art sent over 10,000 letters worldwide via post, email, and through an open call on its Web site, www.exitart.org to artists and non-artists alike, encouraging them to submit their responses to September 11. People of all ages, from over twenty-five countries, among them Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Germany, Iceland, Pakistan, and Singapore submitted their work to Exit Art electronically and through the mail. The submissions totaled over 2,500, and included poetry, musical scores, texts, letters, drawings, paintings, collages and photographs. Every response was exhibited.
Exit Art felt that donating Reactions to the Library of Congress would give this very important exhibition the recognition that the work deserves and keep it accessible to a wide public. The Library’s exhibition space, state-of-the-art archival housing, cataloguing, and conservation treatments will ensure that Reactions is responsibly exhibited and cared for. It was also important to Exit Art that Reactions be held together in its entirety and be shared with a global public. The Library will scan the entire Exit Art Reactions Collection and make it fully accessible through the Library’s award-winning educational Web site, www.loc.gov. The Collection will also be physically available to on-site researchers at the Prints and Photographs Division’s Reading Room, and countless others outside the Library through projected exhibition loans to museums and libraries around the world.
www.loc.gov/exhibits. Witness and Response: September 11th Acquisitions at the Library of Congress will be on display through October 26 in the Great Hall of the Library’s Thomas Jefferson Building, First and Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. Exhibition hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Reactions was conceived by Exit Art Co-founders and Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo. The Project Coordinators were Jodi Hanel and Bibi Martí.
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12. Warren Neidich, FF Alumn, in “Remapping” at Storefront for Art and Architecture
September 14 – October 13
Warren Neidich explores the complex relationships between architecture, film and photography in the urban environment. In the Storefront gallery, Neidich will exhibit for the first time in New York the complete work “Remapping,” a series of 10 foot long digitally collaged photos of a typical Los Angeles office building with a mirrored façade. A term borrowed from neurobiology, remapping is a process by which one part of the brain takes over the function of an adjacent, debilitated one. In Neidich’s work it functions as an analogy for the way that information, via the narrative of film, has been increasingly mapped onto the built environment and changed the way the individual experiences time and space. In his opinion these reconfigured relations have implications for the way that the brain processes information resulting in what he refers to as the “mutated observer”.
Neidich has revisited the site of the “Remapping” series, 8737 Beverly Boulevard, with the new video piece “Blind Man’s Bluff” (2002). Unlike the endless facades created in the photo series by seamlessly collaging images together, the video reveals the actual building and in this instance Neidich uses the façade to reflect a dreamlike narrative with the artist himself cast as a blind man. The action that ensues occurs over and over againthe apparatus of the video loop connects analogically to a loop in the brain.The looped activity becomes a metaphor for an obsessive act caused by a faulty neural feed-forward neural loop without inhibitory influences.
Neidich will also perform an “intervention” on the Storefront façade (designed by Vito Acconci and Steven Holl, 1993). By affixing stainless steel panes to the inside and outside of four vertically rotating panels, he will transform the façade into a large-scale perspectival device reflecting moving images of the street into the gallery and images of the gallery out onto the street. Visitors will be encouraged to adjust the angles of the doors, allowing them to manipulate the building/ work of art and its optical effects.
Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012
Tel. 212.431.5795, Fax 212.431.5795 info@storefrontnews.org
Gallery Hours: Wednesday Sunday, 11AM6PM
