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21st September, 11AM-2PM
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NEW VIDEOS of the last Soapbox Event at Federal Hall on the Soapbox Event website/blog:
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From 10 May through 29 June 2008 the Hartware MedienKunstVerein Dortmund (HMKV) is presenting – in cooperation with the Ars Electronica, Linz (European Capital of Culture 2009) and with RIXC, Riga – the exhibition Waves – The Art of the Electromagnetic Society in the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund. http://www.hmkv.de/dyn/e_program_exhibitions/detail.php?nr=2990&rubric=exhibitions&

Art Exhibition
New Pertinent Event

Postmasters Gallery
New York

KRISTIN LUCAS :

If Then Else End If

20 Oct – 24 Nov 2007

Kristin Lucas succeeded in legally changing her name from Kristin Sue Lucas to Kristin Sue Lucas. In Alameda County Court, the presiding judge who granted the request said:
“So you have changed your name to exactly what it was before in the spirit of refreshing yourself as though you were a web page.”

Postmasters is pleased to announce the exhibition of new works by KRISTIN LUCAS “If Then Else End If” opening on October 20 and remaining on view until November 24. This is the artist’s third solo show with the gallery.

Positioning herself at the center of her projects, Lucas’ work addresses the complexity of our relationship to the digital realm and the psychological effects of rapid spread technology. Reversing a popular concept of infusing humanity into machines she instead applies familiar strategies of electronic media to her own life. Transformations, mutations, copies, updates, versions, and self-investigation are the focus of Lucas’ exhibition.

“Light Boxes” (digital prints on backlit film) are photographic self-portraits with special f/x makeovers wherein the body appears diseased, the virus attacking the organic matter. Lucas, the techno-martyr, is placed within surroundings infused with digital debris and artifice. The portraits translate the complex state of being either/or, all and in between: send and receive, crash and recovery, and physical and virtual in times of transition and mutability.

“Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive” is a multiple channel video projected onto roadside billboards surrounded by a desert landscape. Flaming comets, translated from pinball game graphics into laser-cut forms, pummel a landscape of cast fiberglass rocks, interlacing psychological, physical, and virtual terrains. In the videos, Lucas performs herself differently-abled, set out on an introspective journey in search of self- knowledge, while recovering from the bizarre effects of an inflamed rash, a rash that functions as an antenna for receiving Bingo call numbers. Under the care of licensed hypnotherapist, Dr. Ron Abbott, a collaborator in this lived performance, Lucas retires from her position as Bingo caller (a position that she does not actually hold) at an airport casino (that does not exist).

Also Showing: Second gallery of Postmasters presents the projects related to new Kristin.

In “Refresh” the artist receives a government-issued refresh. Kristin Lucas becomes the most current version of herself. Documentation includes a certified name change form, newspaper clipping, sketches from court hearings, and a transcript of a philosophical debate between the artist and the presiding judge over the perception of change.

Shown alongside “Refresh” is “Before and After” – a mixed media group show/installation of portrait sets of Kristin Lucas before and after her name change.

Postmasters Gallery
459 West 19th Street
(at 10th Avenue)
New York
NY 10011

Symposium on Surveillance in Contemporary ArtFriday 18 January 2008, 11am – 5pmRecital Room, South Hill Park Arts CentreRingmead, Bracknell, RG12 7PA, BerkshireThe symposium explores the ways which contemporary art has addressed theissues associated with state control, surveillance, past and present at atime of uncertainty when global terrorism highlights its controversialstatus. The invited speakers include Pam Skelton (artist and senior lecturerin Fine Art, University of Arts London) and Verena Kyselka (artist,Germany). The symposium includes a visit to the Conspiracy Dwellings andSurveillance exhibitions at South Hill Park.Call for proposalsWe welcome proposals for 25-minute papers that address the ways whichcontemporary artists have explored surveillance and totalising strategies ofsocial and political control either in their historic context or within thecontext of contemporary developments. These may include the development andapplication of advanced methods of total‚ surveillance, the introduction ofso-called emergency legislation, the practice and justification of physicaland mental torture, indefinite periods of incarceration of members oftargeted communities and groups without trial or legal representation.Please email your proposal with a short biographical statement to Dr OutiRemes at outi [dot] remes [at] southhillpark [dot] org [dot] uk [dot] The deadline for proposals is Monday 10 December 2007, 5pm.BookingsThe booking fee of £12 includes lunch and coffee/tea. Call to book: 01344484123 by Thursday 10 January 2007.The symposium is sponsored by Arts Council England.____________________________________________________________________H-ARTHISTHumanities-Net Discussion List for Art HistoryE-Mail-Liste fuer Kunstgeschichte im H-NetEditorial Board Contact Address / Fragen an die Redaktion:hah-redaktion [at] h-net [dot] msu [dot] eduSubmit contributions to / Beitraege bitte an:h-arthist [at] h-net [dot] msu [dot] eduHomepage: http://www.arthist.net____________________________________________________