Bay Buzz

Some upcoming events in The Bay Area

Season Openers

Jody Zellen
"The Unemployed" in the group exhibition "Over FLow: Horror Vacui in an age of information Abundance"
at the Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, CA
Sept. 15 - Nov. 5

Eric Leiser
Melt Gallery
7522 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles
Sept. 4 - Oct. 2

Erebuni Gallery
158 Roebling St, Brooklyn
Sept. 18 - Oct. 17

Pre-Final Fest
Rome
Oct. 17

Prolific Stimulus Package

Monica and Matt Furmanski along with their three children, set out on a year long trip around the world. Check out their Blog to follow their amazing adventures.www.furmanskiworldtour.blogspot.com

Joan Perlman
Summer - Artist in Residence in Reykjavik, Iceland
November - Ucross Foundation Residency Program, Clearmont, Wyoming.

Meridith Pingree
Scattered Logic
The Texas Firehouse in Long Island City, NY
July 25 – August 1
Awarded professional development grant from RISD
Commissioned sculpture at the BakerIE

Danial Nord
Heartbreak Hotel
Freight + Volume, New York City
August – September 12

Robert Wysock
Land, Sea, Air
Huntinton Beach Art Center
August 1 – September 6

Kal Spelletich
The Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic Pulsation Vacuo Engine Jack Hanely, New York City
August 6 – September 5
Closing party exravaganza with live music, September 3, 6 - 9 PM

Will Pappeheimer and Craig Freeman
Virta Flaeurazine
ISEA, Belfast, Ireland
August 23 – September 1

Eduardo Kac
Natural History of the Enigma
Ars Electronica
Linz, Austria, September 3- 8

Chris Csiksentmihalyi
Jennifer and Kevin McCoy
e-ArtsBeyond, eArts Festival
Shanghi, September 10- 20

Kent Anderson Butler
Florida Gulf Coast University
September 3 – October 9

Ray Rapp
Kuf/Mold, Rotterdam
September 26 – October 24, 2009

Jordan Biren
Because The Night
Chapman University, Orange, CA
October 19 – November 13

Kadet Kuhne
September 27 & 28
Live audiovisual performance at San Francisco Art Institute
sponsored by Volume Projects and Swissnex
swissnexsanfrancisco.org

October 3
Fight or Flight audiovisual installation at SOUNDWALK 2009
Long Beach, CA
soundwalk.org

October 9-17
Fight or Flight video short screening at Antimatter Film Festival
Victoria, BC
antimatter.ws

December 4
Live audiovisual performance at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
San Francisco, 8PM
sfcinematheque.org

Eileen Cowin
In Focus: Making a Scene
Getty Center
June 30 - October 18

7 Year Itch

July 6, 2002 is the seven year anniversary of my first SRL show which was part of the e-motion exhibition I curated at POST in Los Angeles. It was also the sevnth year of exhibitions at POST. The gallery continued to operate for another 3 years culminating in a 10th anniversary celebration in July 2005 of amazing shows by incrdeable artists, whata run! POST has recently re-opened after a hiatus, congratulations to Habib are in order for fireing up the engines again. Below are links to images and SRL video from e-motion including Kent Anderson Butler, Casey Hanrahan, Kristine Marx, Yucef Merhi, Erwin Redl, and James Rouvelle. I look forward to what is yet to come, SJ

http://www.hkrad.com/post/archives/pages/2002/emotion.html

http://srl.org.nyud.net:8090/shows/la/images/lademo.mov

New Prospects

After 25 years, on april 17, 2009 SRL officially moved out of the shop in San Francisco to the new headquarters north of the city in petaluma. See link below for feature article, the video is narrated by Mark Pauline.

http://sfappeal.com/culture/2009/05/the-changing-face-of-bay-area-fire-art.php

Eduardo Kac has received the Golden Nica Award for his new work,
"Natural History of the Enigma" in the field of media arts awarded by Ars Electronica. The public ceremony and Ars Electronica Gala, will take place on September 4th, 2009 in Linz, Austria.

Photos: http://www.ekac.org/nat.hist.enig.html

On the Road Again

I am now road worthy, passed my driving test. Just went through a battery of medical tests for the three month mark. Things couldnt be better, I am almost as good as new. Working on two new research projects to gear up for future shows. Going to start doing some traveling during the summer. Not many people get a second chance, I intend to make the most of mine.

Great Balls of Fire

4 years ago on April 2, 2005 SRL did a live show at Dangerous Curve in downtown Los Angeles. I am eternally grateful to have the opportunity to work with Mark Pauline and the entire SRL crew as well as Tim and Kathy from Dangerous Curve for their unwavering support. So much has evolved since then especially with the opening of Fringe in chinatown. I am extremely grateful to all the artists that ive had the good fortune to work with during the three year run of projects at Fringe in chinatown. I look forward to producing new and interesting projects next year. no doubt, the support and well wishes everyone sent my way after my medical emergency are what got me through. I am happy to be alive and well, and am completely optimistic about the future.