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Tilda Swinton at CAMH!Criado na terça-feira
Steel Lounge Underground, Sept 25Criado há cerca de um mês
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Tilda Swinton and Bill Arning. Photo by Sandro Kopp
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Musiqa, a contemporary music group that takes a fresh look at the concert experience, presents work inspired by CAMH’s current exhibition, "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance." Musiqa will perform two pieces that explore the relationship between performer and technology: Luigi Nono’s "La fabricca illuminata..." for soprano and tape and Mario Davidovsky’s "Synchronism" for violin and tape. Performers include Karol Bennett, soprano, and Sean Wang, violin. Rob Smith’s ambient electronic work "Gargoyle" will serve as a prelude to the live performances.
Luigi Nono’s "La fabbrica Illuminata" (“The Illuminated Factory”) (1964) is a famous yet rarely performed work based on factory noises and conversation. The solo voice is juxtaposed with these emblems of the industrial age, which are also blended with choir and electronic sounds. Mario Davidovsky’s "Synchronisms" for solo instruments and pre-recorded tape are widely acknowledged as masterpieces of electro-acoustic music; Davidovsky was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his "Synchronism" for piano" in 1971. The virtuosic "Synchronism for violin" (1988) is the ninth of the set.
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You're invited to a lecture given by David A. Mindell, Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on November 12, 2009, 6:30 p.m. In conjunction with "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance," Mindell, one o...f the contributing authors to the exhibition catalogue and an expert on the social implications and effects of science, will discuss the cultural history of the Apollo missions.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
David A. Mindell is Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing, and Professor of Engineering Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is director of MIT’s Program on Science, Technology, and Society (STS), and founder and director of MIT’s “DeepArch” research group in technology, archaeology, and the deep sea. His research interests include the history of automation in the military, the history of electronics and computing, theories of engineering systems, deep ocean robotic archaeology, and the history of space exploration. His most recent book, Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight (MIT Press, 2008) examined the computers, automation, and software in the Apollo moon landings and their effects on human performance. He is also co-leading a 10-year collaborative project with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and the Greek Ministry of Culture to explore the deep Aegean Sea for ancient and Bronze Age shipwrecks using autonomous underwater vehicles.
Hora:quinta-feira, 12 de Novembro de 2009 18:30
Local:CAMH
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Not to be missed! Space Wiggs is an original children's musical inspired by the CAMH’s current exhibition, "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance."
Loreta Kovacic, the author, is a musician, performance artist, and a director of PAMT (Performance Art Musical Theatre for children). Space Wiggs are children who ...formed a secret society on the theme of space and space stuff. Space flight trainer Joe Parani is the voice from NASA. Artist Hana Hillerova is making moon rocks for the Space Wiggs. All actors are children currently attending Travis elementary. Come with your kids and do the "HULA DANCE IN SPACE"!
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Celebrate the opening of work by Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber. Their first museum exhibition, "Perspectives 168" features photographs by these Austin-based artists.
Opening reception: Thursday, November 5, 6:30-9:00 p.m.
Gallery walkthrough with the artists: Thursday, November 5, 6:30 p.m.
On view: No...vember 6, 2009 - February 7, 2010
Austin-based photographers Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber are fascinated by the transformations that occur when the visible world passes through the camera’s lens. Capturing an image on film, they believe, is always an uncanny process because the photograph inevitably differs from what the artist perceived at the moment of its making. Using highly manipulable, large-format box cameras and a wide range of architectural, technological, and household subjects, they create images that acknowledge the mysterious slippages, distortions, and blendings of real and unreal inherent in photography. The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is pleased to present "Perspectives 168: Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber," the first museum exhibition for these artists.
Krachey, Mallios, and Schreiber—friends and colleagues who work independently but share interests and approaches—are aware that, because of the instantaneous nature of exposures and the architecture of cameras with origins in Renaissance camera obscuras, all photographs distort appearances as they record light reflected from three-dimensional objects on a flat surface. By employing unusual framing, extreme close-ups, and idiosyncratic points of view, the artists seek to remind us of the artificial, enigmatic nature of photographic images. “We’re more interested in how the medium of photography invents something than how it records something,” says Schreiber. Subtle disturbances of perception and cognition pervade the artists’ work. Likening their images to mirages, Krachey, Mallios, and Schreiber make photographs that evoke heightened or estranged versions of the visible world.
Anna Krachey concentrates on her domestic sphere, making images of oddball objects she purchases on eBay or finds in ignored corners of her house and neighborhood. Creating a homespun Surrealism, Krachey’s work is filled with arresting juxtapositions of places and things that suggest a personal hall of mirrors in which questions about intentionality and accident, play and seriousness, abound.
Jessica Mallios studies collisions of the natural and artificial. She records architectural junctures where simulations of natural forms meet mundane industrial surfaces, and where faux finishes designed to evoke emotional responses collide with cold functionalism. Mallios also stages tabletop experiments that poetically replicate many of the dynamics of the process of making photographic images.
Adam Schreiber draws much of his imagery and inspiration from the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, a library and museum dedicated to the humanities. There, he has photographed cultural artifacts ranging from the first known photograph taken in 1826 to a variety of other industrial and historical oddities.
Photographs by Austin-based artists Anna Krachey, Jessica Mallios, and Adam Schreiber
Hora:quinta-feira, 5 de Novembro de 2009 18:30
Local:CAMH
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Curator Valerie Cassel Oliver leads a gallery walkthrough of the exhibition "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas," which closes on Sunday. Explore Jason's "Invasive Species" with the organizing curator.
Last week to see "Perspectives 167: Jason Villegas"
Hora:quinta-feira, 29 de Outubro de 2009 18:30
Local:CAMH
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September's Steel Lounge was sponsored by Premium Goods, the purveyor of sneakers for the discerning crowd, to celebrate their 5th anniversary. The evening's lineup included The ARE, Jaekim, Baby Jae of the Kracker Nutzz, and Houston songbird Michelle Thibeaux. Presented with DJ Pooks and Josh Zulu, Steel Lounge Under...ground showcases Houston’s musical diversity and talent.
Thanks to Martin Yaptangco for these great images!
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston CAMH's "The Old, Weird America" is on view at the Frye in Seattle. It's a "...jolt of originality."
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Great pics by Douglas Britt from Matthew Day Jackson's opening at CAMH last Friday.
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The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston served up free tacos to spread goodwill at Friday night's opening of Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance. Inside, the satiated guests mingled with each other ...
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Check out the Houston Press review of Jason Villegas. His work is on view at CAMH through November 1. Don't miss it!
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston It was perfect weather, delicious tacos, strong drinks, and great art at the opening for MDJ this past Friday. Thanks to everyone who made it out!
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Another reason to be "Wild About Houston": the Museum District. Channel 55 and Alton LaDay visited with CAMH director Bill Arning about tonight's show.
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Check out Douglas Britt's article on the Matthew Day Jackson exhibition, and see it for yourself tonight at the opening, 7-10pm.
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First things first: Artist Matthew Day Jackson and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Director Bill Arning are not related.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston CAMH's new exhibition, "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance," opens next Friday, so it's a good thing we got the artwork shipment today on its way from MIT where it was on view first. Be sure and mark your calendars for Friday, Oct 16, 7-10pm, for art, tacos, and friends!
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Join us for the opening reception of "Matthew Day Jackson: The Immeasurable Distance," a solo exhibition that includes sculptures, constructed paintings, objects, books, and video based on Jackson’s artist’s residency at the MIT List Visual Arts Center (LVAC) in Cambridge, MA. This exhibition was curated by Bill Arnin...g, director of CAMH, and co-organized by MIT LVAC.
Come hungry--we'll have the taco truck back to help celebrate Matthew's exhibition and Bill's curatorial debut at CAMH!
Hora:Sexta-feira, 16 de Outubro de 2009 19:00
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