http://32ndandurban.carbonmade.com/projects/2324059
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Chicago Urban Art Society Presents
Muscle in the Hustle : Contemporary Approaches to Promoting Art
June 20, 2009
12:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
1048 West 37th Street. 3rd Floor
Chicago IL 60609
info@chgourbanartsociety.com
www.32ndandurban.carbonmade.com
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(June 2, 2009 – Chicago, IL) – The Chicago Urban Art Society presents:
“Muscle in the Hustle”, a 2 session panel discussion focusing on current art movements and projects in the Chicagoland area. The first session will be an artist-led discussion on the successes / failures of promoting their art, and new and unorthodox approaches to the current market. The second session will be led by a panel of curators and gallery directors whose focus is emerging, contemporary, & local artists. They discuss their successes / failures in promoting their venue / vision, in artist selection, & original approaches to attracting audiences. Art makers and artists areas of interests include but not limited to DIY, street art, graffiti art culture, mixed media, muralism, found object, performance, photography, public art, print-making, and literary arts.
Panel 1 (12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.)
Participants : Jeff Zimmerman, Ray ‘CRO’ Noland, Erik DeBat “RISK”, Doug Fogelson, Rahmaan ‘STATIC’ Barnes, Maria Gaspar, Revise cmw, Dolan Geiman and Tom Torluemke
Panel 2 (3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.)
Participants : Anni Holm (Curator at Orleans Street Gallery), Anna Cerniglia, Mike Nourse (Chicago Art Department, CAD), Jim Molnar and Kuna Na (mn gallery + studio), Lauren Pacheco (32nd&urban gallery/space), Fausto Alejandro Lopez (Quennect 4), Kuaze (Volume One Magazine)
Moderated by Angeline Gragasin of NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS & Greg Hertzlieb of the Brauer Art Museum.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Industry of the Ordinary: Fight Nights
I will be participating in Industry of the Ordinary's "Fight nights" ::::::::::
• Industry of the Ordinary present Fight Nights, taking place at the Hyde Park Art Center on 8 May 2010. The art world is rife with petty enmities and personal disagreements. What better way to sort these out once and for all than to offer protagonists (antagonists) the opportunity to settle differences in the ring? Industry of the Ordinary will rent a regulation boxing ring and provide all interested parties with full protective gear. The match-ups will be determined by agreement with both participants for 3 round bouts. All participants will sign waivers, and medical personnel will be standing by. If you are interested in participating, please contact us here. Hear more about Fight Nights on the Bad at Sports podcast here.
come and get it!
• Industry of the Ordinary present Fight Nights, taking place at the Hyde Park Art Center on 8 May 2010. The art world is rife with petty enmities and personal disagreements. What better way to sort these out once and for all than to offer protagonists (antagonists) the opportunity to settle differences in the ring? Industry of the Ordinary will rent a regulation boxing ring and provide all interested parties with full protective gear. The match-ups will be determined by agreement with both participants for 3 round bouts. All participants will sign waivers, and medical personnel will be standing by. If you are interested in participating, please contact us here. Hear more about Fight Nights on the Bad at Sports podcast here.
come and get it!
At this moment- Unsanctioned Buchanan Art
A bunch of artists and curators went down to Buchanan, Michigan this weekend to put up an art show. There will be more information to come but the first night was interesting. We has some hustles and hollers but the end result was cool. I brought down Greg Stimac (gregstimac.com) and Burtonwood&Holmes ( http://www.burtonwoodandholmes.com). Here is a photograph of us setting up the video projection of "peeling out" from Greg Stimac in a firestation garage.
Recent Activities
After the show we had in Rome, things haven't been as insane as they usually are for me. Which I believe is a good thing considering you need time to grow and understand what you want to do with your passion. When you go go go... when do you have time for new ideas...? I recently helped with Versionfest, IMMODEST PROPOSALS 09, which I believe was a large success. It ran from April 23- May 2. It held such interesting events such as an artist-run art fair, a korean polish bbq, a video sweat lodge..etc etc. The turn out was great and it looked great. learn more about it at http://www.versionfest.org/
Saturday, January 24, 2009
"leaping into stratosphere" February 7th, Rome, Italy

International Collaboration with curators Anna Cerniglia and Susanna Horvatočova in conjunction with La Porta Blu curators Alberto Parres and Fabrizio Pizzuto.
Leaping Into Stratosphere (Tuffo nel Vuoto): a site specific installation by artist Elise Blue.
Northdown Flat B1: a video installation by artist Chiara Tommasi
ELISE BLUE CHIARA TOMMASI
LEAPING INTO STRATOSPHERE / NORTHDOWN FLAT B1
in seno al progetto espositivo Immersioni
a cura di Anna Cerniglia e di Susanna Horvatovičova
Inaugurazione doppia personale: Sabato 7 Febbraio´2009, ore 19:00
Luogo: LaPortaBlu Gallery
Indirizzo: Arco degli Acetari 40, 00186 Roma
Durata: Fino al 23 Febbraio
Orari: dalle 17:00 alle 20:00 dal Martedì al Sabato
Sabato 7 febbraio alle ore 19:00 presso LaPortaBlu Gallery, via Arco degli Acetari 40 Roma, si inaugura la mostra Leaping into Stratophere di Elise Blue e Northdown Flat B1di Chiara Tommasi.a cura di Anna Cerniglia e di Susanna Horvatovičova. In occasione dell'inaugurazione della mostra, Elise Blue realizzerá una performance artistica che inizierá alle 18:40 a Campo dei Fiori e proseguirá presso LaPortaBlu Gallery.
La doppia personale nasce in seno Immersioni, un progetto espositivo incentrato sulle mutazioni del concetto di spazio immersivo, dell'invasione dell'immaginario nell'ambiente; prosegue la ricerca artistica dei situazionisti e di Guy Debord, gli esperimenti multimediali di Studio Azzurro, dei video di Bill Viola, ma capovolge i termini e arriva a dare la fredda sensazione acquatica dell'essere al mondo. L'installazione di Elise Blue e la video proiezione di Chiara Tommasi mostrano un ambiente mobile e statico allo stesso tempo, un processo mentale e fisico, uno sconfinamento fluido, acquatico, sgusciante, che non necessita dell'interattività e della virtualità dei New Media, dell'uso di interfacce e protesi sensoriali prefigurate dallo storico McLuchan che condizionano l'immaginario della collettività e la fruizione del paesaggio postmoderno. Lo spazio di vita diventa un luogo che filtriamo e costruiamo dove immergersi attraverso il nostro immaginario. L'inversione di marcia delle artiste riporta in parte alla teoria del "complotto dell'Arte" del critico Baudrillard, il quale sostiene che ora l'arte si sta riducendo ad essere semplicemente quel che esiste e nulla più, che sta arrivando alla decostruzione del gesto più banale.
Nella video proiezione Northdown Flat B1 Chiara Tommasi si dispiega un'immagine che si rivela lentamente. Il video riprende una cittá anonima, grigia, fredda come Shanghai, dove non si distingue il giorno dalla notte. L'acqua scandice e rallenta il tempo allontanando i rumori e la frenesia esterna. La protesi multimediale dei video di Bill Viola che amplificano la percezione sensoriale dello spettatore cede il passo ad un'immagine essenziale: una telecamera fissa inquadra il corpo nudo di Chiara, che attende quasi immobile di essere sommersa dall'acqua. La video proiezione segue il tempo reale, apre la visione a diversi livelli della coscienza, sposta l'attenzione dall'esterno all'interno, dalla vita caotica di Shanghai ad un'intimitá ambigua, quasi forzata. L'intimità viene conquistata dall'artista gradualmente con il silenzio e l'immersione. l'intensità della scena cresce fino a raggiungere un punto di saturazione tale da preludere all'atto dell'emersione. L'immersione-emersione di Chiara Tommasi rivela la sua visione, diviene un momento di risveglio, una ri-nascita, una presa di coscienza di qualcosa di indefinibile, un cambiamento che si rivela inaspettatamente in un'istante e che lascia un interrogativo aperto.
Elise Blue sviluppa una iperbole che devia il processo dell'immersione e dell'emersione verso quello dell'esplosione. Gioca d'azzardo, amalia la vista con immagini brillanti come la societá impone e, allo stesso tempo, ne mostra la violenza. Blue si concentra sulla terrifica bellezza dell'esplosione della bomba atomica, la ripetizione seriale della medesima scena pone l'accento sulla reiterazione negli anni delle esercitazioni nucleari, come ricorda l'artista: "..Operation Buster-Jangle, Operation Crossroads, The Manhattan Project, these are the names of the projects that developed the worlds first atomic bombs…The period from 1945-1963 witnessed dozens of nuclear tests that were all well documented by the military. Clouds scatter across the sky as the blast sucks the earth up into a vacuum and the mushroom cloud billows forth. These are stunning apocalyptic images...". Elise Blue lavora sullo spazio e sulla sua trasformazione realizzando installazioni site-specifc che ripetono ossessivamente lo stesso motivo attraverso una serie di piccoli acquarelli denominati a Bomb series. L'espansione dell'installazione nell'ambiente si riflette nell'esplosione di colori degli acquarelli dietro cui si nasconde la visione inquietante della reazione nucleare. L'artista si interroga in nuce sul senso dell'ordigno nucleare, sulla sua latente distruttivitá e sull'ottenebramento della coscienza che esso genera. Gli eccessi dell'umanitá si rivelano nell'istinto primordiale di dominio sulle leggi della natura, nella sublime intensitá di un'esplosione che richiama alla mente una visione apocalittica. L'installazione ambientale Leaping into Stratophere / Tuffo nel Vuoto di Elise Blue rimane una domanda aperta, uno slancio verso l'irragiungibile nella stratosfera e nell'ignoto, un tuffo verso l'etere. Possiamo forse credere di potere superare il mito di Icaro? Possiamo forse tendere al sublime senza sapere di poter cadere nel vuoto trascinando con noi l'intera umanitá?
Testo critico a cura di Susanna Horvatovičova
ELISE BLUE è nata a New York nel 1971. Si è laureata in storia dell'arte presso l'Università del Massachusetts a Boston nel 1991. In seguito, nel Massachusetts College of Art di Boston. Nel 1994 si è trasferita a Firenze dove si è specializzata presso lo Studio Art Centers International. Attualmente vive a Chicago. Mostre personali: 2008 - Atomic Bomb Installation, The Shoe Box Gallery. Minneapolis, Minnesota; 2007 -Aesthetic and Terror, Gallery Uno, ARTexhibitionlink. Chicago, Illinois; 2006 - The Portrait Project, Beverly Art Center. Chicago, Illinois. 2005 - Fantastische!, Arte y Papel Studio. Chicago, Illinois. 2004 - My Apocalyptic Playground, ARC Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. 2000 - The Seven Virtues, The Urban Space Gallery. Washington, D.C. 1998 - Recent Works, The Charles Schabes Gallery. Chicago, Illinois. Principali collettive: 2008 –The Summer Show 2008, Castello Santa Severa, Santa Severa (Rm). 2005 - National Juried Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York; Portraits, Visual Arts Studio. Richmond, Virginia. 2004 - Fort Wayne Museum of Art Biennial, Fort Wayne, Indiana. 2003 - Chicago, Galeria Menache. Mexico City, Mexico.
CHIARA TOMMASI è nata a Cesena (Forlì) nel 1966. Ha conseguito un Master in fotografia e video Art presso il DAMS di Bologna. Attualmente vive a Roma. Mostre personali: 2007 – BKF, video e fotografie, SpazioArteContemporaneaCapvula, Roma. 2003 – 47th Floor Gallery, Roma; 2001 - Loto Art Studio, Roma; 2000 -, galleria San Fedele, Milano. Principali collettive: 2008 – Codice 01, Chiostro del Bramante, Roma.2007 – Retrospettiva, fotografia e video, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Tripoli. 2006 – 0H+, video performance, Rialto Sant'Ambrogio, Roma; 2005 – ID, spazio Granma, Roma; 2003 – Inner Flower, video, Ripa Arte Cafè, Roma; Sembianze del volto Nuova Fotografia Italiana, Rashomon Space, Roma; 2001 – galleria Luigi di Sarro, Roma; 2000 –spazio Bigli, Milano; 1999 – Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia, galleria Alberto Weber, Torino; Fiera Internazionale di Fotografia, Palazzo Donant, Venezia; "Solitude Stading", Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Londra.
www.gruppo-korus.com
LaPortaBlu Gallery
Arco degli Acetari 40
00186, Roma
tel 06 6874106
cell 3929153848
www.laportablu.it
laportablu@laportablu.it
La Porta Blu - Associazione Culturale ONLUS - via del Teatro Valle 27- tel 06 6874822.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
KNEE DEEP VINTAGE

I am as well helping Knee Deep Vintage with hosting art shows_ our first show is October 18th!
Knee Deep Vintage
1425 West 18th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60608
(312) 850-2510
Owner: Trent Marinell/ trent@kneedeepvintage.com
Art: Anna Cerniglia/ anna.cerniglia@gmail.com
Knee Deep Vintage and Anna Cerniglia are excited to our first art opening at Knee Deep Vintage. On October 18th, we are excited to have our first art show displaying Kyle Harter, Kyle LaValley, Joseph Rynkiewicz, and Joseph Miller and 25% off.
Kyle Harter is an artist, illustrator and graphic designer whose work has been published in Chicago's UR Magazine, The Reader, Innerview Magazine, and Shades Magazine (online). In addition, Kyle has exhibited his silk screening skills, designing posters for several Chicago bands. His work has been described as “simple gestures that translate to great catastrophic wonderful messy thoughts and feelings.”
Kyle LaValley is currently going to Columbia College working towards a photography degree. Kyle dabs into a subculture of photography called “party photography”,a recent popular genre of photography through “The Cobra Snake” or Merlin Bronques. Kyle has also been contributing to this growth for a few years, providing snapshots of partygoers immersing themselves into the Chicago social scene. Come check out her more intimate work, black and white 4x5 portraits of the 77’s subculture.
Joseph Rynkiewicz makes photographs as well as drawings. His photographs chronicle his family life in transition and the relationships involved. His drawings are often humorously influenced by media outlets and social networking websites. He says, "Drawing for me is a a way to rethink the mundane. I pull subjects from newspapers, magazines, the internet and everyday situations and draw them, removing them from their original context to reconsider the meaning of their environment."
Joseph Miller, another well rounded artist, and teacher, has taken on a different project circulating around paper airplanes. Joseph has made large scale paper airplanes with paper mache that will be circulating those through the store.
Join us for the opening
Refreshments will be served and everything will be 25% off.
October 18, 2008
6pm-midnight
ALL RiSE GALLERY UPDATES
ALL RiSE GALLERY is actually having their inauguartion on October 17th!
WEEKEND FLING EXHIBITION SERIES™
Created and presented by
ALL RiSE GALLERY
1370 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642
T: 312-226-9292
W. allrisegallery.com
E: lisaflores@allrisegallery.com
E: anna.cerniglia@gmail.com
ALL RiSE GALLERY is excited to announce our new Weekend Fling Exhibition Series™ when a new diversified exhibit will open every consecutive weekend on Friday. Traditionally, commercial galleries hold month long exhibits based on an isolated group of artists. ALL RiSE GALLERY will allow a broader array of emerging and established artists to display by cutting the exhibit time to the weekends only.
The inaugural Weekend Fling Exhibition Series™ is on October 17th . The series will continue until the end of November and pick up again in December after a brief hiatus. Please see our website (www.allrisegallery.com) for more information about the artists who are currently slated to display as a few dates are still in the works.
ALL RiSE GALLERY is located on the borders of the West Loop and West Town districts at 1370 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60642.Gallery Hours will be held only on Saturdays and Sundays from 11a.m. – 6 p.m. Appointments may be made throughout the week to view specific work, however exhibits will be in transition during these times.
To hear an interview with director Lisa Flores explaining the new series please listen to episode 161 starting at minute 27 on Bad At Sports (http://badatsports.com/2008/episode-161-locals-only-ahhhh/).
WEEKEND FLING EXHIBITION SERIES™
Created and presented by
ALL RiSE GALLERY
1370 W. Grand Ave.
Chicago, IL 60642
T: 312-226-9292
W. allrisegallery.com
E: lisaflores@allrisegallery.com
E: anna.cerniglia@gmail.com
ALL RiSE GALLERY is excited to announce our new Weekend Fling Exhibition Series™ when a new diversified exhibit will open every consecutive weekend on Friday. Traditionally, commercial galleries hold month long exhibits based on an isolated group of artists. ALL RiSE GALLERY will allow a broader array of emerging and established artists to display by cutting the exhibit time to the weekends only.
The inaugural Weekend Fling Exhibition Series™ is on October 17th . The series will continue until the end of November and pick up again in December after a brief hiatus. Please see our website (www.allrisegallery.com) for more information about the artists who are currently slated to display as a few dates are still in the works.
ALL RiSE GALLERY is located on the borders of the West Loop and West Town districts at 1370 W. Grand Ave. Chicago, IL 60642.Gallery Hours will be held only on Saturdays and Sundays from 11a.m. – 6 p.m. Appointments may be made throughout the week to view specific work, however exhibits will be in transition during these times.
To hear an interview with director Lisa Flores explaining the new series please listen to episode 161 starting at minute 27 on Bad At Sports (http://badatsports.com/2008/episode-161-locals-only-ahhhh/).
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