It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this.
– Bertrand Russell
http://www.jewishjournal.com/los_angeles/article/atonement_chickens_swung_and_tossed
Author: ICI
ICI Friend, Christine Nguyen, in Exhibition
ICI Friend, Christine Nguyen, has guest curated a new exhibition exploring “slippage in time and space” at Sam Francis Gallery.
Relative Dimensions runs September 12 – October 11, 2013.
Opening reception Thursday, September 12th, 6-8pm.
ICI Friend, Pam Posey, in Exhibition
ICI friend, Pam Posey, is being featured in a new show, ELEMENTAL: Of the Earth, at Descano Gardens in La Cañada Flintridge. The exhibition “explores the artistic possibilities of soil, with works in ceramic, glass, stone, gravel and more”.
Opens Sept. 8, 2013
Protected: Associate Point System
East West Divide
The 4th Street Bridge was built in 1931 and since has connected East Los Angeles to Central and West Los Angeles.
It is an important means of transport and yet as the image at right suggests, for many, the iconic bridge represents much more.
This leaves us to ponder:
Photo Credit: Sterling Davis
- • What does the bridge reflect, in terms of culture?
- • Does this landmark act as a boundary?
- • How does the constant evolution of architecture adjust our sense of local history?
- • Do outsiders perceive large cities and functional monuments, like bridges, and local landmarks differently than locals?
- • How closely is location tied to identity?
ICI Associates in Collaboration
mixed media on paper 22 x 30 inches
Associates Antoinette LaFarge and Christel Dillbohner recently met at the Berkeley chapter of the ICI for an intensive residency called Seeing thru – Durchblicke schaffen.
They split their field research into two halves:
The first half explored possibilities for creating a modular system to generate figures and backgrounds without repetitive drawing. Using ink, paint, and acetate, they developed a variant on cell animation techniques.
The second half was a Gemeinschaftsbilder (collaborative drawing) workshop, during which they created four finished works on paper, one of which is shown here.
ICI Friends from Rise Industries in Exhibition
Works created by Michele Jaquis and Jeremy J. Quinn during their period at the Institute of Culture Inquiry, as well as solo and collaborative works by other members of Rise Industries, dealing with concepts of time and perception or the structure of time, are being featured in the show Past Tense, Future Imperfect, which opens this Saturday, July 20th, from 7-10pm, at Art Share Los Angeles.
Art Share L.A. is located in the Artist District in downtown Los Angeles,
801 E 4th Place, 90013
Show runs until September 1
Obsolete Objects
In a world of ever-evolving technology how do we decide which objects become obsolete and which remain? Is it form vs. function or is there something else that guides us?
Who decides?
New Acquisition
The Institute’s Library has generously been gifted a new book, Inventing the American Dream: A History of Curious, Extraordinary, & Just Plain Useful Patents by Stephen van Dulken.
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