| "Mending Peace"
by Yoko Ono | The Box Design
| Ray Johnson Memorial Exhibition |
"Microtable" by Jack Dangers
| The Pod | Devant Garde
| "Forming A Shore.." by David
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"Mending Peace for the World
for Black Mountain College"
A Participation Art Work
by Yoko Ono
Description: Originally
created in 1966, this interactive piece was updated by Ms.Ono
after Sept. 11th. Broken pottery from around the world is
placed on a table with mending supplies such as glue, tape
and string. Participants then mend the pottery as an act of
healing. Yoko Ono asks us to "keep wishing while you mend."
This participation art work has been performed in Finland,
Brazil, Belfast, Israel, Japan, Denmark, England, Scotland,
China, and many other countries. It will be performed in many
places throughout the world simultaneously on September 11th.
Further Information:
Dates: 8/30 to 9/30
(Opening Reception on 8/30 from 5pm-8pm)
Cost: Free
Sponsor: Asheville
Area Arts Council's Gallery
Memorial
Mending
Date:
9/11
Time: 8:46-10:28am*
Location: Simultaneously
at the Asheville Area
Arts Council's Gallery and the WCU
University Center
Cost: Free
Sponsors: Asheville
Area Arts Council's Gallery, WCU Art Department and The WCU
Women's Center
* American Flight 11 from Boston
crashed into the North Tower at the World Trade Center at
8:46 am and it collapsed at 10:28 am. The South Tower was
hit at 9:03 and collapsed at 10:05
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Yoko Ono
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The Box Design: A Revolutionary
Challenge or a Nostalgic Reaction? (Revisiting
the Architecture of Black Mountain College and its Bauhaus
Roots)
Description: This
exhibition explores through architectural drawings, plans
and photographs the impact of the fundamental design philosophy
that the Dessau
Bauhaus faculty brought with them to Black Mountain College.
Curated by artist Brenda Coates
Further Information:
Date: 9/7 to 10/7
Opening Reception on 9/7 from 5-7pm
Location: Black
Mountain Center for the Arts Gallery
Cost: Free
Co-sponsors: Asheville
Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and Black
Mountain Center for the Arts Gallery
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Walter Gropius
around 1930
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Ray Johnson Memorial Mailart
Exhibition
Description: A collection
of mail art from the Black Mountain College Museum & Arts
Center's archives created in honor of Ray Johnson, the inventor
of mail art and founder of the New York Correspondence School.
The new documentary about Ray Johnson "How
to Draw A Bunny" will also be screened at the festival.
From An
Illustrated Introduction to Ray Johnson:
When future historians comb
through the wreckage of our century to reconstruct a picture
of the origins of "do-it-yourself" culture, they'll reach
back before grunge, zines and punk, to the late Ray Johnson,
whose artistic use of coin-operated Xerox machines in the
early sixties are a milestone. When all of us but Elvis
are dead and gone, some sleuth inquiring "who WAS the first
Pop artist, anyway?" will undoutedly unearth Johnson's celebrity
collages of James Dean, Shirley Temple and the King himself.
It will also be discovered
that the legendary Johnson did the first happenings (he
called them "nothings") when he carefully arranged those
collages on the street. Or sat under a sun lamp until somebody
told he might get burned. Or nailed a folded Larry Poons
painting to a board. Or dropped mustard-covered dimes into
a pay phone. Need I go on?
- Mark Bloch
Further Information:
Date: 9/17 to 9/29
(closed Mondays)
Time: 1-5pm
Location: Pack
Place Gallery
Cost: Free
Co-sponsor: Black
Mountain Artspace Charter School
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"Microtable" by Jack
Dangers
Description: "Microtable"
is a sound sculpture by Jack Dangers, the veteran composer
and sound sculptor behind Meat Beat Manifesto.
As music as a constant backdrop, Jack is interested in using
modern materials to create abstract sculpture for an society
driven by need and devices. An avid record collector and driven
by musical experimentation, the microtable combines both interests
into a highly recognizable sculpture created to entertain
not confuse. The Microtable is part of the Appliance Series.
Further Information:
Date: Thursday, 9/19
Time: 5pm-8pm
Location: Pack
Place Gallery (Opening Reception)
Cost: Free |
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The Microtable
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| The Pod
Description: Inspired
by the geodesic principles pioneered by BMC teacher Buckminster
Fuller, the pod is an innovative new shelter product from
Icosa Village. Each pod is constructed by simply folding together
sheets of precision die cut material to form an attractive
icosahedron-based structure. The pods are simple to assemble
and have no heavy steel frame, delicate fabric cover, or complex
color coded assemblies.
Further Information:
Date: Thursday,
9/19
Time: 5-8pm
Location: Pack
Place Gallery (Opening Reception)
Cost: Free
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The Love Pod
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DEVANT GUARDE: A Semi-Collaborative
Project
Description: In
the spirit of Black Mountain College where people came together
to discuss and exchange ideas concerning the arts, four artists
(Tony Bradley, Gary Byrd, Larry Caveney, and Bob Ray) are
collaborating on pieces utilizing individual aesthetics to
realize new visual possibilities.
Dates: 9/22, 9/28,
9/29, 1pm-5pm or by appointment
Opening Reception on Saturday from 9/21 5pm-8pm
Location: Semi-Public,
A Space for Contemporary Art
Cost: Free
Co-sponsor: Semi-Public,
A Space for Contemporary Art
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"Forming A Shore Fit for
Pandemonium" by David Elinoff
Description: "...forming
a shore fit for Pandemonium" is an abstract work incorporating
multiple light and sound projections. The title, "...forming...",
is quoted from Robert Fitzroy, captain of the HMS Beagle,
the ship which carried naturalist Charles Darwin among the
Galapagos Islands beginning on Sept 16, 1835, and the piece
is influenced by the rhythm of the biological transmutation
of our species.
David Elinoff (b. Miami, 1970) is an intermedia art-maker
and performer. Working primarily with sound, light and space,
Mr. Elinoff creates environments for contemplation and connection.
David lives in San Francisco, CA and has created most of his
pieces in the clubs, galleries, and performance spaces of
the SF Bay Area. He has also been included in Canalogy, a
site specific exhibition on the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY.
Date: Sunday, 9/22
Time: 8pm-9pm
Location: The
Big Idea
Cost: Donations to BMCMAC |
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David Elinoff
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