The Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) will launch at 1:56pm BST today, the 16 May 2011, carrying with her a digital copy of one of my meteorite photograms + a photo of me with my artwork.
Part of the "Fluxface in Space" exhibition, a commemorative project celebrating the Space Shuttle program as it is coming to an end with the launch of Atlantis. The exhibition is to be launched into orbit on the last Endeavour Space Shuttle mission, this final mission will include a rendezvous with the International Space Station.
The participating artists (from 26 nations) each created an original postcard sized work of art, in various media, interpreting the themes of Space Exploration & the Arts, the Shuttle Program, Outer Space and Astronomy.
The organisers are heralding this as an historic exhibition, as apparently this is the first international group art exhibition in space.
The exhibit is expected to travel around the surface of the world as well, while the digitised versions are touring space on board the Space Shuttle, the actual artworks will be exhibited in a touring exhibition here on earth. In October 2010 the touring show kicked off at the Kennedy Space Station in Florida where the Launch will occur, after that it's next stop was at the Fort Worth Art Center in Texas, then it went to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, it will continue to tour the world and is expected to be seen by many thousands in art centers, museums and other art gallery environments.
It is to be Endeavour's 25th and final mission. After returning to earth in 16 days time she will be retired to a Los Angeles museum. Endeavour will be carrying her most expensive payload ever - a $2billion particle physics experiment known as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) designed to probe the unknown reaches of space and help us understand the secrets of the universe.
It will test the long-standing Big Bang theory - by checking for any large quantities of anti-matter - which theorists suspect was created when the universe was born, and will also be used to examine the nature of dark matter, the material that makes up most of the universe.
Cliché Verre in The Digital Age
The Cliché Verre in The Digital Age exhibition Opens today in San Francisco.
5 of my Cliché Verre prints are in the group show at the Jenkins Johnson Gallery on Sutter Street in San Francisco.
Other artists in the show are Abelardo Morell, Peter Feldstein, Courtney Johnson, Maggie Foskett, Suzanne Izzo, Fredrik Marsh, Fred Parker, Frank Rossi, David Symons, and Käthe Wenzel.
Cut and paste this link to see the Press Release PDF
The show runs April 7–May 3, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 7, 5:30 – 7:30pm
Jenkins Johnson Gallery
464 Sutter Street,
San Francisco,
California
USA
www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com
Hours:
Tues.–Fri.10 –6
Sat.10–5
Photo Alchemy Opens Today in Portland
This exhibition showcases the revival in alternative process photography. In recent years contemporary photographers have been taking a fresh look at early printing processes‚ from cyanotypes to daguerreotypes, these deep, dreamy images bring a unique style and surface to a photograph that can not be achieved digitally.
As the juror for this show, Laura Moya tells us, “I am delighted with the recent groundswell of photographers rediscovering historic and alternative processes. There is still an inherent need for some artists to use photography to explore the unexplained in life. The processes in this exhibit lend themselves to the exploration of memory, loss, and the unspoken. It hints at traces—of people, of objects, of ideas. Perhaps unknowingly, poetry becomes part of the image.
These new images explore the notion that the time spent ‘crafting’ a photograph versus ‘taking’ a photograph gives the photographer space for thought. If one is working with heavy lenses, glass plates, or a multitude of chemicals, time slows down. If one is considering how air temperature might affect one’s film, time really slows down. It is the complexity of these processes that bring gifts to the table.”
http://www.23sandy.com/photoalchemy/catalog.html
Installation View
FLUXFEST at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois February 15-20
This exploration of Fluxus activity includes contemporary re-interpretations of classic Fluxus scores and actions; new Fluxus performances by Fluxus artists. Performers include the Chicago Fluxus Ensemble and invited Fluxus artists.