Opening night for five exhibitions
at BOX 13 ArtSpace
Saturday, September 27, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 pm
September 27 through October 25, 2008
DOWNSTAIRS BOXes
Architecture of Perception
Curated by Elaine Bradford
Katy Heinlein, Rebecca Ward, Jeff Williams, Eric Zimmerman, Bari Ziperstein
what seemed a collection of artists with architectural ideas were invited to produce a sculpture heavily influenced by design.
Katy Heinlein of Houston produces new fabric draping pieces, working on an intimate scale. Rebecca Ward will be creating an installation in the grand stairwell. Jeff Williams will mess with the viewer’s perception. Eric Zimmerman created a mesmerizing light show. And Bari Ziperstein, who comes to us from Los Angeles, is creating a grouping of piñatas designed after modernist lamps, giving a nod not only to design, but also to the neighborhood surrounding Box 13.
WINDOW BOX
The WINDOW BOX got smacked hard by IKE and has no windows currently.
So Tim will join us at the BOX another time for I Saw the Light: site specific installation
Timmy sez: "Through the bars on a window, from deep inside a grotto, springing from a hole in the abyss, the rays of some-thing-ness shoot forward, disappear in the firmament, and appear again as illuminated columns." Blake?:)
UPSTAIRS BOX
Without you I'm nothing
Curated by Teresa O’Connor
Michele Monseau, Matthew Steinke, Vicki Fowler, Philip Schultze
This exhibit,(gratuitous comma) explores the non-distinction(then why make the distinction?) between virtual and actual, and how one(gratuitous use of 'one') is able to learn about and communicate with virtual worlds through the internet-that offer actual and sincere(really? actual and sincere? good grief) non-mediated views of our world(nonsense, total nonsense).
Michele Monseau (San Antonio), Matthew Steinke (New York), Vicki Fowler (Chicago), Phillip Schulte (Berlin) (why do these guys get their cities listed?)
GREEN BOX (isn't that the name of a porno?)
Drawing in Time: Recent Videos
Heather Boaz
Heather Boaz, an artist from Baltimore, videotapes herself typing with fingers dipped in charcoal, tapping out Morse code, drawings with disappearing ink and blowing dust onto paper. She repeatedly types the password to her hotmail account and William Burroughs' “Language is a virus. . .” quote.
BOX OFFICE
My Weltanschuung: Sentient Memory Reified
Rumor: A lion and a tiger were wandering around the Bolivar Peninsula after Ike.
Verdict: True.
Rumor: The photo of the surviving home in Gilchrist is a fake.
Verdict: False.
Rumor: HPD has extended the 12-6 curfew on their own indefinitely, thus enacting martial law in Houston.
Verdict: Partially true.
Rumor: If you're out of power for five days, FEMA will pay you $2,000.
Verdict: Suspicious False
Rumor: A man died from suffering 1,000 mosquito bites.
Verdict: Partially true.
Did he receive that many bites? Yes. But as far as we know, he's still ticking.
Rumor: The statue that commemorates the 1900 hurricane in Galveston was destroyed.
Verdict: Not true.
Art is still growing in Houston, with 2 new alternative spaces sprouting despite a hurricane fucking up the whole city!
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