Hanging in There

Travelling Blog Australia September 2009We arrived in Airlie beach in the middle of the biggest dust storm ever attributed to global warming, the sky filling with red dust from the countries huge interior where only wild camels roam.The first day I went with my brother, who is studying Buddhism, to a tree house set in the hillside. we were to learn about bells and their healing powers. An elderly woman with a german accent and a tea towel wrapped around her head led my brothers wife to a pile of cushions on which she lay and was surrounded by bells of all sizes. The small bells heal the head and the larger the lower chakras. After this peaceful ringing of chrystal bells we picked up pamphlets on how we could heal sessions and made our way to the tea house where, hanging from a rope by his neck was a teddy bear, supposedly a play mate for the dog. Well, My brother who travels everwhere with Black Bear, whose very scarf has been touched by the Dia Llama himself set to untie and free the bear.I guess a good title would be HANGING IN THERE....Take care people.love Jo Tuck

Jeff in Pittsburgh

Me at my group show at Sirani Gallery in Pittsburgh (one week before G20 protests)
photo courtesy of Rusty Zimmerman

Recent Holgas

2 recent Holga shots in Manhattan

Megan Hildebrandt: Vermont

Hey you guys,

Here in Vermont, I have been acting like a lumberjack and helping the snow melt.

Miss you!

Love,

Megan

Waves of Mu By Brian Staker- City Weeky

You’ve heard the saying, “Talking about music is like dancing about
architecture.” What about dancing about the architecture of the
brain? Former U.S. Ski Team member Amy Caron has plunged
headlong into the field of neuroscience, but from the point of view
of an artist, helping to initiate the emerging genre of “artscience,”
which merges the two disciplines to create fertile new
cross-pollinations.

From an art installation two years ago at the Women‘s Art Center
here, Caron’s project Waves of Mu—based on newly discovered
“mirror” neurons in the brain, cells that aid in social interaction—
has grown into a multimedia dance piece that places the audience
inside the workings of the cranium. Small groups of audience
members are first let into a room in their socks to explore the
interior environment physically. Then, in the theater proper,
Caron as mad scientist with lab coat and clipboard directs her
“research team” of performers.

The main stage extends into the audience, and the work is all about
connectivity. The mirror neurons appear to provide a neurological
basis for social connection and mirroring others’ behavior, and a
whole host of human interactions might be explained by this
burgeoning branch of brain-tacular barnstorming.

This Salt Lake City premiere takes the show full circle from a
sojourn to New York City beginning in August 2008, and it has been
commissioned by the Room Project of Performance Space 122, and
receives support from the National Performance Network.

Dance Theatre Coalition: Amy Caron’s Waves of Mu @ Rose Wagner Center,
138 W. 300 South, 801-355-2787, April 3-4, 8 p.m. AmyCaron.com

Mindy Kober and Ed Trask

Studio 27.28 presents:Ed Trask & Mindy Kober
The opening is on o4.o4.o9 from 6-9p and will
run till o4.26.o9.

More info can be found at:www.studio2728.com

Eric Osborne

Just a quick little update,

This is last weekend for my show at the

blaubak gallery

133 Lake Street South Ste B

Kirkland, Wa 98033

mobile: (206) 265-0401

office: (425) 822-2313

NEXT on tap...I'll be putting some BRAND NEW WORK at Twilight in there new market location!!! next to Seattle's best coffee, make sure to give then some love;) and a new line of Tee-shirts will be out VERY very soon, details to follow!

No Seattle show as of yet other then the usual spots, Twilight, Sweet spot, Funhouse, I'll be in Arizona in Aug at Bohemia, and then in Feb of 2010 MUTHA-FING CHAICAGO!!!! ohhhhhhhhhhhh yeah....again thanks for all you love and support...or lack there of;)
as always
e

Performance Art by Megan Hildebrandt

Performance artist Megan Hildebrandt will present her "alternative
history lesson" Port Townsend style while in residency at Centrum.
Megan's work brings communities in touch with some aspect of their
own history by reenacting a part of that community's forgotten life
and times. While we don't know the subject of her Port Townsend
piece, we can show you what she did in a Baltimore neighborhood by
simply scrubbing marble steps. She was later interviewed about the
experience on Baltimore Public Radio. Megan will be in residence in
March, and we'll keep you posted on the details of her Port Townsend
performance.

Although Centrum Residents are not required to interact with the
community while here, it's always great when one of our artists or
writers finds a way to engage the public in their New Work.
Readings, open studios, recitals, and performance pieces like Megan's
add to the vibrancy and fun of the Residency Program here at Centrum.

Megan Hildebrandt

Historian/performance artist Megan Hildebrandt is currently in
residence creating yet another of her entertaining and historically
accurate Performance Art pieces. This performance will be an
invigorated, interactive exploration via PowerPoint and performance
of both the history and contemporary culture of Fort Worden. The
“Alternative History Lesson” PPT will include projections of
historically based drawings and photographs, with a healthy dose of
humor and contemporary, everyday life references.

Says Hildebrandt of the new work:
“It will be a remarkable opportunity to enjoy both some local history
and contemporary art. The performance will explore Fort Worden’s
multiple identities over the past hundred years as an active military
base, a juvenile detention facility, and as a state park. How would
John Lorimer Worden, the USS Monitor Commander for whom the Fort
was named, relate to the park as a Juvenile Facility, or as a tourist
attraction? Who are the people Fort Worden’s batteries and buildings
are named for? What was life like here at the Fort during the various
periods in its history?

I will also include the past and present of the “City of Dreams”, Port
Townsend. What was the role of the railroad in the destiny of the
city, and what are the industries that have fed the citizens of Port
Townsend, such as the imports of lumber from the port and the local
paper mill?”

To get an idea of Megan’s unique style, take a look at this 3 part
video recording of "The Rumors Are True!”… a performance/exhibit
that just wrapped up in Baltimore, Maryland.

Part 1 "The Rumors are True" Part 2 Part 3

The Port Townsend performance date and location are not yet confirmed.
Please contact lisa@centrum.org for details.

A new gallery is now online by qi peng

I have just created a new gallery in myartspace  <http://www.myartspace.com>.

It is called imaginary exhibitions.

Click on the image or the link to view.

http://www.myartspace.com/viewer/gallery/?subscriberid=49gxoptpv9ytvow1&gallery_id=ihuxwk3u6a8elg41.

Mindy Kober at Lawrence Procolator, Kansas, Sat. March 14, 6 pm

Mindy Kober will be participating this Saturday the Lawrence Percolator, a project Space in the Lawrence Corporation for the Advancement of Visual Arts, in Lawrence, Kansas.


Mindy Kober will be participating this Saturday the Lawrence Percolator, a project Space in the Lawrence Corporation for the Advancement of Visual Arts, in Lawrence, Kansas.


the Lawrence Percolator presents

TREES I HAVE KNOWN

OPENING RECEPTION 6PM SATURDAY MARCH 14

continues weekends Saturday March 14 – Sunday May 3