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Public
Process Jan 4 - Feb 15, 2002
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Want to participate in a work of art, without lifting a paintbrush? Join us for Public Process, an exhibition of process-based installations and performances with public participation, on view at SPACES from January 4 - February 15, 2002. On Friday, Jan 4th from 5-9pm, five artists will work throughout the opening reception to create unique installations using flashlights, high-tech thumbprint scanners, the US Postal service and, most importantly, YOU -- for this interactive exhibition. Several of the artists will stay to interact with participants in the gallery through Wednesday, January 9th - stop by during your lunch break or anytime during gallery hours for free hot chocolate, snacks, and cutting-edge art! The reception and exhibition are free and open to the public. Ioannis Yessios (Cleveland, OH), an assistant professor in the new T.I.M.E. program at the Cleveland Institute of Art, examines the concept of digital identity, using participants' voice samples, thumbprints and other data to create scannable barcodes which visitors can use to access computer information. Yessios will work with visitors through Jan 9th to complete his interactive website. As Yessios explores the future, Lowell Brown (Washington, D.C.) looks to the past, inspired by ancient cave paintings. The artist works with local middle-school students to create a glowing "cave" installation where participants can use flashlights to uncover light-sensitive wall images. Chris Wildrick (Las Vegas, NV) questions both the past and the future, working with Cleveland students to "fool the future" by creating and burying a fictional robot skeleton in a secret location nearby. Documentation of this and Wildrick's other irreverent projects will be on view in the gallery space. The collaborative team otiose (London, UK) invites participants to join them in their exploration of private/home space and public/gallery space. Otiose will work with the public to create the floor plan of a house on SPACES' floor, performing poetry and prose and writing directly onto the walls to create a new kind of environment. Otiose will stay on in the gallery through Jan 9th to interact with visitors. J. Morrison (Brooklyn, NY), who moved to New York City from Kent, OH this September, connects his new home and his hometown in a work in memorial of the September 11th tragedies. More than 2,000 transparent envelopes, each containing the brief biography of an individual lost inside the World Trade Center, were distributed to individuals, organizations and schools throughout Northeast Ohio. The resulting wall of envelopes, filled with writing, drawings, collages and found objects shows a very "public" processing of the events of that day through art. Visitors are invited to make their own commemorative envelopes to add to the wall throughout the exhibition. SPACES is a non-profit, artist-run, alternative space gallery. Since 1978, SPACES has given over 6,500 artists in the visual and performing arts an arena in which to present challenging new ideas. SPACES is located at 2220 Superior Viaduct on the West side of the Flats. Superior Viaduct runs parallel to the Detroit Superior Bridge at the intersection of West 25th Street.
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