Cao Fei and the next season of Art 21

and more on her website RMB City.

Words Without Pictures: come to the program, hear artists talk, help us launch the book!

We are gearing up for another Projections program tomorrow, this one centered on current issues in contemporary photographic practice. We will hear from three fantastic Seattle artists — Margot Quan Knight, Vesna Pavlovic, and David Hartt — on their work before we head into discussion with visiting artist/curator Alex Klein. Klein edited the brand new compendium Words Without Pictures that compiles the essays, responses, and structured discussions from a year long series of online forums and live events at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Artists, scholars, critics, and curators all participated in the multi-faceted project.

Bring your credit cards, you might just want to take a copy home! Essays by Walead Beshty, Mark Wyse, George Baker, Charlotte Cotton, Alex Klein, and others. Conversations include the voices of Sarah Charlesworth, John Divola, James Welling, Sharon Lockhart, Amir Zaki, Allan McCollum, Amy Adler, Paul Graham, and many others. It’s certain to be a source book you’ll want on your shelf if you are interested in the latest developments around the medium of photography and the contemporary state of the photographic image.

Projections: Words Without Pictures is happening Thursday, June 18th, 6:30 in the Henry Auditorium. FREE for Henry members, $5 general admission.

See you there!

DXARTS 2009 BFA Thesis Exhibition

The University of Washington’s Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media will be exhibiting the thesis work of the  BFA graduates in Fremont. The Opening is tomorrow, Thursday, at 6pm in the Oddfellows Building in Fremont on the corner of Fremont and 35th.

Untitled
Erik Parr

“Works included in the exhibition explore themes of memory, temporality, perception, and the intersection of phenomena and materiality. Transforming the space will be works of light, sound, immersive installations, and experimental film. The exhibition fuses contemporary artistic practice with emerging technologies toward the creation of new experimental art forms.

Here sounding the trails upon fingertips and toes
Daphne Chu

The exhibition is undertaken by fourteen emerging artists engaged in the field of contemporary art practice and digital technology research. The exhibition marks the completion of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree through the DXARTS program and represents the culmination of various courses of artistic inquiry. DXARTS is a production-based fine arts program that focuses on the advancement of contemporary art through new and experimental technology.”

Transient
Alexis Eggertsen

seriously, check it out.
6pm. Oddfellows Building Fremont &35th.

Doris Chase tribute exhibition

The Henry’s small memorial exhibition will be closing this weekend but Friesen Gallery downtown has put together a tribute show with small sculptures and works on paper. Open now through July 4.

Artists getting some money…

Thanks 4Culture! Their individual artist project grants have been announced.

Lynn Hershman Leeson awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Former Henry exhibiting artist Lynn Hershman received a Guggenheim fellowship in support of her forthcoming documentary “Women Art Revolution: The Turbulent and (Formerly) Secret History of the Feminist Art Movement, 1968-2009″. Check out the trailer and more info here.

n°46

The hybrid periodical, Point d’ironie, recently released issue 47 of their half poster half magazine featuring photographer and installation artist Koo Jeong-A.
“ Koo Jeong-A acts through small, discreet touches on daily life, taking the most commonplace-seeming things and surrounding them with a halo of unpredictable subjectivity. Her work plays on the ephemeral nature of her installation, and on their fragility and melancholy.”

You can get a copy of the latest issue at the Henry.

Eyebeam Residencies in New York City

Through May 15, Eyebeam has an open call for their residency program.

In their words: “You’ve got big ideas. You could use a little time and money, not to mention support and inspiration, to create a visionary project. Apply now for Eyebeam’s Summer/Fall 2009 Residency cycle. Residents are granted a $5,000 stipend and 24/7 access to Eyebeam’s state of the art digital design and fabrication studios at their Chelsea facility.”

International Press for +ROOM-ROOM

Smallfish Records (U.K.) and Loop (Chile) like what they heard on our +ROOM-ROOM cd release. Congratulations Yann & Jamie!

Strange Coupling

Strange Coupling is student-run program that pairs former and current University of Washington art students to expand artistic experience, encourage communication with the Seattle Arts community, and facilitate a transitional experience for students. Ouch My Eye Gallery will be featuring an exhibition and silent auction highlighting this year’s participants, Seattle Artist Mentors, and University of Washington Student Artists.

OUCH MY EYE GALLERY
Opening Reception April 3rd 2009 6-11P.M
Silent Auction Closes at 9:30 P.M