ARC 2017 |
Activate, Research, Create |
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ARC, activate, research, create, follows the success of A.P.E.'s 2016 summer series 6 x 6, and introduced A.P.E.'s second curated summer program. ARC continues the investigation of a contemporary art gallery as an active space within the community. From June 26 to August 5, 2017, A.P.E. hosted four projects that consisted of collaborative performance, a textual interactive installation, video installation/live performance, and immersive sound installation. During each 1-2 week residency, artists created and shaped work in the gallery space, open to the public through a variety of workshops, performances, and interactive installations. Each project maintained a central inquiry into the relationship between the public, the work, and the space in which it is made.
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Unfinishing
Barbie Diewald and Kate Seethaler June 26 – July 1, 2017 Choreographers Barbie Diewald and Kate Seethaler seek out the post-finished dimension of a dance’s trajectory to explore what can happen to a dance after the final iteration. The two artists will bring their latest works, their research ephemera, and ten collaborating dancers into A.P.E to blur the edges of what it means to share space in order to mesh, destruct and create anew. In addition to an extended daily practice in the A.P.E. gallery, open to the public, the group will hold three evening performances that document the days’ unfinishing efforts. Additionally, the artists will create a library for audience to peruse, including a performance and rehearsal video archive, notes, and research materials. Collaborating Artists include Jennifer Bennett, Sophia Arnall, Stephanie Kellogg, Rowan Salem, Katherine Adler, Leah Fournier, Meredith Bove, Katie Martin, & Jazer Giles |
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The Debriti Show JonMarc Edwards July 7 – 22, 2017 The Debriti Show, created by JonMarc Edwards, is an interactive installation that comments on the power of language and communication. It is set in what at first appears to be an apothecary or medical marijuana dispensary, but rather than weed, it dispenses text, words and poetry. The Helvetica text is made from biodegradable materials and sold by the word, the phrase or by weight. In interaction with Debriti word tenders, attendees are encouraged to explore their relationship to language by forming a tangible relationship with text. In our current political climate and in a world where much of our communication takes place in 140 character tweets, the Debriti Show could not be more timely! |
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Sourcing the Stream
Wendy Woodson July 23 – July 29, 2017 Sourcing the stream: a video and performance residency directed by Wendy Woodson. This immersive project in video, sound, and performance looks to the stream as a timely source for inspiration, solace, reflection and reaction. Each day the artists in residence will experiment with different ways to create images in different media based on streams - their motion, patterns, colors, voices and reflections. Sourcing the Stream is created in collaboration with Chris McMillan, Forest Lockyear, Ian Spak, Katie Martin, Lauren Horn, Lucas Klinge, Madison Palffy, Molly McBride, Jen Polins, Yagil Eliraz, Zeina Nasr, Kathy Couch, Sylvia Hickman and Elena Marionne |
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Incision Objects
Jake Meginsky July 31 - August 5, 2017 Jake Meginsky's Sound Installation seeks to directly engage listeners with the normally unheard sonic properties of everyday structures and settings by using pure electronics and electro-magnetic transducers to set architectural spaces and materials into vibration. In this work, all musical elements of each piece—pitch, rhythm, duration and timbre—would be determined by the physical qualities of the vibrating objects and/or spaces themselves. In essence, this project exists as a dynamic intersection of music, sound and architecture. Sound installation: sinewaves transducers glass, metal, and gallery vibrating at resonant frequencies, in patterns determined by height and width subwoofer Performance with Katie Martin and Jenny Bennet |
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Funding for this project was provided in part from The Art Angels through the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts,
The Northampton Arts Council, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council. |