After a Summer of sometimes prosaic shows, the galleries have returned to kill. (In a good way)
Brenna Murphy vibrates ecosystems tonight. She is a prime mover of the Oregon Painting Society and MSHR. This show is solely her her.
Murphy admixes ecomysticism, digital patterning, extrusion, game engine aesthetics and shading with full sound-mind-body experience. This particular installation is a series of seemingly Mayan or Chinese patterns that have been extruded as wood, plastic or glass cut shapes. Those are combined into sled-like assemblages in black, white clear and rainbow polychrome. They vary in scale from full to small toy. Some find a home on sand surfaces, an element found in earlier shows.
When we say recommended we mean it. Strongly recommended. In November the show will change into an MSHR collaboration. At UpFor Gallery www.upforgallery.com 929 NW Flanders 6PM-9 Free
Other Maps Are Such Shapes is a star show by Littman+White. They collect Anna Gray + Ryan Wilson Paulsen, Matt Hilger, Perry Doane, Sean Schumacher and Stephanie Simek in the show. The common element is measurement on experience lensed through art. Curated by Leif Anderson who has done an excellent series at the gallery over the last year. At the Littman Gallery, PSU Smith Hall, Room 250, 1825 SW Broadway. Early 5PM-8 5-8pm
It is not often an artist is afforded an opportunity to make an installation in a commercial gallery in Portland. But this month Dinh Q. Lê has. Fixing the Impermanent is a meditation on Lê's longtime sampling work and the chemical photography paper which comprised it. That paper is now passing. There is a much thicker description on the gallery website. Recommended. At Elizabeth Leach Gallery www.elizabethleach.com 417 NW 9th Map 6PM-9
Chuck Close. Usually he shows in museums. So its a tribute to Portland's Blue Sky that his work is here. Close is well known for experimental portraits. Tonight he shows a new body of work: photographic portraits printed in a digital textile loom. Recommended. Also showing is Bien de Familia by José D’Amico. It's abandoned places-themed work. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Tom Cramer is a PNCA graduate working for some time carving wood. He is also well known for his graphic murals and even has painted his trademark patterns on cars. Tonight he is back with even more stunning low relief carved wood panels. You can see the photos on the gallery website, but better yet, see them in person. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st 5PM-8
Jeff Koons is a financier who decided to become an artist. Jim Riswold is an ad man who decided to become an artist. He still maintains his ad activities, and his work mixes ad messaging theory with art messaging theory.
The ad element is hard hitting and straight forward. The art element is using his life experience as material. The visual element ties those. Riswold's day job, when he is wondering if he will live, is translating brands to words. In his show, Art for Oncologists, Riswold taps experience of 14 years of cancers, and their treatments by branded drugs. Part of the show are heart-shaped units impressed with those chemotherapy brand names. Words.
So an interesting question for readers. How does narrative matter in the art career, how much is made now, and how much is made after the artist passes. Where does the artist exist in the range of say Basquiat, and say Koons or Burroughs? How does that relate to the economic eras of their career arc and how does that relate to the economic experience of the viewer?
At Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis early close 8
PNCA is an art school. So if you are thinking on enrolling you would want to audition faculty. Tonight is a show of faculty. You can see in the atrium. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map
JShea and Stephanie Buer show Inhabitants, sculptures and photographs. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style. 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Map 7PM-10 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map closing ranges from 9PM-10:30ish
Thursday, October 03, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
October 3 Endangered
Occasionally congress kicks out a beautiful law. Whether they will ever again do so is a matter of debate.
What is a beautiful law? It is simple. It changes the course of history. It's not a Christmas tree.
The the Civil Rights Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Another is the Endangered Species Act created by president Richard Nixon in 1973. It was upheld by the Supreme Court in TVA v Hill. The majority opinion was written by conservative chief justice Warren Burger.
"As we homogenize the habitats in which these plants and animals evolved, and as we increase the pressure for products that they are in a position to supply (usually unwillingly) we threaten their - and our own - genetic heritage.
The value of this genetic heritage is, quite literally, incalculable...
From the most narrow possible point of view, it is in the best interests of mankind to minimize the losses of genetic variations. The reason is simple: they are potential resources. They are keys to puzzles which we cannot solve, and may provide answers to questions which we have not yet learned to ask."
Justice Berger closes poetically: "The lines ascribed to Sir Thomas More by [playwright] Robert Bolt are not without relevance here:
'The law, Roper, the law. I know what's legal, not what's right. And I'll stick to what's legal.... I'm not God. The currents and eddies of right and wrong, which you find such plain-sailing, I can't navigate, I'm no voyager. But in the thickets of the law, oh there I'm a forester.... What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? ... And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you - where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? ... This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast - Man's laws, not God's - and if you cut them down ... d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow them? ... Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.'"
That case was over a fish, the snail darter. Tonight Zygmunt Plater, who has focused his career on the Endangered Species Act and environmental law, speaks. In "The Curious Case of the Endangered Snail Darter", he relates the experience of successfully arguing the case before the Court.
Politics in a post-Luntz-Rove world are different. The Court is also qualitatively different. Thinkers like Lessig are hopeful.
But we are looking at significant extinctions in future years by climate change. Plater offers an optimistic story of the case in the 1970's. We hope he will contextualize that story to today, and to tomorrow, befitting beautiful law.
Endangered species at Reed College Vollum Lecture Hall, www.reed.edu 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd Map 7PM Free
What is a beautiful law? It is simple. It changes the course of history. It's not a Christmas tree.
The the Civil Rights Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Another is the Endangered Species Act created by president Richard Nixon in 1973. It was upheld by the Supreme Court in TVA v Hill. The majority opinion was written by conservative chief justice Warren Burger.
"As we homogenize the habitats in which these plants and animals evolved, and as we increase the pressure for products that they are in a position to supply (usually unwillingly) we threaten their - and our own - genetic heritage.
The value of this genetic heritage is, quite literally, incalculable...
From the most narrow possible point of view, it is in the best interests of mankind to minimize the losses of genetic variations. The reason is simple: they are potential resources. They are keys to puzzles which we cannot solve, and may provide answers to questions which we have not yet learned to ask."
Justice Berger closes poetically: "The lines ascribed to Sir Thomas More by [playwright] Robert Bolt are not without relevance here:
'The law, Roper, the law. I know what's legal, not what's right. And I'll stick to what's legal.... I'm not God. The currents and eddies of right and wrong, which you find such plain-sailing, I can't navigate, I'm no voyager. But in the thickets of the law, oh there I'm a forester.... What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? ... And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you - where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? ... This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast - Man's laws, not God's - and if you cut them down ... d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow them? ... Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.'"
That case was over a fish, the snail darter. Tonight Zygmunt Plater, who has focused his career on the Endangered Species Act and environmental law, speaks. In "The Curious Case of the Endangered Snail Darter", he relates the experience of successfully arguing the case before the Court.
Politics in a post-Luntz-Rove world are different. The Court is also qualitatively different. Thinkers like Lessig are hopeful.
But we are looking at significant extinctions in future years by climate change. Plater offers an optimistic story of the case in the 1970's. We hope he will contextualize that story to today, and to tomorrow, befitting beautiful law.
Endangered species at Reed College Vollum Lecture Hall, www.reed.edu 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd Map 7PM Free
Sunday, September 29, 2013
October 2 Exercise for Ears
Bad Blood, If Not For Kidnap, Nows Ours, Sister Spit, Tin House, YesYes Books. Each is a very cool publisher or literary presenter.
Tonight they present 52 readers of prose and poetry over 3 hours at 6 venues within walking distance.
Thorne Lounge, Common Grounds Coffee, Angelo's, Bar of the Gods, Sewick's Lounge and East Portland Eagle Lodge are hosts.
You can find out more about LitHop PDX including each venue scheduke at www.lithoppdx.com. Upper Hawthorne. 7PM-10, DJ after. Free
Tonight they present 52 readers of prose and poetry over 3 hours at 6 venues within walking distance.
Thorne Lounge, Common Grounds Coffee, Angelo's, Bar of the Gods, Sewick's Lounge and East Portland Eagle Lodge are hosts.
You can find out more about LitHop PDX including each venue scheduke at www.lithoppdx.com. Upper Hawthorne. 7PM-10, DJ after. Free
Saturday, September 28, 2013
September 28 Love Home
Architecture collects itself by virtue of its mass. No one is going to move the pyramids into a museum.
But occasionally a great effort is made, and for that we are thankful. An example is Little living room at the Met. It's a pleasure to be in if it's empty. The horizontal lines are very restful.
And sometimes heroic efforts are undertaken to move historic small buildings from one place to another like Baba Yaga's hut. Marylhurst University has done that with a Lake Oswego residence designed by Pietro Belluschi. It opens today.
Italian-born Portlander Belluschi made a mark on Portland with the Portland Art Museum, the Commonwealth Building and more. He was then selected as dean of the MIT school of architecture where he influenced a generation of architects.
Firmly in the international style of office buildings, Belluschi's residences established a Northwest style extending to today, building here of regional natural materials and with strong horizontal lines.
See an example for yourself today as the Belluschi building opens, and visit ongoing when the small 900sf home will be surely less crowded. At the Marylhurst University www.marylhurst.edu/theartgym/ Map Today 11PM-4, Sunday Noon-3 Free
Pure love. No one can argue with that. Agape BC. And Pure Love is an art show with reception tonight. Glasgow artist Sue Tompkins, truffled by Chris Johanson, shows. Bio is redic. So recommended, and continues PMOMA's curatorial arc. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7PM Free
But occasionally a great effort is made, and for that we are thankful. An example is Little living room at the Met. It's a pleasure to be in if it's empty. The horizontal lines are very restful.
And sometimes heroic efforts are undertaken to move historic small buildings from one place to another like Baba Yaga's hut. Marylhurst University has done that with a Lake Oswego residence designed by Pietro Belluschi. It opens today.
Italian-born Portlander Belluschi made a mark on Portland with the Portland Art Museum, the Commonwealth Building and more. He was then selected as dean of the MIT school of architecture where he influenced a generation of architects.
Firmly in the international style of office buildings, Belluschi's residences established a Northwest style extending to today, building here of regional natural materials and with strong horizontal lines.
See an example for yourself today as the Belluschi building opens, and visit ongoing when the small 900sf home will be surely less crowded. At the Marylhurst University www.marylhurst.edu/theartgym/ Map Today 11PM-4, Sunday Noon-3 Free
Pure love. No one can argue with that. Agape BC. And Pure Love is an art show with reception tonight. Glasgow artist Sue Tompkins, truffled by Chris Johanson, shows. Bio is redic. So recommended, and continues PMOMA's curatorial arc. At the Portland Museum of Modern Art inside Mississippi Records www.portlandmuseumofmodernart.com 5202 N Albina Map 7PM Free
Sunday, September 22, 2013
September 24 Oil and Honey
I was fortunate to encounter McKibben through local Ilahee. McKibben is one of those smart persons who sense important societal changes far in advance of others, and writes about them. He did so for the New Yorker. He does so for Middlebury College.
He is on to climate change in a serious way now. He's a Vermonter. Vermonters, Mainers and Oregonians are precise in their language and conservative in their opinions. So you couldn't find a better perspective to speak about climate change global warming.
And yes, funded media will try to take him down.
You can judge for yourself. And tonight you can hear for yourself. It's not free, but McKibben's talks are free to view all over the interwebs. And if you are a bookpers, McKibben has written a new one, Oil and Honey, adding to his excellent lit rep.
The talk tonight is a book tour talk. Admission at the upper price includes a copy. Bill McKibben speaking on his book Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist www.portland5.com/newmark-theatre/events/bill-mckibben at Newmark Theater 1111 SW Broadway 7:30PM $20-36+service charges
He is on to climate change in a serious way now. He's a Vermonter. Vermonters, Mainers and Oregonians are precise in their language and conservative in their opinions. So you couldn't find a better perspective to speak about climate change global warming.
And yes, funded media will try to take him down.
You can judge for yourself. And tonight you can hear for yourself. It's not free, but McKibben's talks are free to view all over the interwebs. And if you are a bookpers, McKibben has written a new one, Oil and Honey, adding to his excellent lit rep.
The talk tonight is a book tour talk. Admission at the upper price includes a copy. Bill McKibben speaking on his book Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist www.portland5.com/newmark-theatre/events/bill-mckibben at Newmark Theater 1111 SW Broadway 7:30PM $20-36+service charges
Saturday, September 21, 2013
September 21 Deep Indian Place
Seasonal monthly Deep is tonight. It's fierce PDXvSEA in a good way. Fun! Starts 4. Part of deepworldtour.com. Beer and wine for those 21+ otherwise all ages. At Trio Club 909 E Burnside. Doors 4PM $8 with res on the FB, $12
Kalakendra opens its season tonight with Indrajit Banerjee, sitar; Snehashish Mozumder, mandolin and Subrata Bhattacharya, tabla. If you are interested in, or curious about, Indian music these are Portland's long time event presenters. Presented by Kalakendra www.kalakendra.org. At the First Baptist Church 909 SW 11th. 7:30PM $25
Things That Aren't Safe Are is a new work by Wynde Dyer meditating on the experience of aversion therapy to people, places and things. We all have aversion reactions and they often tendril deep into us. Object and Meaning: An Exploration of Brokenness and Repair by Shelley Chamberlin is an installation performance. You may bring things to break, or that need repair. Material Concerns is a work by Jonathan Gann & Daniel Long. The description of what they are up to is lost in the artspeak press release. Finally Nicolas Reibel has video work in the screening room. At Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing. Free
Kalakendra opens its season tonight with Indrajit Banerjee, sitar; Snehashish Mozumder, mandolin and Subrata Bhattacharya, tabla. If you are interested in, or curious about, Indian music these are Portland's long time event presenters. Presented by Kalakendra www.kalakendra.org. At the First Baptist Church 909 SW 11th. 7:30PM $25
Things That Aren't Safe Are is a new work by Wynde Dyer meditating on the experience of aversion therapy to people, places and things. We all have aversion reactions and they often tendril deep into us. Object and Meaning: An Exploration of Brokenness and Repair by Shelley Chamberlin is an installation performance. You may bring things to break, or that need repair. Material Concerns is a work by Jonathan Gann & Daniel Long. The description of what they are up to is lost in the artspeak press release. Finally Nicolas Reibel has video work in the screening room. At Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing. Free
Friday, September 20, 2013
September 20 Dark Light Game Synth
We see with our eyes without seeing all. Our eyes see from what we call violet to what we call red. Beyond that is a large range of infrared and a range of ultraviolet. Some other beasts see those "colors". And we can build cameras from exotic materials on the periodic table to see those "colors".
It is sad, but it is common for some of the most fascinating technology is developed for the military. If you want to see the future pipeline, look up Arpa. And while Portland's technology development is less dominated by the war-making machinery industry than elsewhere, we have one of the major infrared camera makers in the world here. These cameras "see" heat, literally in the "dark". They do have more positive applications in medicine and in finding thermal leaks in buildings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O43iZaUY0. Tonight they are dedicated to art.
It is a reunion project by friends noted for their erotic art film, The Operation. Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas present Incident Energy tonight, a multichannel video contrasting the heat signatures of bodies and our industrial world. Jim McGinn, Portland modern dancer, and collaborator in the footage, will perform live for the opening at 8.
Incident Energy opening at Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Gaming is a fascinating world. Unfortunately I don't have the time or patience to enter. But there is innovation in the space, and some of it is interesting. In particular we need more engaging women and girls. Eventually game technology will become ubiquitous as the gateway, the experience interface, to simulation. Early work was done by a friend at Atari Labs and PARC. Since, we have environments like OpenSim, a build your own world toolkit.
From time to time a game developer will open a new twisty path in game design. That's the case with Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow, who developed Braid as a counterpoint to mainstream gameplay. He is developing a new game The Witness. He is continuously active in game criticism, experimental gaming workshops and has founded a game development venture fund.
This morning he speaks in Portland. The event is fully subscribed. Tickets are no longer available for his talk, but the video will soon be available on the Creative Mornings website. Sponsored by Portland Creative Mornings @Portland_CM at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard Doors 8:30AM, talk 9. Free
CV Modulator is a class of functions in electronic music synthesis. The basic idea is to use one musical signal to control another. With those elements, you can build a more complex sound. Tonight is CVModulation experiment and performance night in Portland. In this case, people will be doing it with analog hardware modules, often in the Eurorack format. Tonight will be a demo and give-away by 4ms Company and a live performance Marcus Fischer & Jatun accompanied by video synths. If you are interested in electronic music, or just curious, this is a gentle introduction. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM Free
It is sad, but it is common for some of the most fascinating technology is developed for the military. If you want to see the future pipeline, look up Arpa. And while Portland's technology development is less dominated by the war-making machinery industry than elsewhere, we have one of the major infrared camera makers in the world here. These cameras "see" heat, literally in the "dark". They do have more positive applications in medicine and in finding thermal leaks in buildings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=31O43iZaUY0. Tonight they are dedicated to art.
It is a reunion project by friends noted for their erotic art film, The Operation. Jacob Pander and Marne Lucas present Incident Energy tonight, a multichannel video contrasting the heat signatures of bodies and our industrial world. Jim McGinn, Portland modern dancer, and collaborator in the footage, will perform live for the opening at 8.
Incident Energy opening at Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Gaming is a fascinating world. Unfortunately I don't have the time or patience to enter. But there is innovation in the space, and some of it is interesting. In particular we need more engaging women and girls. Eventually game technology will become ubiquitous as the gateway, the experience interface, to simulation. Early work was done by a friend at Atari Labs and PARC. Since, we have environments like OpenSim, a build your own world toolkit.
From time to time a game developer will open a new twisty path in game design. That's the case with Jonathan Blow @Jonathan_Blow, who developed Braid as a counterpoint to mainstream gameplay. He is developing a new game The Witness. He is continuously active in game criticism, experimental gaming workshops and has founded a game development venture fund.
This morning he speaks in Portland. The event is fully subscribed. Tickets are no longer available for his talk, but the video will soon be available on the Creative Mornings website. Sponsored by Portland Creative Mornings @Portland_CM at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard Doors 8:30AM, talk 9. Free
CV Modulator is a class of functions in electronic music synthesis. The basic idea is to use one musical signal to control another. With those elements, you can build a more complex sound. Tonight is CVModulation experiment and performance night in Portland. In this case, people will be doing it with analog hardware modules, often in the Eurorack format. Tonight will be a demo and give-away by 4ms Company and a live performance Marcus Fischer & Jatun accompanied by video synths. If you are interested in electronic music, or just curious, this is a gentle introduction. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM Free
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
September 19 Spark Meow Pome Quants
Music and pome go together. Tonight it's Janaka Stucky and Endi Bogue Hartigan who operate as If Not For Kidnap primarily in private homes. They guest poets and musicians performing together. Tonight they mix in musician Dashenka. Stellar lineup, just sayin'. At Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 7:30 Free
I don't know any who would consider the films of Eisenstein or the Lumières as cult. But for each of us, with our visual culture learnings, there are sure to be video-films that read as ironic. Here is one for your consideration: Barbarella, filmed in 1968. At the time, actress Jane Fonda, who maintained a significant acting career for about 10 years previous, was entwined with romper director Rodger Vadim. The film is a science fiction fantasy with pre-digital special effects staring Fonda traveling the universe in her fur lined spacecraft. Seriously! Film at 4122 NE Sandy hollywoodtheatre.org/barbarella. 7:30PM $8, $5 Barbarella-themed costume
Art Spark is an artist and art producer networking event. This month Ballet Papalotl, Grand Detour Center for Experimental Media and the International Day of Dance give very short talks on what they are up to. The rest of the time is for talk and meeting. Art Spark! www.portlandartspark.com at Bar Bar 3939 N Mississippi 5PM-7 Free
Portland OR US Now operates primarily in the qualitative world, not the quantitative. So art, aesthetics, ideas and creativity are our focus. But an interest is the quantified self movement, articulated at MIT, but a worldwide experiment, including in Portland. Some of the people interested meet occasionally. Sometimes they have speakers reporting on their experiences. That would be tonight. You can see the list at www.meetup.com/PDX-Quantified-Self/events/136825772/. Portland Quantified Self at Puppet Labs 926 NW 13th Ave #210. 6PM-9 Free
I don't know any who would consider the films of Eisenstein or the Lumières as cult. But for each of us, with our visual culture learnings, there are sure to be video-films that read as ironic. Here is one for your consideration: Barbarella, filmed in 1968. At the time, actress Jane Fonda, who maintained a significant acting career for about 10 years previous, was entwined with romper director Rodger Vadim. The film is a science fiction fantasy with pre-digital special effects staring Fonda traveling the universe in her fur lined spacecraft. Seriously! Film at 4122 NE Sandy hollywoodtheatre.org/barbarella. 7:30PM $8, $5 Barbarella-themed costume
Art Spark is an artist and art producer networking event. This month Ballet Papalotl, Grand Detour Center for Experimental Media and the International Day of Dance give very short talks on what they are up to. The rest of the time is for talk and meeting. Art Spark! www.portlandartspark.com at Bar Bar 3939 N Mississippi 5PM-7 Free
Portland OR US Now operates primarily in the qualitative world, not the quantitative. So art, aesthetics, ideas and creativity are our focus. But an interest is the quantified self movement, articulated at MIT, but a worldwide experiment, including in Portland. Some of the people interested meet occasionally. Sometimes they have speakers reporting on their experiences. That would be tonight. You can see the list at www.meetup.com/PDX-Quantified-Self/events/136825772/. Portland Quantified Self at Puppet Labs 926 NW 13th Ave #210. 6PM-9 Free
September 18 Choose Your Own Photo Adventure Destination
Photographer Ansel Adams is the modern photographer that distilled Western Transcendentalist landscape photography of the 1870's and 80's. He was famous for his co-development and perfection of the Zone system. The principles are still relevant though increasingly not understood as photographers trust the brain of the in-camera digital image processor.
Someone who does understand the process, and the man, is Alan Ross. Ross was Adams' assistant. He speaks tonight of that experience and his own discoveries in photography.
At the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 6:30PM Free PAM and Newspace members, $5 students/seniors, $10
Susan de Witt is a local photographer fascinated by photographing ghosts. Her work includes the vicissitudes of chemical photography. Here is what the photographer copywrites: "My first actual encounter with ghosts was while I was in France, staying in an old convent in Cahors. It was lunchtime and I was heading across the vestibule from the dining area into the laundry, when I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of 5 monks, similarly dressed in brown cowled robes, heads down, faces hidden, sweeping the floor in unison. I have absolutely no doubt that they were there - I was not afraid - and during my stay there over the next two weeks, I had other visitations from an old woman, who I later learned had died there. She simply terrified me.
Heavy sleep often brings me these surreal encounters, fading in and out of clarity - a mirage of sorts. So real are these visions that I can mistake their questionable authenticity for that of certainty. My mind allows me to see the possibilities and partake in the moment. I recall fragments of my dreams here, fleeting moments that have stayed with me.
Serendipity plays a part when I print with with chemicals. Often unrepeatable results appear before me on the paper, results that excite me in their unpredictability. I appreciate the pen-and-ink-drawing quality that lith provides me; reality disappears from the page, bringing forth an illusion for the viewer, a misrepresentation of accuracy. All of my composites are done in the darkroom, where absurdity takes precedence over actuality."
A free brown bag lunch talk organized by the Portland Art Museum Photography Council. At Portland Art Museum, Masonic Temple Building, Miller Gallery. 1219 SW Park Noon Free
We love DIY, as you have noticed. DIY as a destination is back as a participatory craft event tonight. There will be a live interview of Rebecca Lerner, author of Dandelion Hunter. Music by DJ Daddy Issues. A trivia contest. But best, it's an opportunity to bring your crafts and craft together with cool friendly people. Organized by, hosted by and generally made awesome by Julie Sabatier, creator of www.destinationdiy.org at adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-9 $3-5 comestibles included
Someone who does understand the process, and the man, is Alan Ross. Ross was Adams' assistant. He speaks tonight of that experience and his own discoveries in photography.
At the Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park 6:30PM Free PAM and Newspace members, $5 students/seniors, $10
Susan de Witt is a local photographer fascinated by photographing ghosts. Her work includes the vicissitudes of chemical photography. Here is what the photographer copywrites: "My first actual encounter with ghosts was while I was in France, staying in an old convent in Cahors. It was lunchtime and I was heading across the vestibule from the dining area into the laundry, when I stopped dead in my tracks at the sight of 5 monks, similarly dressed in brown cowled robes, heads down, faces hidden, sweeping the floor in unison. I have absolutely no doubt that they were there - I was not afraid - and during my stay there over the next two weeks, I had other visitations from an old woman, who I later learned had died there. She simply terrified me.
Heavy sleep often brings me these surreal encounters, fading in and out of clarity - a mirage of sorts. So real are these visions that I can mistake their questionable authenticity for that of certainty. My mind allows me to see the possibilities and partake in the moment. I recall fragments of my dreams here, fleeting moments that have stayed with me.
Serendipity plays a part when I print with with chemicals. Often unrepeatable results appear before me on the paper, results that excite me in their unpredictability. I appreciate the pen-and-ink-drawing quality that lith provides me; reality disappears from the page, bringing forth an illusion for the viewer, a misrepresentation of accuracy. All of my composites are done in the darkroom, where absurdity takes precedence over actuality."
A free brown bag lunch talk organized by the Portland Art Museum Photography Council. At Portland Art Museum, Masonic Temple Building, Miller Gallery. 1219 SW Park Noon Free
We love DIY, as you have noticed. DIY as a destination is back as a participatory craft event tonight. There will be a live interview of Rebecca Lerner, author of Dandelion Hunter. Music by DJ Daddy Issues. A trivia contest. But best, it's an opportunity to bring your crafts and craft together with cool friendly people. Organized by, hosted by and generally made awesome by Julie Sabatier, creator of www.destinationdiy.org at adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-9 $3-5 comestibles included
Monday, September 16, 2013
September 16 Space Martini
This is primarily a visual arts and sometime performing arts blog. But we have many many interests. So sometimes we will throw something interesting in here. This is that.
There are many final frontiers and space is one. Although the fundamental relationship between gravity and the energy to overcome it is unchanged, fundage is flowing from previously dedicated government sources and now venture capital into space.
That's the theme of tonight's panel: Space: Are We There Yet? presented in Seattle by the MIT Enterprise Forum. Douglas King from the Museum of Flight moderates a panel comprising Will Pomerantz, Vice President for Special Projects at Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic; Chris Lewicki, President & Chief Engineer, Planetary Resources; and Joe Landon, Managing Director, Space Angels Network. These individuals want to fly you into space, mine asteroids and finance it all. All very frothy.
One forecast proposes eleven thousand individuals will pay for spaceflights in the next ten years. Planetary Resources has put together a very interesting team to go where no miner has gone before.
Commercial space talk by www.mitwa.org/events/enterprise-forum-program/space-are-we-there-yet at the Museum of Flight 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle 5:30PM-8:15 $60
Music, so many styles. Portland musicians Pink Martini specialize in pop music standards from some time back, when it was economically feasible to hire a large group of musicians to play or even record live. The started playing in retirement homes, and for progressive benefits. Over the years they have been very generous and compassionate in finding very talented vocalists time has forgotten and reviving their careers. Tonight they perform an absolutely free concert with a string section and some outstanding guest vocalists, including a Japanese businessman's karaoke choir, Meow Meow, and the great grandchildren Von Trapp Family. Recommended. The Pink Martini at Portland Pioneer Square 6PM Free
There are many final frontiers and space is one. Although the fundamental relationship between gravity and the energy to overcome it is unchanged, fundage is flowing from previously dedicated government sources and now venture capital into space.
That's the theme of tonight's panel: Space: Are We There Yet? presented in Seattle by the MIT Enterprise Forum. Douglas King from the Museum of Flight moderates a panel comprising Will Pomerantz, Vice President for Special Projects at Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic; Chris Lewicki, President & Chief Engineer, Planetary Resources; and Joe Landon, Managing Director, Space Angels Network. These individuals want to fly you into space, mine asteroids and finance it all. All very frothy.
One forecast proposes eleven thousand individuals will pay for spaceflights in the next ten years. Planetary Resources has put together a very interesting team to go where no miner has gone before.
Commercial space talk by www.mitwa.org/events/enterprise-forum-program/space-are-we-there-yet at the Museum of Flight 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle 5:30PM-8:15 $60
Music, so many styles. Portland musicians Pink Martini specialize in pop music standards from some time back, when it was economically feasible to hire a large group of musicians to play or even record live. The started playing in retirement homes, and for progressive benefits. Over the years they have been very generous and compassionate in finding very talented vocalists time has forgotten and reviving their careers. Tonight they perform an absolutely free concert with a string section and some outstanding guest vocalists, including a Japanese businessman's karaoke choir, Meow Meow, and the great grandchildren Von Trapp Family. Recommended. The Pink Martini at Portland Pioneer Square 6PM Free
Saturday, September 14, 2013
September 12-22 Time Based Art
The annual festival of performance also has visual arts. I always recommend their evening programs at the works, it is a great opportunity to chat with creative people. You can find all the details on the PICA website and stop by their evening art and performance venue 2170 NW Raleigh.
Friday, September 06, 2013
September 6 Eastside Art Openings
Photographer Delaney Allen presents A personal Nature. Allen is a 2010 minted PNCA MFA with a strong body of landscape, alternative portraits and still lifes. The work hews to minimal surrealism. An artist that is capable of showing beyond Portland and who is represented by Nationale. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map Free
Camera Work:Contemporary Portraiture opens at tonight. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Chris Johanson, Acharya Vyakul and Chris Corales show together in intimate space tonight. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213 6PM-9
Jessie Sugarman has video work California City opening tonight. California City is a huge area planned by land speculators anticipating it to be on the route of the California aqueduct. The aqueduct took another route, leaving much of California City a ghost suburb. Recommended, as always. At Portland's only member of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 11AM-6PM Weekends, 6PM-9 tonight
Theodore Blackshear Bowen will be doing live painting tonight. At Manchus Clothing www.machusonline.com 542 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Steel + Ink is a show of Portland axes which have been customized by five Portland tattoo artists. Trust repurposed used axes and asked five Portland tattoo artists to adorn their heads with weldbead, etching, grinding and to modify the handles. Mark Mirocha and Ian Orion show photographs, Julie Everhart has prints. Eatcho has made a mural. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late Free
Pacific Midwest is a show by Milwaukee photographers who go by Milwaukee, - "Milwaukee Comma". At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9 Free
Remake: the world in paper are miniature sculptures of everyday objects by Tae Won Yu. Poses, Tae's band also performs. At Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 6PM-8
ADX has photographer Tim Roth with Vertex. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map
Camera Work:Contemporary Portraiture opens at tonight. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Chris Johanson, Acharya Vyakul and Chris Corales show together in intimate space tonight. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213 6PM-9
Jessie Sugarman has video work California City opening tonight. California City is a huge area planned by land speculators anticipating it to be on the route of the California aqueduct. The aqueduct took another route, leaving much of California City a ghost suburb. Recommended, as always. At Portland's only member of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 11AM-6PM Weekends, 6PM-9 tonight
Theodore Blackshear Bowen will be doing live painting tonight. At Manchus Clothing www.machusonline.com 542 E Burnside 7PM-10 Free
Steel + Ink is a show of Portland axes which have been customized by five Portland tattoo artists. Trust repurposed used axes and asked five Portland tattoo artists to adorn their heads with weldbead, etching, grinding and to modify the handles. Mark Mirocha and Ian Orion show photographs, Julie Everhart has prints. Eatcho has made a mural. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late Free
Pacific Midwest is a show by Milwaukee photographers who go by Milwaukee, - "Milwaukee Comma". At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9 Free
Remake: the world in paper are miniature sculptures of everyday objects by Tae Won Yu. Poses, Tae's band also performs. At Buy Olympia's Land Gallery www.landpdx.com 3925 N Mississippi 6PM-8
ADX has photographer Tim Roth with Vertex. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map
Thursday, September 05, 2013
September 5 Westside Art Openings
RECESS continues its Emerging Tactics series at the Littman and White Galleries at Portland State University. At the end of the day, at least we have each other opens tonight. The artists, Cassie Thornton, Ariana Jacob and the Lower Mainland Painting Co., will evolve the work over the month, social practice styley. At Littman and White Galleries, PSU Smith Hall, 2nd Floor, 1828 SW Broadway. 5PM-9 Free
D E May presents Memory of Line: Grids, Templates and Miniatures. May is strongly representational of the early outsider sculpture presented by the Jamison Thomas gallery from which PDX branched. It's quiet and minimal. At PDX Contemporary Art www.pdxcontemporaryart.com 925 NW Flanders Map early close 8PM Free
The other child of the Jamison gallery is the Froelick Gallery which has Briar Roses by master illustrator and printmaker, Sarah Horowitz from Portland and Alfred Harris from Seattle with Hope and Glory. The former are finely executed botanical illustrations, the latter abstract, maybe map-like painting-collages. The artists speak in the gallery September 14 at 11. At Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 6PM-8 Feee
Alejandra Laviada from Mexico City has two bodies of work, Broken and Photo Sculptures. None of the Above are a series of portraits by Gregg Segal. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9 Free
PNCA is in session and tonight shockingly lists its shows not just the show at the finely curated Feldman. The Feldman has Feelings and How to Destroy Them by A.L. Steiner. There is a sure to be sprawling faculty biennial. Faculty member Teresa Christiansen, recent NYC transplant, presents photographs Portland Porches. Crowdsourcing Revenge (justified by comments) is fiber sculpture by mid-year MFA student Lauren Seiffert. The Closest Exit May Be The One Behind You is another mid-year MFA activity by Mario Gallucci in the Manuel Izquierdo. Finally in the secret lodge-gallery is a show Ginger Group by secret artists. Yes there is a link on the announcement leading to the secret PNCA website homeroom. No indication if there is a secret opening for the secret show. PNCA, you are improving your announcements, but there is room for improvement. The Lodge Gallery, the MFA show space is at 1532 SW Morrison and open normal business hours. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-10 Free
Mhak, Masahiro Akutagawa from Tokyo, presents Interdeco, paintings and functional objects using the same patterns. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style. 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Map 7PM-10 Free
Hair Show by Amyisla Mccombie, Grim Wilkins, Emma Leonard, David Bray, Amanda Mocci, Jenny Liz Rome, Autumn Rose Northcraft, Jessica McCourt, Laith McGregor, Andi Soto and Eveline Trauadjaja opens tonight. We all have it, and some are obsessed with it, so seemingly prosaic, it's a perfect vehicle for art. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10 Free
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map Free
Way up on NW 21st is one of Portland's classic galleries, the Laura Russo Gallery, heir to the original Portland contemporary gallery, Arlene Schnitzer's Fountain. This month they have Portland painter Eric Stotik, known for mythic paintings, sometimes surreal, riddles enigma wrapped. Anne Siems from Seattle has ceremony, paintings often in wax medium of parents and children. At Laura Russo Gallery www.laurarusso.com 805 NW 21st early close 5PM-8 Free
Friday, August 30, 2013
August 31 Impact That Bell
Points of Impact is a house show of Portland artists Leif Anderson, Lori Gilbert and J.P. Huckins. They are good from personal connections and the curation of this small space is good from same. So see it. Presented by Bell Curve, bellcurveproject.tumblr.com, a Brooklyn-apartment-style gallery in a private living space. One night. Recommended. Be polite and respect it. At 2819 NE Flanders #2 7PM-late Free
Thursday, August 22, 2013
August 23 Donut Donut
Supportland and Portland Made are opportunities for Portland crafty vixens to collaborate and find customers. They were created by Katrina Scotto di Carlo. She speaks this morning as part of the always excellent Creative Mornings. Oh, Creative Mornings includes free donuts too. Tickets are no longer available for her talk, but the video will soon be available on the Creative Mornings website. Sponsored by Portland Creative Mornings at Ziba Design Auditorium www.ziba.com 810 NW Marshall Map Doors 8:30AM, talk 9. Free
Weepy Donuts: The Kratom Kids is a show by Cameron Soren and Melissa Sachs with Aventa Garden. All very high concept and perky. It's at At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-11:30 Free
Weepy Donuts: The Kratom Kids is a show by Cameron Soren and Melissa Sachs with Aventa Garden. All very high concept and perky. It's at At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-11:30 Free
Sunday, August 18, 2013
August 23-24 How to Freeze a Moment
We have met photographer Gregory Crewdson over an artistic dinner and heard him explain his process. We like. That's why we have mentioned him a few times here.
Tonight and tomorrow you have an opportunity to get the film version. Brief Encounters is a documentary that shows Crewdson at work. Not only is Crewdson a brilliant creative artist, but he has been supportive of his students, launching several significant careers, such as that of Justine Kurland, and an entire genre of photography. Curious if the film includes his Sanctuary work, a recent change in direction.
Friday, Portland Art Museum's photography curator Julia Dolan will give a 20-minute presentation before, film 7:30. Saturday, Reed curator Stephanie Synder, who has brought Crewdson's work and the artist himself to Portland, introduces the film. The Portland Art Museum's Bruce Guenther curated a Crewdson work featured in the film into the excellent Disquieted exhibition in 2010. Recommended and especially strongly recommended for photographers.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters at the Portland Art Museum Northwest Film Center Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park 7PM $9/$8 Student, senior, museum members
Tonight and tomorrow you have an opportunity to get the film version. Brief Encounters is a documentary that shows Crewdson at work. Not only is Crewdson a brilliant creative artist, but he has been supportive of his students, launching several significant careers, such as that of Justine Kurland, and an entire genre of photography. Curious if the film includes his Sanctuary work, a recent change in direction.
Friday, Portland Art Museum's photography curator Julia Dolan will give a 20-minute presentation before, film 7:30. Saturday, Reed curator Stephanie Synder, who has brought Crewdson's work and the artist himself to Portland, introduces the film. The Portland Art Museum's Bruce Guenther curated a Crewdson work featured in the film into the excellent Disquieted exhibition in 2010. Recommended and especially strongly recommended for photographers.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters at the Portland Art Museum Northwest Film Center Whitsell Auditorium, 1219 SW Park 7PM $9/$8 Student, senior, museum members
August 21 Romeo et Juliet
Shakespeare, what can we say that hasn't been?
So let's get directly to the red meat. In 1996, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann made a version set in Southern California's gang lands. Some of the most redic production design you will ever see. That works well for the Fin de Cinema series. The film shows with subtitles while musicians Magic Fades, Grammies (members of Shy Girls) and Soul Ipsum provide a live soundtrack. Fin de Cinema at Holocene www.holocene.org 1001 SE Morrison 8:30PM $5 advance, 8 door
So let's get directly to the red meat. In 1996, filmmaker Baz Luhrmann made a version set in Southern California's gang lands. Some of the most redic production design you will ever see. That works well for the Fin de Cinema series. The film shows with subtitles while musicians Magic Fades, Grammies (members of Shy Girls) and Soul Ipsum provide a live soundtrack. Fin de Cinema at Holocene www.holocene.org 1001 SE Morrison 8:30PM $5 advance, 8 door
August 20 People Who Live In Glass Cities Don't Throw Stones
Andi Kovel is principal of Esque Studio. It's a hot glass shop that blows vessels. They are well known for artistic collaborations. They even cohosted a dinner helmed by Naomi Pomeroy in which their kilns were used to roast oysters. At 2000 degrees, it took seconds. Tonight Kovel talks about her process taking concepts from design to production. A presentation of the Curiosity Club, you can tune into the free live webcast off the Core77 site or visit the talk and demonstration in person at Hand Eye Supply www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club 23 NW 4th 6PM Free
August 18 Crypto Backyard Yeti Research
Research Club hosts talks over a pot luck brunch. Today it's Steven Joiner lensing his experiences in Japan through an analogy with sumo wrestling. Catherine Nikolovski talks about her project Hack Oregon, where software programmers work for social good. Bring some vegetarian or vegan-friendly food, a plate, cup and utensils, and yourself. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map Noon-2 Free
Crypto Party continues as relevant as ever. Bring a laptop, USB drive, pen and paper and a curious mind, minimum of two. Crypto Party www.cryptoparty.in/portlandoregon at the Hawthorne Lucky Lab 915 SE Hawthorne 2PM-4 Free
Yetis are real. And Yeti is a journal of original writing accompanied by a recording of rare music. Labor of love by former Portlander Mike McGonigal. McGonigal is publisher of books and tonight curator of videos. The theme tonight is videos from the 1970's-1980's rhythm and blues, disco, house and techno. hollywoodtheatre.org/happy-made-me-hardcore-yeti-bootleg-9/ At the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
The backyard series of talks, Yardwork, continues this evening. A small number of individuals gather at a private home, in the back yard, to hear a creative discussion, question and contribute. The speakers tonight are Kerri Rosenstein and Sam Slater speaking on presence, generosity, and reciprocity. If you do your research on Portlandyardwork on the Facebook and private message the organizer, you may be able to attend. Bring a blanket to sit on, refreshments to share. It will be fascinating! 9PM Free
Crypto Party continues as relevant as ever. Bring a laptop, USB drive, pen and paper and a curious mind, minimum of two. Crypto Party www.cryptoparty.in/portlandoregon at the Hawthorne Lucky Lab 915 SE Hawthorne 2PM-4 Free
Yetis are real. And Yeti is a journal of original writing accompanied by a recording of rare music. Labor of love by former Portlander Mike McGonigal. McGonigal is publisher of books and tonight curator of videos. The theme tonight is videos from the 1970's-1980's rhythm and blues, disco, house and techno. hollywoodtheatre.org/happy-made-me-hardcore-yeti-bootleg-9/ At the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
The backyard series of talks, Yardwork, continues this evening. A small number of individuals gather at a private home, in the back yard, to hear a creative discussion, question and contribute. The speakers tonight are Kerri Rosenstein and Sam Slater speaking on presence, generosity, and reciprocity. If you do your research on Portlandyardwork on the Facebook and private message the organizer, you may be able to attend. Bring a blanket to sit on, refreshments to share. It will be fascinating! 9PM Free
Saturday, August 17, 2013
August 17 Deep Bell Place
Deep is an 'specially-good Summer month b-boy b-girl meetup and competition. Starts 4. Part of deepworldtour.com. Beer and wine for those 21+ otherwise all ages. At Trio Club 909 E Burnside. Doors 4PM $8 with res on the FB, $15 otherwise
We love the best of curation no matter where the work is shown. Last month we stopped by to see work selected by an individual who is responsible for bringing Portland State University's Littman and White Galleries into the current Portland art era. Tonight artists Perry Doane, Maria Lewis and Manny Reyes show. Presented by Bell Curve, a Brooklyn-apartment-style gallery in a private living space. Recommended. At 2819 NE Flanders #2 7PM-late Free
Place opens Material Concerns by Jonathan Gann and Daniel Long. They continue Event Horizon: living on the edge by Liz Harris and Mask Tape Project by Tim Combs. All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing. Free
We love the best of curation no matter where the work is shown. Last month we stopped by to see work selected by an individual who is responsible for bringing Portland State University's Littman and White Galleries into the current Portland art era. Tonight artists Perry Doane, Maria Lewis and Manny Reyes show. Presented by Bell Curve, a Brooklyn-apartment-style gallery in a private living space. Recommended. At 2819 NE Flanders #2 7PM-late Free
Place opens Material Concerns by Jonathan Gann and Daniel Long. They continue Event Horizon: living on the edge by Liz Harris and Mask Tape Project by Tim Combs. All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
At the same location, the Mark Woolley Gallery and People's Art of Portland will likely be eventing. Free
Thursday, August 15, 2013
August 16 Ending Corners
Minimalist sculptor Courtney Kemp presents At The Ending, On All Corners. She has been with Ditch Projects which is a strong recommendation. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
Wednesday, August 07, 2013
August 10 Art Hot Mess
Paintalica is to painting as punk is to music. They do sculpture, think John Chamberlain using inexpensive building materials, then paint on that too. Daniel Attoe here is founding principal with a rotating cast of artists that gather, often working 24 or more hours endurance-style making a grand mess. They take over Rocksbox and create chaos. Well worth seeing and always great conversations to be had with local artists who visit Rocksbox openings. At Rocksbox Fine Art www.rocksboxfineart.com 6540 N Interstate Map 8PM-11 Free
August 9 Black Shack Enchanted Music
If you think Portland is weird, try Oregon. We are a state of individualists and innovators in art, food, land, literature, politics and roadside attractions. One example is the Enchanted Forest, a rustic amusement park themed on Oregon forests and logging. And weird combines today with music in the form of the Great Idea at Enchanted Forest where Portland musicians perform live at places in the attraction. The bands are The Builders and the Butchers, Sons of Huns, Rollerball, Thrones, And And And, L’Orechestra D’Incroyable, The Sorry Devils, Phantom, Daniel Rafn, The Weather Machine, Rollie Fingers, Aaron Shay, Will O’The Wisp, The Smiles, Axolotl DayDream, Electon Year, Lone Marone and Dan Mahoney. It's a great collection of independent bands and intimate audiences in a special Oregon spot. The Great Idea www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-Idea-at-Enchanted-Forest/105417449508623 at the Enchanted Forest 8462 Enchanted Way SE, Turner, Oregon. Gates 10AM. Music Noon-8. Rides $2-$4 extra. Noon-8 $20
RECESS presents The Black Shack an installation by Marshall Astor. You can read the description on the web site and from that it sounds like it's interactive. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 8PM-10 Free
RECESS presents The Black Shack an installation by Marshall Astor. You can read the description on the web site and from that it sounds like it's interactive. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 8PM-10 Free
August 8 Maybe That's Your Black Wagon
The Place Interim Series presents Maybe. It is a gap show by Mami Takahashi, Chloé Womack, Chris Freeman, Stacey Villalobos, Will Elder, Ebin Lee, (María) Petra Fortes-schramm, Jakob Vala and Katie Yancey. Curated by Mark Martinez. Place does these one week shows in one gallery alternating with their 3-4 week mainline shows. There will be a panel discussion on the show Saturday August 10th, 4PM. Maybe opening at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 6PM-9 Free
Black Wagon celebrates its 8th anniversary with art by Lev Montague. That's coincident with several businesses having art shows on Mississippi on the second thursday of the month. Albina Press, Backtalk, Flutter, Good, Optik, Mississippi Chiropractic and Paxton Gate participate. At Black Wagon blackwagon.com 3964 N Mississippi Map 6PM-9 Free
Black Wagon celebrates its 8th anniversary with art by Lev Montague. That's coincident with several businesses having art shows on Mississippi on the second thursday of the month. Albina Press, Backtalk, Flutter, Good, Optik, Mississippi Chiropractic and Paxton Gate participate. At Black Wagon blackwagon.com 3964 N Mississippi Map 6PM-9 Free
Monday, August 05, 2013
August 5 Video by Others
Getting to Know You(Tube) hosts Sarah Meadows, Nina Reynolds and Sean Schumacher tonight. Each artist has selected 10-15 minutes of favorites made by others on YouTube. At Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
Saturday, August 03, 2013
August 3 Blue Bell Control
Blue Moon Camera is Portland's last bastion of chemical photography. They sell all kinds of vintage cameras, lenses, enlargers, projectors, darkroom gear and even film. They are very passionate about the old methods and rightly so.
So you would expect that their staff would actually be photographers themselves and you would be right.
Once a year they exhibit staff work in a big show. See Blue Moon Camera www.bluemooncamera.com at Eastbank Commerce Center 1001 SE Water 6PM-9 Free
State of Scheme is a show by Will Bruno, Jenny Vu, Kelly Wakefield and Katie Yancey. Presented by Bell Curve, Brooklyn-apartment style. At 2819 NE Flanders #2 7PM-late Free
Control Voltage celebrates an anniversary tonight. Ewe of Now and Oligopolist Records local artists Montgomery Word, Tough Fuzz, Floral make some electronic music. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM Free
So you would expect that their staff would actually be photographers themselves and you would be right.
Once a year they exhibit staff work in a big show. See Blue Moon Camera www.bluemooncamera.com at Eastbank Commerce Center 1001 SE Water 6PM-9 Free
State of Scheme is a show by Will Bruno, Jenny Vu, Kelly Wakefield and Katie Yancey. Presented by Bell Curve, Brooklyn-apartment style. At 2819 NE Flanders #2 7PM-late Free
Control Voltage celebrates an anniversary tonight. Ewe of Now and Oligopolist Records local artists Montgomery Word, Tough Fuzz, Floral make some electronic music. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 7PM Free
Friday, August 02, 2013
August 2 Eastside Art Openings
Haunt has photographs by Miranda Lehman. Lehman has a wide range, including fashion. At Haunt www.hauntstudio.blogspot.com 811 E Burnside Suite #113 7PM-9
Redux has Release, the last show at the store curated by Greg Pitters of Hungry Eyeball. He has invited some of his favorite artists, Amy Lynn Morrison, Bwana Spoons, Chelsea Stephen, Eat Cho, Ian Anderson, Kinoko Cascadia, Mark Quemada, Rebecca Artemisa, Scrappers and Tripper Dungan. Fun! At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside
Nationale continues Those Hidden Eyes by Brandon Chuesy, collage-influenced paintings. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map
You can see Color: Photography Now, exactly what it sounds like. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Jennifer Levonian does mixed media sculpture and other things contemporaneously. That combines with lost artist Pearl Blauvelt who lived on the crux of the 19th and 20th century. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213 Free
All at 811 East Burnside Map
Home:Bass has trademark murals, urban outsider-style paintings and anime influenced work, with DJ's to accompany it all. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
Henry Horenstein shows photographs, Animalia, lush monochromes of animals. Robbie McClaran shows Here On, a meditation on changes in her home town. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Joni Kabana presents The Market Workers, photographs from Ethiopian markets. An international NGO worker, Kabana has engaged great opportunities to make images all over the world as participant not spectator. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Ilan Manouach opens Laws Of Closure at Homeland. The reception is not until August 22. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6PM-9 Free
Sketch To Finish is a show of illustrations stage-wise from idea to final. Illustrators Logan Neitzel, Peter Line, Justin Fry, Geffen Rafaeli, Arsenio Torres and CW Mihlberger reveal their process. Music by the Bobby Torres Ensemble. At Nemo Design www.studionemo.com 1875 SE Belmont 6PM-10 Free
Baba Wagué Diakité is a long time resident of Portland from Mali. Calm in Chaos is a new show of ceramic disks glazed in black and white patterns, unusual, Wague is known for bright colors. Mali has been involved in a coup and rebellion in the Northern part of the country. The primarily Taureg area has a long-running Azawad nationalism movement. The blowback from the Libyan revolution conflagrated fighting with weapons and idle fighters, disturbing Mali's long history of peaceful democracy. Why can't people just get along? All of that turmoil in his home country has inspired this work. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Redux has Release, the last show at the store curated by Greg Pitters of Hungry Eyeball. He has invited some of his favorite artists, Amy Lynn Morrison, Bwana Spoons, Chelsea Stephen, Eat Cho, Ian Anderson, Kinoko Cascadia, Mark Quemada, Rebecca Artemisa, Scrappers and Tripper Dungan. Fun! At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside
Nationale continues Those Hidden Eyes by Brandon Chuesy, collage-influenced paintings. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map
You can see Color: Photography Now, exactly what it sounds like. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Jennifer Levonian does mixed media sculpture and other things contemporaneously. That combines with lost artist Pearl Blauvelt who lived on the crux of the 19th and 20th century. At Adams and Ollman Gallery www.adamsandollman.com 811 E Burnside #213 Free
All at 811 East Burnside Map
Home:Bass has trademark murals, urban outsider-style paintings and anime influenced work, with DJ's to accompany it all. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 Free
Henry Horenstein shows photographs, Animalia, lush monochromes of animals. Robbie McClaran shows Here On, a meditation on changes in her home town. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map 6PM-9
Joni Kabana presents The Market Workers, photographs from Ethiopian markets. An international NGO worker, Kabana has engaged great opportunities to make images all over the world as participant not spectator. At Pushdot Studio www.pushdotstudio.com 2505 SE 11th Avenue Suite 104 6PM-9
Ilan Manouach opens Laws Of Closure at Homeland. The reception is not until August 22. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6PM-9 Free
Sketch To Finish is a show of illustrations stage-wise from idea to final. Illustrators Logan Neitzel, Peter Line, Justin Fry, Geffen Rafaeli, Arsenio Torres and CW Mihlberger reveal their process. Music by the Bobby Torres Ensemble. At Nemo Design www.studionemo.com 1875 SE Belmont 6PM-10 Free
Baba Wagué Diakité is a long time resident of Portland from Mali. Calm in Chaos is a new show of ceramic disks glazed in black and white patterns, unusual, Wague is known for bright colors. Mali has been involved in a coup and rebellion in the Northern part of the country. The primarily Taureg area has a long-running Azawad nationalism movement. The blowback from the Libyan revolution conflagrated fighting with weapons and idle fighters, disturbing Mali's long history of peaceful democracy. Why can't people just get along? All of that turmoil in his home country has inspired this work. At Eutectic Gallery www.eutecticgallery.com 1930 NE Oregon 6PM-9
Thursday, August 01, 2013
August 1 Westside Art Openings, Science for the People, Once Upon a Girl
1989 is a long time ago in art time and a long time in culture time. That was the year that filmmaker dad, James Benning, gave his high school daughter, Sadie Benning, a Pixelvision toy video camera. She was establishing her gender identity and pondering lesbian crushes. That age is an intense time for figuring out many dimensions of identity. Even today, almost 25 years later, the country is struggling to establish its identity on the topic.
Sometimes the toy industry gets it right and produces something beyond amazing. In 1989, video camera recorders were bulky and expensive, about $2000 in today's dollars. The Fisher Price Pixelvision brought the price to $100 with a grainy black and white toy video camera that recorded on audio cassettes. It became a popular camera for video artists, many of whom found them at garage sales.
Tonight you can see five of Sadie Benning's early Pixelvision films: Living Inside, 1989, Me and Rubyfruit, 1990, If Every Girl Had a Diary, 1990, A Place Called Lovely, 1991 and Girlpower, 1992. Many were video diaries Benning made and narrated in her room. They are touching in-camera works.
Benning continues making video and paints. She also cofounded the band Le Tigre in the late 1990's. Making political dance music fun.
Benning's videos are not available on the Internet, thought there are short previews at www.vdb.org/artists/sadie-benning. But tonight you can see them in their entirety at YU. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th 7:30PM Free
For all history, and maybe that of our evolutionary predecessors, we have looked out on the moon, stars - space. How we would live in space was a dream in fiction. Military missile technology grew up, launching satellites, and eventually us, into space. That engendered the high frontier movement imagining space colonies, huge rotating stations generating their own gravity, and self sufficient in food and energy. It is a beautiful dream, though I'm not convinced the energy equation to slip the surly bonds of earth's gravity pencils.
High Frontiers is a collection of essays by Claire Evans dropping today at Publication Studios. Evans has been writing across science and its intersection with the arts and culture. Her work has been published in everything from Rhizome to Vice, as well as in her science blog, Universe. Not limited to writing, Evans is also known for her creative musical collaboration with Jona Bechtolt, Yacht. Yacht is no stranger to techno-mysticism and science fiction imagery. To close the loop, Evans writes reviews of classic science fiction novels.
Publication Studios is an on-demand publisher of books in the creative realm. Like a bakery, they print small fresh batches of each book often. Publication Studios celebrates the Portland release of the book with a signing, a chance of music and plenty of creative conversation. At Publication Studio, 717 SW Ankeny 7 Free
Recess Gallery brings a several month project opening tonight at PNCA and continuing around town, themed on social practice tactics. The start is Emerging Tactics: Public Schools. Red 76, Helen Reed, Hannah Jickling, Parallel University, Homeschool, Getting to Know You(tube), Classical Revolution, Community Supported Everything and others are the instigators - so recommended. For August there are a series of free open source classes at PNCA. The whole schedule is at www.recessart.com. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
I dig Chinese brush painting. Tim Loh does too, from childhood growing in Hong Kong. He is doing his own East-West fusion version, the wave of the future in many ways. At Visage Eyewear www.visageeyewear.com 1046 NW Johnson 6PM-9 Free
When we are babies we are smarter. Zero to handfuls of months, our growing minds are dedicated to recognizing our parents, understanding facial expression and decoding tone of voice. We carry to adulthood that intuition laid down in brain circuitry as babies.
Two shows at Blue Sky provocatively engage remove from the comfort zone of our gaze on body's physical appearance. Sage Sohier has photographed children and adults with facial nerve or brain damage which changed their appearance. It is a heavy burden to see shock and rejection in those they interact with, based entirely on those subconscious pathways. The work is still, in a video piece on the same theme, the impact would be devastating. So it is a reminder to compassion.
June Yong Lee works with altered images of the chest, identifiably male and female. Using digital image editing, she creates chests unnaturally filling the frame. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
Zach Johnsen has House of Uncommons at Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
The Art of Music by Eugene Serebrennikov, Chris Degaetano, Ryan Airhart, Adam Garcia, Joel Colley, Erin Cochrane and Ashley Payne is a show of music-themed 2d work. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
One of the earliest forms of advertising was billboards. Today they are digitally printed on vinyl. But originally they were hand painted in situ. There is a show this month of large format work representing layers of commercial sign imagery, as if they had pealed down to different depths in weathering - time and spatial sampling. At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-9 Free
Drawing Board Rejects is an ironic title for a show of tattoo artist paintings and drawings. Skin art is intimate in many dimensions, including size. This show gives the artists an opportunity to work larger. An engaging show to view and imagine on the body. At Gallery 135, 135 NW Park 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. Their open studios and courtyard show upstairs is tonight. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Sometimes the toy industry gets it right and produces something beyond amazing. In 1989, video camera recorders were bulky and expensive, about $2000 in today's dollars. The Fisher Price Pixelvision brought the price to $100 with a grainy black and white toy video camera that recorded on audio cassettes. It became a popular camera for video artists, many of whom found them at garage sales.
Tonight you can see five of Sadie Benning's early Pixelvision films: Living Inside, 1989, Me and Rubyfruit, 1990, If Every Girl Had a Diary, 1990, A Place Called Lovely, 1991 and Girlpower, 1992. Many were video diaries Benning made and narrated in her room. They are touching in-camera works.
Benning continues making video and paints. She also cofounded the band Le Tigre in the late 1990's. Making political dance music fun.
Benning's videos are not available on the Internet, thought there are short previews at www.vdb.org/artists/sadie-benning. But tonight you can see them in their entirety at YU. At Yu Contemporary Art www.yucontemporary.org 900 SE 10th 7:30PM Free
For all history, and maybe that of our evolutionary predecessors, we have looked out on the moon, stars - space. How we would live in space was a dream in fiction. Military missile technology grew up, launching satellites, and eventually us, into space. That engendered the high frontier movement imagining space colonies, huge rotating stations generating their own gravity, and self sufficient in food and energy. It is a beautiful dream, though I'm not convinced the energy equation to slip the surly bonds of earth's gravity pencils.
High Frontiers is a collection of essays by Claire Evans dropping today at Publication Studios. Evans has been writing across science and its intersection with the arts and culture. Her work has been published in everything from Rhizome to Vice, as well as in her science blog, Universe. Not limited to writing, Evans is also known for her creative musical collaboration with Jona Bechtolt, Yacht. Yacht is no stranger to techno-mysticism and science fiction imagery. To close the loop, Evans writes reviews of classic science fiction novels.
Publication Studios is an on-demand publisher of books in the creative realm. Like a bakery, they print small fresh batches of each book often. Publication Studios celebrates the Portland release of the book with a signing, a chance of music and plenty of creative conversation. At Publication Studio, 717 SW Ankeny 7 Free
Recess Gallery brings a several month project opening tonight at PNCA and continuing around town, themed on social practice tactics. The start is Emerging Tactics: Public Schools. Red 76, Helen Reed, Hannah Jickling, Parallel University, Homeschool, Getting to Know You(tube), Classical Revolution, Community Supported Everything and others are the instigators - so recommended. For August there are a series of free open source classes at PNCA. The whole schedule is at www.recessart.com. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
I dig Chinese brush painting. Tim Loh does too, from childhood growing in Hong Kong. He is doing his own East-West fusion version, the wave of the future in many ways. At Visage Eyewear www.visageeyewear.com 1046 NW Johnson 6PM-9 Free
When we are babies we are smarter. Zero to handfuls of months, our growing minds are dedicated to recognizing our parents, understanding facial expression and decoding tone of voice. We carry to adulthood that intuition laid down in brain circuitry as babies.
Two shows at Blue Sky provocatively engage remove from the comfort zone of our gaze on body's physical appearance. Sage Sohier has photographed children and adults with facial nerve or brain damage which changed their appearance. It is a heavy burden to see shock and rejection in those they interact with, based entirely on those subconscious pathways. The work is still, in a video piece on the same theme, the impact would be devastating. So it is a reminder to compassion.
June Yong Lee works with altered images of the chest, identifiably male and female. Using digital image editing, she creates chests unnaturally filling the frame. At PNCA www.pnca.edu 1241 NW Johnson Map 6PM-9:30
Zach Johnsen has House of Uncommons at Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map
The Art of Music by Eugene Serebrennikov, Chris Degaetano, Ryan Airhart, Adam Garcia, Joel Colley, Erin Cochrane and Ashley Payne is a show of music-themed 2d work. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
One of the earliest forms of advertising was billboards. Today they are digitally printed on vinyl. But originally they were hand painted in situ. There is a show this month of large format work representing layers of commercial sign imagery, as if they had pealed down to different depths in weathering - time and spatial sampling. At W+K www.wk.com 224 NW 13th Map 5PM-9 Free
Drawing Board Rejects is an ironic title for a show of tattoo artist paintings and drawings. Skin art is intimate in many dimensions, including size. This show gives the artists an opportunity to work larger. An engaging show to view and imagine on the body. At Gallery 135, 135 NW Park 6PM-9
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. Their open studios and courtyard show upstairs is tonight. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Saturday, July 27, 2013
July 28 Got Curation?
There is a new opportunity in Portland to share insights in the form of the Backyard series. A small number of individuals gather at a private home, in the back yard, to hear a creative discussion, question and contribute. If you do your research on Yardwork Talks in Portland and private message the organizer, you may be able to attend a discussion on art curation tonight by Gabe Flores, Nim Wunnan, Ryan Pierce, and Tori Abernathy. They are curators of Place, Research Club, Signal Fire & Recess, with cocurators, respectively. Bring a blanket to sit on, refreshments to share. It will be fascinating! 9PM Free
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
July 27 Community Supported Research Everything
The long running Research Club brunch moves to a new day and place. Bring some vegetarian or vegan-friendly food, a plate, cup and utensils, and yourself. Listen to engaging speakers. Network.
This month the talks are:
In a talk A Scientist Walks into a Bar, Amanda Thomas reviews the worldwide Science Cafe movement and its Portland activities, Science Pub and Nerd Night.
Yardwork Talks is a series of backyard talks by pairs of creatives organized by Carolyn Hopkins. She relates the experience.
Maggie Wauklyn has When Good Things Happen To Good People or What Research Club Means To Me. She met Amber Case at a Research Club and as a result produced a book with Case, the Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropology.
Research Club www.research-club.org/brunch-30 at Community Supported Everything www.communitysupportedeverything.org 1626 NE Alberta Noon-2 Free
This month the talks are:
In a talk A Scientist Walks into a Bar, Amanda Thomas reviews the worldwide Science Cafe movement and its Portland activities, Science Pub and Nerd Night.
Yardwork Talks is a series of backyard talks by pairs of creatives organized by Carolyn Hopkins. She relates the experience.
Maggie Wauklyn has When Good Things Happen To Good People or What Research Club Means To Me. She met Amber Case at a Research Club and as a result produced a book with Case, the Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropology.
Research Club www.research-club.org/brunch-30 at Community Supported Everything www.communitysupportedeverything.org 1626 NE Alberta Noon-2 Free
July 26 Allied Entity∆ Control
Allied Works is Portland's world class architectural firm. First there was a sculptural structure at Maryhill Museum, and the interior design of Saucebox. It really started when a UO architecture professor convinced a world class ad agency founder to undertake an impossible renovation of an old ice storage warehouse. I worked on the project as part of the architecture interface team for a nonprofit included in the project. If you have been in the soaring W+K building, you have seen it. That architect, Brad Cloepfil has gone on to design beautiful structures in the US and Canada.
This morning, Cloepfil describes his design journey.
The event is fully subscribed. Tickets are no longer available for his talk, but the video will soon be available on the Creative Mornings website. Sponsored by Portland Creative Mornings at Ziba Design Auditorium www.ziba.com 810 NW Marshall Map Doors 8:30AM, talk 9. Free
Appendix shows are always high concept. That means that what you are in for is not always clear from the artist's advance description. But my experience is that the work is always good. Continuing the exchange between Portland and Brooklyn, Sean Raspet presents Entity∆: Advance Viewing. You can see the mysterious description on the Appendix website. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late Free
Control Voltage is Portland's own synth store. They have some of the tools for making electronic music, which includes but spans more than dance. This evening they are having a bring your own barbecue, meet, greet and collaborate "open mic". Details: www.facebook.com/events/281473341995444. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 6PM-9:30 Free
This morning, Cloepfil describes his design journey.
The event is fully subscribed. Tickets are no longer available for his talk, but the video will soon be available on the Creative Mornings website. Sponsored by Portland Creative Mornings at Ziba Design Auditorium www.ziba.com 810 NW Marshall Map Doors 8:30AM, talk 9. Free
Appendix shows are always high concept. That means that what you are in for is not always clear from the artist's advance description. But my experience is that the work is always good. Continuing the exchange between Portland and Brooklyn, Sean Raspet presents Entity∆: Advance Viewing. You can see the mysterious description on the Appendix website. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late Free
Control Voltage is Portland's own synth store. They have some of the tools for making electronic music, which includes but spans more than dance. This evening they are having a bring your own barbecue, meet, greet and collaborate "open mic". Details: www.facebook.com/events/281473341995444. At Control Voltage www.controlvoltage.net 3742 NE Mississippi 6PM-9:30 Free
July 25 Last Thursday on Alberta
The sky has not fallen and Last Thursday continues. There are brick and mortar galleries on the street including Ampersand, Flight64, Talisman, Screaming Sky, Guardino, Antler, Six Days Art. Some businesses also regularly rotate the art on their walls, including Random Order. And there is still a small amount of art on the street. So take a look and check the pulse of Alberta. And encourage the bars and restaurants to step up to fund the event!
This month there is also a show of art by tattoo artists. That is at Optic Nerve. Included is work from artists working at Atlas, Blacklist, Jackalope, Lucky Supreme, Optic Nerve and Scapegoat. At Optic Nerve Arts 2224 NE Alberta
This month there is also a show of art by tattoo artists. That is at Optic Nerve. Included is work from artists working at Atlas, Blacklist, Jackalope, Lucky Supreme, Optic Nerve and Scapegoat. At Optic Nerve Arts 2224 NE Alberta
July 24 Destination Magic
Destination DIY is a podcast interviewing individuals who are champion do it yourselfers. Beyond the pod, this in-person event is one of Portland's great crafter meetups. People bring their projects to work on, listen to excerpts from the show's producer and a DJ while munching on pizza and quaffing micros at the always excellent ADX. There was a craft-themed trivia contest too. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-9 $3-5 comestibles included
Matt Hall opens Memory / Magic / Wonder tonight at Ampersand. Hall taps the Northwest Magical Naturalism theme in mixed media assemblages and drawings. The show will also be open last Thursday. Ampersand Vintage Printed Material www.ampersandvintage.com 2916 NE Alberta, Ste B. Map 6PM-9 Free
Matt Hall opens Memory / Magic / Wonder tonight at Ampersand. Hall taps the Northwest Magical Naturalism theme in mixed media assemblages and drawings. The show will also be open last Thursday. Ampersand Vintage Printed Material www.ampersandvintage.com 2916 NE Alberta, Ste B. Map 6PM-9 Free
Saturday, July 20, 2013
July 23 UX:Still Worth Doing Well
We have written before of Edward Tufte.
Tufte is the original user experience - UX - designer. He teaches one day seminars in information design which are highly, highly recommended. His specialty is a design philosophy that is at once beautiful and effective. Think that's not important? Tufte heavily cites examples of PowerPoint presentations that were poorly designed. People died as a result of decisions based on those self same PowerPoints. Unfortunately this event is completely subscribed. There are still openings in Seattle later in the week. The seminar is reasonably priced as it includes a set of Tufte's reference books. It is also fascinating and entertaining; Tufte is professor emeritus at Yale. Edward Tufte one day seminar on information and presentation design. Details at www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses. 8:45AM-4 $380
Tufte is the original user experience - UX - designer. He teaches one day seminars in information design which are highly, highly recommended. His specialty is a design philosophy that is at once beautiful and effective. Think that's not important? Tufte heavily cites examples of PowerPoint presentations that were poorly designed. People died as a result of decisions based on those self same PowerPoints. Unfortunately this event is completely subscribed. There are still openings in Seattle later in the week. The seminar is reasonably priced as it includes a set of Tufte's reference books. It is also fascinating and entertaining; Tufte is professor emeritus at Yale. Edward Tufte one day seminar on information and presentation design. Details at www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/courses. 8:45AM-4 $380
July 21 Guru Full Moon
Guru Full Moon. It is a pregnant phrase. It is an event too, celebrated by Buddhists in honor of the Buddha's first teaching; it is celebrated by Hindus as the birth of the guru Vyasa.
And you can celebrate it with an intimate concert of vocal ragas by Michael Stirling accompanied by David Jacobs on tabla.
At the intimate Sun Gate Studio 4940 NE 16th 7:30PM by donation
And you can celebrate it with an intimate concert of vocal ragas by Michael Stirling accompanied by David Jacobs on tabla.
At the intimate Sun Gate Studio 4940 NE 16th 7:30PM by donation
July 20 Deep Caldera Place
We live on the very edge of the ring of fire. Tectonic plates collide here. As one slides under the other, mountains and volcanoes rise. Caldera is a beautiful word capturing the remnants of a mountain collapsed into a molten pool.
Caldera is the name and metaphor too for the ad agency's camp for artists and kids coinspiring one another. They have rare tours and today is one. You will get a chance to see the studios, the classes as they happen and the beautiful land. RSVP required at 503-937-3071. At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR 1PM-3 Free
This is the second Deep of the season. "United Through Movement, Bonded By Community". All styles. JayBee Littlefoot on the wheelz of steel. Special guests, The Miracles Club. Performances by Paint, FRM, Drish and Horizun. Battlers be Jesus & Kelvin, John & Yuta, Day & Night, Soulja Hostile & Sammie, Young Thrillz & Aantix, Chi Rod & KamikOszee, Shamboyant & JustJensine, Stickz n' Stonez, #TheMiniMonsterz, Madd Soul Family, Fly & Lil C-Lee, Timon & Pumbaa, Temptations, Cawn Syrup, 4play, House of Aquarius, Synikk and Julie, Blazy and Zack Vowell, BeToBe, Jesus & Alfred, Shallow, Cat Pak, Daniel & Malik, Lazy Rocka Bama, Daewoo, Young Budda & Kung Fu Phamda, Matt & Jimmy, Girl Leo & Cash Flow Joe, B. Doug & Po, Yin Yang Twinz, Soul Trigger (Jungwho & Z), Miracles Club x Paint, Obi-wan-ton-soup and Qui-gon-jinn-n-juice, The Lovemachines, Vietbodian , The Minions , EL and EL, Main Event, EJ & Gerardo , Hype and Prodigy, Marshae & Bryan , Shift & Hi Tech, Yung Boneafide and Kid Blast , Shawn & Ciara and Kiana Sagon & Reallyne Russell. Epics. #DeepPDX At the Trio 909 E Burnside. All ages. Doors 4PM $14
Place is the space for installation in Portland. Their two galleries and a video room are home to the area's most interesting art work.
This month Liz Harris opens Event Horizon: living on the edge in the Black Gallery. That is appropriate, because the work is a field of black ceramic forms inspired by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the time-space distortion produced by black holes.
Mask Tape Project by Tim Combs is his comment on educational and work cultures, and their unnecessary constraints. The White Gallery continues Internal Server Error by Felicity Fenton. Freedom: Godot Has Finally Arrived by Gabrijel Savic Ra also continues.
All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
Next door, Mark Woolley throws a samba party to accompany his group show Carnival. Participants are encouraged to attend in Carnival-inspired costume.
Caldera is the name and metaphor too for the ad agency's camp for artists and kids coinspiring one another. They have rare tours and today is one. You will get a chance to see the studios, the classes as they happen and the beautiful land. RSVP required at 503-937-3071. At Camp Caldera www.calderaarts.org, 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR 1PM-3 Free
This is the second Deep of the season. "United Through Movement, Bonded By Community". All styles. JayBee Littlefoot on the wheelz of steel. Special guests, The Miracles Club. Performances by Paint, FRM, Drish and Horizun. Battlers be Jesus & Kelvin, John & Yuta, Day & Night, Soulja Hostile & Sammie, Young Thrillz & Aantix, Chi Rod & KamikOszee, Shamboyant & JustJensine, Stickz n' Stonez, #TheMiniMonsterz, Madd Soul Family, Fly & Lil C-Lee, Timon & Pumbaa, Temptations, Cawn Syrup, 4play, House of Aquarius, Synikk and Julie, Blazy and Zack Vowell, BeToBe, Jesus & Alfred, Shallow, Cat Pak, Daniel & Malik, Lazy Rocka Bama, Daewoo, Young Budda & Kung Fu Phamda, Matt & Jimmy, Girl Leo & Cash Flow Joe, B. Doug & Po, Yin Yang Twinz, Soul Trigger (Jungwho & Z), Miracles Club x Paint, Obi-wan-ton-soup and Qui-gon-jinn-n-juice, The Lovemachines, Vietbodian , The Minions , EL and EL, Main Event, EJ & Gerardo , Hype and Prodigy, Marshae & Bryan , Shift & Hi Tech, Yung Boneafide and Kid Blast , Shawn & Ciara and Kiana Sagon & Reallyne Russell. Epics. #DeepPDX At the Trio 909 E Burnside. All ages. Doors 4PM $14
Place is the space for installation in Portland. Their two galleries and a video room are home to the area's most interesting art work.
This month Liz Harris opens Event Horizon: living on the edge in the Black Gallery. That is appropriate, because the work is a field of black ceramic forms inspired by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the time-space distortion produced by black holes.
Mask Tape Project by Tim Combs is his comment on educational and work cultures, and their unnecessary constraints. The White Gallery continues Internal Server Error by Felicity Fenton. Freedom: Godot Has Finally Arrived by Gabrijel Savic Ra also continues.
All at Place, www.placepdx.com a gallery on the 3rd floor of the Pioneer Place Mall along with the People's art of Portland and the Woolley Gallery. If the mall appears closed, enter the film theater building adjacent, travel through the tunnel to the Place mall, and take the elevator to the 3rd floor, sometimes the bridge on the 3rd floor is open too. 700 SW Fifth. 5PM-9 Free
Next door, Mark Woolley throws a samba party to accompany his group show Carnival. Participants are encouraged to attend in Carnival-inspired costume.
Friday, July 12, 2013
July 13 More Art West, East, North
Brandon Chuesy has paintings and sculptures opening tonight. At Nationale www.nationale.us 811 E Burnside Map 6PM-8ish Free
ruf·fle is a show women artists and designers. They are: Natalie Barela, Albertha Bradley, Noelle Bullock, Lydia Cambron, Goose&Flo, Ali Gradischer, Sara Huston, Kate MacKinnon, Kari Merkl, Diane Pfeiffer, Erin Reschke, Jennifer Wall and Jennifer James Wright. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, whitebox.uoregon.edu 70 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Disjecta has Versus, a mid-program readout by PNCA visual studies MFA students: Sarah Abbott, Stephanie Brachmann, Mary Mac Dahlke, John Dougherty, Mario Gallucci, Thomas Gamble, Jonathan Gann, Michael Horwitz, Leif Lee, Travis Nikolai, Mark Palmen, Anya Roberts-Toney, Lauren Seiffert, Jessie Spiess, Rachel Wolf, Richard York and Stephanie Yu. There is a Tumbler for the students at pnca-versus.tumblr.com. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
ruf·fle is a show women artists and designers. They are: Natalie Barela, Albertha Bradley, Noelle Bullock, Lydia Cambron, Goose&Flo, Ali Gradischer, Sara Huston, Kate MacKinnon, Kari Merkl, Diane Pfeiffer, Erin Reschke, Jennifer Wall and Jennifer James Wright. At the University of Oregon White Stag Building, whitebox.uoregon.edu 70 NW Couch 6PM-9 Free
Disjecta has Versus, a mid-program readout by PNCA visual studies MFA students: Sarah Abbott, Stephanie Brachmann, Mary Mac Dahlke, John Dougherty, Mario Gallucci, Thomas Gamble, Jonathan Gann, Michael Horwitz, Leif Lee, Travis Nikolai, Mark Palmen, Anya Roberts-Toney, Lauren Seiffert, Jessie Spiess, Rachel Wolf, Richard York and Stephanie Yu. There is a Tumbler for the students at pnca-versus.tumblr.com. At Disjecta, in the shadow of Paul Bunyan www.disjecta.org 8371 N. Interstate Map 6PM-9 Free
July 12 Eastside Art Openings
America has embraced food as a fetish. Culinary school has produced a generation of cooks who are obsessed with artistically garnished plating. There are food magazines with photography that could go up with any beauty or architecture publication. Then eaters are photographing their food and sharing it on social media. With that inspiration, Gina Beavers presents Family Style. Starting with photographs of food from social media sites, they are paintings of that photograph built in low relief. The messy build textures work well with the range of hue. Ironically the work itself does not translate well to being photographed, it demands to be seen in person. At Portland's only member of the New Art Dealers Alliance www.newartdealers.org, Fourteen30 Gallery www.fourteen30.com 1501 SW Market Street Map 6PM-8
The Decisive Moment: Documentary and Street is a group show curated by Christopher Rauschenberg, who brings quite a few years himself of looking at, and sometimes exposing, street photography. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Homeland opens Free People, a show of paintings. The painters are Kavin Buck, Calvin Ross Carl, Timothy Scott Dalbow, Arcy Douglass, Danridge Geiger, Ruth Lantz, Kendra Larson, Matthew Letzelter, Raul J Mendez, Ralph Pugay and Roy Tomlinson. It's an interesting cross section of some of the more individualistic painters in town. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6:30PM-9 Free
Mad Science is a performance installation. Imagine a future in which the Mad Science institute, using time travel, pulls the brilliant minds of today forward to solve the sure-to-be-many problems of 2045. Would you go? Falling firmly into yes are the artists: Jason Blackheart, Eric Trine, Shawna X, Jason Rens, Kiji McCafferty, Nick Stokes and William Bryant. Continually living into the future, at least a little, is the Portland ad community which seem to be behind this project. Mad Science at Gallery 135,
135 NW Park. RSVP requested. Free
ADX opens Americana, household furniture by local maker Carlino. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9 Free
The Decisive Moment: Documentary and Street is a group show curated by Christopher Rauschenberg, who brings quite a few years himself of looking at, and sometimes exposing, street photography. At Black Box Gallery www.blackboxgallery.com 811 E Burnside, Suite 212 upstairs 5PM-8:30 Free
Homeland opens Free People, a show of paintings. The painters are Kavin Buck, Calvin Ross Carl, Timothy Scott Dalbow, Arcy Douglass, Danridge Geiger, Ruth Lantz, Kendra Larson, Matthew Letzelter, Raul J Mendez, Ralph Pugay and Roy Tomlinson. It's an interesting cross section of some of the more individualistic painters in town. At Gallery Homeland www.galleryhomeland.org in the Ford Building www.fordbuildingpdx.com 2505 SE 11th x Division. Enter through the cafe on the corner if the main doors on 11th are locked. 6:30PM-9 Free
Mad Science is a performance installation. Imagine a future in which the Mad Science institute, using time travel, pulls the brilliant minds of today forward to solve the sure-to-be-many problems of 2045. Would you go? Falling firmly into yes are the artists: Jason Blackheart, Eric Trine, Shawna X, Jason Rens, Kiji McCafferty, Nick Stokes and William Bryant. Continually living into the future, at least a little, is the Portland ad community which seem to be behind this project. Mad Science at Gallery 135,
135 NW Park. RSVP requested. Free
ADX opens Americana, household furniture by local maker Carlino. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 6PM-9 Free
Tuesday, July 09, 2013
July 11 Help!
I wish there was more I could do to help is a work by artist Tori Abernathy opening tonight. America is anxious. We have prima face reason to be. But we also have a press-media that magnifies and falsely frames those reasons. I wish there was more I could do to help is here to help, in commenting on the situation from a creative viewpoint. Abernathy is one of Portland's finest experimental curators and operates in the social practice realm for her personal work. At the PSU Littman Gallery in Smith Union. www.pdx.edu/littmanandwhite Littman Gallery, PSU Smith Hall, Room 250, 1825 SW Broadway 4PM-7
Cheyenne Sawyer opens a poppy show of etchings tonight. She is a tattoo artist at Atlas. Several Mississippi outlets are also launching a second Thursday art opening schedule. That includes Good, Paxton Gate, Black Wagon, Optik and Mississippi Chiropractic. At Albina Press, 4637 N. Albina Ave x Blandena Map 6PM-8
Paradoxically paired with the anxiety show is the Portland drone fly-in. These are the smiley, good drones though.
The Portland-Hood River area is drone central. Several major drone manufacturers are homed here producing maybe a half billion dollars worth of war drones yearly. The dream is a much larger domestic drone ecosystem and there is an effort underway to open up a large area of Eastern Oregon for test flights. Eventually we will work out regulations to prevent drones and commercial aircraft from colliding, drones colliding, and deal with drones and birds colliding. Only then will we realize the dream of autonomous fast food delivery to every home with drones.
Seriously, I have seen some beautiful video shot from quadracopters. See the shot from 1:23-1:29 in Finding Portland. And one person's drone is another's model airplane.
Portland's DIY drone builders and experimenters get together monthly to compare notes and coordinate radio control frequencies. Many of their drones have built from kits or customized. So they are probably a smart group of interesting people.
PDXdrones fly-in at Washington High School SE Stark and 12th 6PM-9
Cheyenne Sawyer opens a poppy show of etchings tonight. She is a tattoo artist at Atlas. Several Mississippi outlets are also launching a second Thursday art opening schedule. That includes Good, Paxton Gate, Black Wagon, Optik and Mississippi Chiropractic. At Albina Press, 4637 N. Albina Ave x Blandena Map 6PM-8
Paradoxically paired with the anxiety show is the Portland drone fly-in. These are the smiley, good drones though.
The Portland-Hood River area is drone central. Several major drone manufacturers are homed here producing maybe a half billion dollars worth of war drones yearly. The dream is a much larger domestic drone ecosystem and there is an effort underway to open up a large area of Eastern Oregon for test flights. Eventually we will work out regulations to prevent drones and commercial aircraft from colliding, drones colliding, and deal with drones and birds colliding. Only then will we realize the dream of autonomous fast food delivery to every home with drones.
Seriously, I have seen some beautiful video shot from quadracopters. See the shot from 1:23-1:29 in Finding Portland. And one person's drone is another's model airplane.
Portland's DIY drone builders and experimenters get together monthly to compare notes and coordinate radio control frequencies. Many of their drones have built from kits or customized. So they are probably a smart group of interesting people.
PDXdrones fly-in at Washington High School SE Stark and 12th 6PM-9
Monday, July 08, 2013
July 9 Community Through Capitalism
Capitalism has its strong points. In practice its weak points are widespread externalities and information hiding to unnatural advantage. But this is not about that. Portland entrepreneur Mike Merrill has created a corporation of himself. It has shares that trade on a private online market. Mr. Merrill consults his shareholders on life and activity decisions. The shareholders vote their advice in proportion to their shares. Take a look at kmikeym.com. To most people the idea seems shocking. But it is really an elegant experiment in social networking. If you are curious about the experiences of Mr Merrill, you can visit, tune in, or watch later this presentation by Mike on his grand experiment in community through capitalism. A presentation of the Curiosity Club, you can tune into the free live webcast off the Core77 site or visit the talk and demonstration in person at Hand Eye Supply www.handeyesupply.com/pages/curiosity-club 23 NW 4th 6PM Free
Friday, July 05, 2013
July 5 Eastside Art Openings
Redux has Stitchers, a show of embroidery curated by Greg Pitters. The stitchers are Cate Anevski, Cathie Jo "Bo Betsy", Cathy Zwicker, Emily Katz, Jaclyn Rose, Tripper Dungan, Pamela Davis and Tyler Mackie.
At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside
Red Clouds Collective runs to craft, but that's fine. Their artists have a show tonight I Want to Hold Your Hand. Collective members are Mark Warren Jacques, David Wien, James Douglas Mitchell, Seth Neefus, Perry Pfister, Jason Levins, Timothy Karpinski, and more. Music by Gregory & The Hawk, Vikesh Kapoor and Settlers. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late Free
Another craft spot running to experimental ceramics is the Eutectic Gallery. They have John George Larson, Richard Brandt, Brad McLemore plus regular gallery artists. At Eutectic Gallery 1930 NE Oregon (entrance on 20th) 5PM-8
Newspace has a juried group show. It was curated by Sarah Stolfafrom the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Artists included are Zachary Archer, Matthew Arnold, Michael Butler, Larry Clark, Sage Corson, Juan Fernandez, Eran Gilat, Larry Gloth, Satu Haavisto, Kathleen Hayes, Kristen Heldmann, Birte Kaufmann, Sarah-Marie Land, Amiko Li, Robbie McClaran, Jennifer McClure, Diane Meyer, Sarah Nesbitt, Blake Ogden, Duncan Oja, Stan Raucher, Georgina Reskala, Debora Schwedhelm, H. Jennings Sheffield, Kurt Simonson, Paul Sisson, Annick Sjobakken, Stacie Turner, Brett Walker and Robert Walters. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map
The urban art gallery Home:Bass has Chelsea Rose and Laura Borealisis. Female DJs Foxdye, Bloodmouse and Mewp provide musical stylings. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 5-10
At Redux www.reduxpdx.com 811 E Burnside
Red Clouds Collective runs to craft, but that's fine. Their artists have a show tonight I Want to Hold Your Hand. Collective members are Mark Warren Jacques, David Wien, James Douglas Mitchell, Seth Neefus, Perry Pfister, Jason Levins, Timothy Karpinski, and more. Music by Gregory & The Hawk, Vikesh Kapoor and Settlers. At Union/Pine www.unionpine.com 525 SE Pine 7Pm-late Free
Another craft spot running to experimental ceramics is the Eutectic Gallery. They have John George Larson, Richard Brandt, Brad McLemore plus regular gallery artists. At Eutectic Gallery 1930 NE Oregon (entrance on 20th) 5PM-8
Newspace has a juried group show. It was curated by Sarah Stolfafrom the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center. Artists included are Zachary Archer, Matthew Arnold, Michael Butler, Larry Clark, Sage Corson, Juan Fernandez, Eran Gilat, Larry Gloth, Satu Haavisto, Kathleen Hayes, Kristen Heldmann, Birte Kaufmann, Sarah-Marie Land, Amiko Li, Robbie McClaran, Jennifer McClure, Diane Meyer, Sarah Nesbitt, Blake Ogden, Duncan Oja, Stan Raucher, Georgina Reskala, Debora Schwedhelm, H. Jennings Sheffield, Kurt Simonson, Paul Sisson, Annick Sjobakken, Stacie Turner, Brett Walker and Robert Walters. At Newspace Photo www.newspacephoto.org 1632 SE 10th Map
The urban art gallery Home:Bass has Chelsea Rose and Laura Borealisis. Female DJs Foxdye, Bloodmouse and Mewp provide musical stylings. At Home:Bass www.homebasspdx.com 123 NE 6th 6PM-10 5-10
Wednesday, July 03, 2013
July 3 Westside Art Openings
Some galleries will be open tonight, none will be open tomorrow.
Caldera hosts a summer of shows by artists participating in the previous Winter residencies. The first is Roger Peet. At Caldera Arts www.calderaarts.org At the ad agency next door to the main entrance. 224 NW 13th #305 6PM-10 5PM - 8pm
Lure is a new show by Amy Ruppel which I think has to do with fish. Hellion will not be open at all, resuming normal operations Saturday. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map not open tonight
Grass Hut knows how to take over the sidewalk for a barbeque. They do that and open a show of skatedecks, Bakerz Dozen. Included is a raffle for the Powell St Skatespot. Artists are Bigfoot, Brent Wick, Cupco, Ferris Plock, Chris Johanson, David Wien, Manny Aloha, Michiel Walrave, Scrappers, Erik Railton, Toshikazu Nozaka, Michael Sieben, and Dave the Chimp. Decks by Bearturds, Grass Hut's international skate division. Fun! Grass Hut in Floating World. www.grasshutcorp.com 400 NE Couch
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Compound has Second Nature, by Adam Haynes, Steve Seeley and Keith Carter. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
There are group shows at Augen and Froelick - Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis and Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8
The Museum of Contemporary Craft www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org is often open at no charge on first Thursday and there is also a craft talk there this evening. 724 NW Davis
Blue Sky has Portland artist Shawn Records with Flaming Energy Ball, a show themed on his newfound interest in basketball sparked by his children. There is a group show Optical with Blake Andrews, Hillary Atiyeh, Bill Bailey, Dietlinde Bamberger, Mary Ellen Bartley, Aryan Chappell, Thibault de Puyfontaine, Susan de Witt, Jeffrey Dionesotes, Ralph Gabriner, LeeAnn Gauthier, Barbara Gilson, George Greenstein, Martin Gremm, Curtis Hamilton, Harrison Higgs, Timothy Householder, Hannah Karsen, Ann Kendellen, Frank Lavelle, Stu Levy, Helen Maringer, Helena Lukas Martemucci, Larry Merrill, Graydon Miller, Alexis Pike, Quamar Salih, Stan Sherer, John Snyder, Joni Sternbach, Kirk Thompson, Donald Webb, Harry Wilks, David Wilson, Carol Yarrow and Yelena Zhavoronkova. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Caldera hosts a summer of shows by artists participating in the previous Winter residencies. The first is Roger Peet. At Caldera Arts www.calderaarts.org At the ad agency next door to the main entrance. 224 NW 13th #305 6PM-10 5PM - 8pm
Lure is a new show by Amy Ruppel which I think has to do with fish. Hellion will not be open at all, resuming normal operations Saturday. At Hellion Gallery www.helliongallery.com 19 NW 5th Suite 208. Through the lobby of the arched brick entry, up the stairs and to the back. Very upper floor Japan-style.
Map not open tonight
Grass Hut knows how to take over the sidewalk for a barbeque. They do that and open a show of skatedecks, Bakerz Dozen. Included is a raffle for the Powell St Skatespot. Artists are Bigfoot, Brent Wick, Cupco, Ferris Plock, Chris Johanson, David Wien, Manny Aloha, Michiel Walrave, Scrappers, Erik Railton, Toshikazu Nozaka, Michael Sieben, and Dave the Chimp. Decks by Bearturds, Grass Hut's international skate division. Fun! Grass Hut in Floating World. www.grasshutcorp.com 400 NE Couch
Everett Lofts are recommended as always. It's easier for you to see them all than for me to write suggestions. Some close as early as 9PM. At the Everett Lofts 625 NW Everett. Bounded by NW Everett, Broadway, Flanders and 6th Map
Compound has Second Nature, by Adam Haynes, Steve Seeley and Keith Carter. At Compound Gallery www.compoundgallery.com 107 NW 5th 6PM-10
There are group shows at Augen and Froelick - Augen Gallery www.augengallery.com 716 NW Davis and Froelick Gallery www.froelickgallery.com 714 NW Davis early close 8
The Museum of Contemporary Craft www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org is often open at no charge on first Thursday and there is also a craft talk there this evening. 724 NW Davis
Blue Sky has Portland artist Shawn Records with Flaming Energy Ball, a show themed on his newfound interest in basketball sparked by his children. There is a group show Optical with Blake Andrews, Hillary Atiyeh, Bill Bailey, Dietlinde Bamberger, Mary Ellen Bartley, Aryan Chappell, Thibault de Puyfontaine, Susan de Witt, Jeffrey Dionesotes, Ralph Gabriner, LeeAnn Gauthier, Barbara Gilson, George Greenstein, Martin Gremm, Curtis Hamilton, Harrison Higgs, Timothy Householder, Hannah Karsen, Ann Kendellen, Frank Lavelle, Stu Levy, Helen Maringer, Helena Lukas Martemucci, Larry Merrill, Graydon Miller, Alexis Pike, Quamar Salih, Stan Sherer, John Snyder, Joni Sternbach, Kirk Thompson, Donald Webb, Harry Wilks, David Wilson, Carol Yarrow and Yelena Zhavoronkova. At Blue Sky Gallery www.blueskygallery.org map 122 NW 8th 6PM-9
Sunday, June 30, 2013
July 1 Getting To Know You(Tube)
This month's social practice art project is a night of videos by artists Will Bryant, Lisa Ciccarello and Stephen Slappe. Each artist has selected 10-15 minutes of favorites made by others on YouTube. Getting to Know You(Tube) www.gettingtoknowyoutube.com at the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $5
June 30 Recess Munch
The Research Club heats it up downtown today. This Portland group gathers interesting participants to talk about what they are interested in and for which they are seeking collaborators.
It's informal, conversational, collaborative. Bring vegan potluck brunch food items; and your own plate, cup, knife, fork, spoon.
This month main speakers include Sarah Badiali from The Reclamation Administration, Michael Klepfer who writes about his hidden SE Portland and organizers of WeMake PDX.
The Research Club www.research-club.org at Geoloqi, 920 SW 3rd Ave #400. Noon-2PM, Talks 12:30. Free
Recess closes their Latino Art Now show www.latinoartnow.org tonight with a party including piñatas. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 5-8
It's informal, conversational, collaborative. Bring vegan potluck brunch food items; and your own plate, cup, knife, fork, spoon.
This month main speakers include Sarah Badiali from The Reclamation Administration, Michael Klepfer who writes about his hidden SE Portland and organizers of WeMake PDX.
The Research Club www.research-club.org at Geoloqi, 920 SW 3rd Ave #400. Noon-2PM, Talks 12:30. Free
Recess closes their Latino Art Now show www.latinoartnow.org tonight with a party including piñatas. At RECESS recessart.com at Oregon Brassworks Building, 1127 SE 10th Map 5-8
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
June 29 Seed Ark Angel
The big boat is taking a rest. But not a rest from quality curation. They have gathered a show of work from Springfield Oregon's Ditch Projects, a countrified art warehouse space. Ditch maintains a dialog with Portland, including with Rocksbox, and now they have a show at the Labrador themed on the late life of a 1960-1970's-era musician and band.
Ditch artists Mike Bray, Isami Ching, Brooks Dierdorff, Surabhi Ghosh, Nika Kaiser, Donald Morgan, Jack Ryan and Jesse Sugarmann present Dumb Angel.
Pop music takes no prisoners. An example is Dennis Wilson, inspiration for the show. Dennis Wilson was a member of a band, the Beach Boys. He acted in a film, Two Lane Blacktop, a paean to America's highways and drag racing when gasoline was $.28 a gallon. He died 30 years ago. The title also references The Smile Sessions, a sprawling, indulgent, but ultimately doomed recording project by the Beach Boys band.
Recommended. At the 12128 Labrador Project http://www.12128boatspace.com/ It's moored by Fred's Marina 12900 NW Marina Way, Portland. Map More detailed directions, don't get lost, on the website. 7PM-10 Free
The Seed Building holds its annual open house tonight. It is one of Portland's largest working artist studio spaces. Well worth a visit to see artists in situ. There are over 50 studios in three buildings connected by a warren of stairways and corridors. There is a freight elevator, but not sure the building is entirely wheelchair accessible. Not sure if River Studios down the street is open too. Just ask. At the North Coast Seed Studios www.pdxseedstudios.com 2127 N Albina 4PM-10 Free
Ditch artists Mike Bray, Isami Ching, Brooks Dierdorff, Surabhi Ghosh, Nika Kaiser, Donald Morgan, Jack Ryan and Jesse Sugarmann present Dumb Angel.
Pop music takes no prisoners. An example is Dennis Wilson, inspiration for the show. Dennis Wilson was a member of a band, the Beach Boys. He acted in a film, Two Lane Blacktop, a paean to America's highways and drag racing when gasoline was $.28 a gallon. He died 30 years ago. The title also references The Smile Sessions, a sprawling, indulgent, but ultimately doomed recording project by the Beach Boys band.
Recommended. At the 12128 Labrador Project http://www.12128boatspace.com/ It's moored by Fred's Marina 12900 NW Marina Way, Portland. Map More detailed directions, don't get lost, on the website. 7PM-10 Free
The Seed Building holds its annual open house tonight. It is one of Portland's largest working artist studio spaces. Well worth a visit to see artists in situ. There are over 50 studios in three buildings connected by a warren of stairways and corridors. There is a freight elevator, but not sure the building is entirely wheelchair accessible. Not sure if River Studios down the street is open too. Just ask. At the North Coast Seed Studios www.pdxseedstudios.com 2127 N Albina 4PM-10 Free
June 28 Tiny Naughty Lumber
Imaging technology is in continuous flux. That creates a space for nostalgia and low-fi. The Impossible Project rescued the technology of one of the world's great brands, Polaroid. They bought the old machines to make paper- and chemistry-based instant film. Now they launch an oddity, the Instant Lab, which makes Polaroid prints from mobile phone images. No idea how the color management works.
As part of their project, they have put The Tiny Collective, an international network of ten photographers, to work making images on phones. The show is being seen in New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, Istanbul, Dubrovnik, Atlanta, and Portland, homes of the collective members.
You can see their photographs here in a one day show this evening.
Photographs by The Tiny Collective www.tinycollective.com/Events at Phoogoo 412 NW Couch, Suite 306 6PM-10 Free
Darja Bajagić presents You Ve Been A Naughty Boy [C55] to win the copywriting award of the week:
""1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.d4 e×d4 5.0-0 ♗c5 6.e5 d5 7.e×f6 d×c4 8.♖e1+ ♔f8 9.♗g5 g×f6 10.♗h6+ ♔g8 11.♘×d4 ♗×d4 12.c3 ♗f5 13.c×d4 ♘×d4 14.♘c3 ♗g6 15.♖e8+! ♕×e8 16.♕×d4 ♕e5 17.♘d5!!, 1-0
Female Diversion. Unavoidable. Close the Door. No Hesitation at all Give him a move How does a Queen beat a Rook? Transatlantic Flight Morphy’s Immortal Game Pawn Block Unfortunate Mishap. All about 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6? Patience Pays. The Philidor Position in R+P vs. R. A useful technique called Enfilade.
Kramnik in Top Form Go home early Miracles almost happen. Two rooks vs one. Energetic Teamwork Caught from all Sides Invincible Rook Only precision wins Take the initiative Try to go home early Don’t die Poisoned. Believe in Yourself. Can Mate in One be Tricky? Del Rio Theme Fritz 10 Teaser. A Magnificent Royal Tango Solve this Miniature
Remember Saavedra? The weak link. Don’t hurry. Think! A Lesson in Geometry How to Solve a Difficult Study B + N vs. K Pure Pawn Masterpiece The Prodigal Son She can’t hide A Strategy Master Class Logical Retro.
Philidor in the R+B vs. R Surrealistic Cavalry A Tough Nut to Crack
It will be clarified in it (in the book) the way the game goes, the basic rules and the more detailed and advanced settings, and there will be various chapters from the beginning of the a game till the end, scenarios, great games (44 complete settings, 91 *something* check), analysis of their moves, tricks and plots. All of it brought by great Alfans Pan (** it's a name of a person. The name is how I read it. maybe will be written differently) and compiled from other books and educated chess players (** really guessing about *chess players*) in this war of check.""
This obviously means something the only NSA can figure out, or maybe not. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late
Mike Bray, Cynthia Lahti and D.E. May are mid-career artist recipients of the 2013 Hallie Ford fellowships. They have a show today and tomorrow at The Lumber Room. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map Noon-5
As part of their project, they have put The Tiny Collective, an international network of ten photographers, to work making images on phones. The show is being seen in New York City, Paris, Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, Istanbul, Dubrovnik, Atlanta, and Portland, homes of the collective members.
You can see their photographs here in a one day show this evening.
Photographs by The Tiny Collective www.tinycollective.com/Events at Phoogoo 412 NW Couch, Suite 306 6PM-10 Free
Darja Bajagić presents You Ve Been A Naughty Boy [C55] to win the copywriting award of the week:
""1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.d4 e×d4 5.0-0 ♗c5 6.e5 d5 7.e×f6 d×c4 8.♖e1+ ♔f8 9.♗g5 g×f6 10.♗h6+ ♔g8 11.♘×d4 ♗×d4 12.c3 ♗f5 13.c×d4 ♘×d4 14.♘c3 ♗g6 15.♖e8+! ♕×e8 16.♕×d4 ♕e5 17.♘d5!!, 1-0
Female Diversion. Unavoidable. Close the Door. No Hesitation at all Give him a move How does a Queen beat a Rook? Transatlantic Flight Morphy’s Immortal Game Pawn Block Unfortunate Mishap. All about 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6? Patience Pays. The Philidor Position in R+P vs. R. A useful technique called Enfilade.
Kramnik in Top Form Go home early Miracles almost happen. Two rooks vs one. Energetic Teamwork Caught from all Sides Invincible Rook Only precision wins Take the initiative Try to go home early Don’t die Poisoned. Believe in Yourself. Can Mate in One be Tricky? Del Rio Theme Fritz 10 Teaser. A Magnificent Royal Tango Solve this Miniature
Remember Saavedra? The weak link. Don’t hurry. Think! A Lesson in Geometry How to Solve a Difficult Study B + N vs. K Pure Pawn Masterpiece The Prodigal Son She can’t hide A Strategy Master Class Logical Retro.
Philidor in the R+B vs. R Surrealistic Cavalry A Tough Nut to Crack
It will be clarified in it (in the book) the way the game goes, the basic rules and the more detailed and advanced settings, and there will be various chapters from the beginning of the a game till the end, scenarios, great games (44 complete settings, 91 *something* check), analysis of their moves, tricks and plots. All of it brought by great Alfans Pan (** it's a name of a person. The name is how I read it. maybe will be written differently) and compiled from other books and educated chess players (** really guessing about *chess players*) in this war of check.""
This obviously means something the only NSA can figure out, or maybe not. At Appendix Project Space www.appendixspace.com On the alley between 26th and 27th, South of Alberta. Map 8-late
Mike Bray, Cynthia Lahti and D.E. May are mid-career artist recipients of the 2013 Hallie Ford fellowships. They have a show today and tomorrow at The Lumber Room. At The Lumber Room lumberroom.com 419 SW 9th, above Liz Leach Map Noon-5
June 27 Last Dome
Last Thursday on Alberta came about when street artists were driven from the sidewalks of the previously grimy Pearl District by its newly flush businesses. So artists, the shock troops of gentrification, set up shop on gritty Alberta, along with fire performers, DJ's, musicians and creative neighbors in an inexpensive neighborhood. It grew by word of mouth and grew bars, restaurants, shops and property values. Everyone wanted the benefits, and substantially growing benefits, including benefits to landlords, but no one wanted to pay the costs. We hope the most profitable bars, restaurants and other businesses on Alberta step up to pay to keep the event alive, negotiate with the neighborhood association, and we hope the event can emphasize artists, musicians and performers who are not charged for or controlled in their creative contributions.
Although every aesthetic represented on the street and in the several galleries are not my interest, they have great experimental, social and Portland brand value for the city.
Tonight is Last Thursday on Alberta in which the scattered galleries will be open late and street artists later. Judge for yourself.
NE Alberta Street between 14th and 30th. 6PM-10 Free
Hand Eye Supply launches its Industrious Minds Fellowship with an award to Escape Collective, DIY dome builders. Geodesic domes are the invention of Buckminster Fuller bracketed by his time at Black Mountain College. There are certainly ultra high-end domes, using space grid double or triple layer struts. They are popular at world's fairs, for science museums, to cover stadiums and at Disney. Building a Mars base? Despite being more than 60 years old, they still scream future.
But just about everything not high end, meaning single layer grid, is DIY accessible. Interest in Buckminster Fuller's ideas and DIY domes started in the late 1960's in California. They are a popular wind resistant shelter at the Burning Man desert campout. Major dome makers Pacific Domes sprung from that ethos to make domes for music festivals, brand events and trade shows, like E3. Making the cover can be a challenge, in sheer yardage, seam lengths and loss from triangular cuts. The cover can also be weighty.
Escape Collective, representing a new subculture interested in domes has made one, and now is taking multiple domes to events. That makes them a good matchup with Hand Eye Supply and their extended Core77 network. They are also a good match for events, benefiting from multiple volunteers to assemble them, or disassemble them, bottom up, or top down.
Tonight in celebration, Hand Eye offers an installation by Escape Collective member Kara Jean Caldwell, illustrations and Polaroids by Hill Hudson, dome video by Andy Carlson and DJ & live music by sets and live Pegasus Dream. At Hand Eye Supply www.handeyesupply.com 23 NW 4th 6PM-8 Free
Although every aesthetic represented on the street and in the several galleries are not my interest, they have great experimental, social and Portland brand value for the city.
Tonight is Last Thursday on Alberta in which the scattered galleries will be open late and street artists later. Judge for yourself.
NE Alberta Street between 14th and 30th. 6PM-10 Free
Hand Eye Supply launches its Industrious Minds Fellowship with an award to Escape Collective, DIY dome builders. Geodesic domes are the invention of Buckminster Fuller bracketed by his time at Black Mountain College. There are certainly ultra high-end domes, using space grid double or triple layer struts. They are popular at world's fairs, for science museums, to cover stadiums and at Disney. Building a Mars base? Despite being more than 60 years old, they still scream future.
But just about everything not high end, meaning single layer grid, is DIY accessible. Interest in Buckminster Fuller's ideas and DIY domes started in the late 1960's in California. They are a popular wind resistant shelter at the Burning Man desert campout. Major dome makers Pacific Domes sprung from that ethos to make domes for music festivals, brand events and trade shows, like E3. Making the cover can be a challenge, in sheer yardage, seam lengths and loss from triangular cuts. The cover can also be weighty.
Escape Collective, representing a new subculture interested in domes has made one, and now is taking multiple domes to events. That makes them a good matchup with Hand Eye Supply and their extended Core77 network. They are also a good match for events, benefiting from multiple volunteers to assemble them, or disassemble them, bottom up, or top down.
Tonight in celebration, Hand Eye offers an installation by Escape Collective member Kara Jean Caldwell, illustrations and Polaroids by Hill Hudson, dome video by Andy Carlson and DJ & live music by sets and live Pegasus Dream. At Hand Eye Supply www.handeyesupply.com 23 NW 4th 6PM-8 Free
June 26 Dance Craft Revolution
Dance performance is a rare bird. It's expensive to make and has a small audience. One way to extend that audience is by video. That changes the black box experience with the possibility of multiple cameras and editing, and moves the audience into a different set of expectations. Tonight Adam Sekuler and Shannon Stewart have put together a program of NW dance performances on the moving screen. That includes Interpretive Site: Hanford Reach by Karn Junkinsmith and Adam Sekuler, Alternator by Rodrigo Valenzuela and Molly Sides, Transfer by Patrick Weishampel and tEEth, Contact by Mitchell Rose and Body Vox, In Transit by Meredith Horiuchi, Shannon Stewart, and Adam Sekuler, Prototype XXXX by Andra Rotaru, Robert Tyree, and Dicky Dahl, Airport Project by Alice Gosti, Guerilla Fire by Maria Allred, 1922 by Adam Sekuler, Daniel Mimura, Shannon Stewart, Meredith Horiuchi, Rosa Vissers, David Wolbrecht, Aaron Swartzman, and Jeff Huston and finally White of Spring by Jacob Rosen and Kate Wallich. At the Hollywood Theater www.hollywoodtheatre.org 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard 7:30PM $8
We are not much of a craft blog. But we do like creative nodes. Destination DIY, which is a Portland public radio show/podcast, has teamed with SCRAP & ADX for a craft night and listening session. So bring your own crafts to work, and you can participate in a craft trivia quiz. The new DIY podcast is Old School DIY, with the producer Julie's grandparents, zine makers, amateur radio operators, quilters, wildcrafters and foragers. Event includes pizza, beer and a DJ all for one low price. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-9 $3-5
We are not much of a craft blog. But we do like creative nodes. Destination DIY, which is a Portland public radio show/podcast, has teamed with SCRAP & ADX for a craft night and listening session. So bring your own crafts to work, and you can participate in a craft trivia quiz. The new DIY podcast is Old School DIY, with the producer Julie's grandparents, zine makers, amateur radio operators, quilters, wildcrafters and foragers. Event includes pizza, beer and a DJ all for one low price. At adxportland.com 417 SE 11th x Stark Map 7PM-9 $3-5
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