February – April 2016 FIELD GUIDE

February – April 2016
FIELD
GUIDE
DEARYOU,
SPACES connects contemporary art practice with the real
world.
All 2016 R&D projects will address the theme of “invisibility”
in some way, rendering visible issues that we cannot possibly
fathom or sometimes choose to ignore.
Clockwise: #1 #3 #4
Opening reception of winter 2015 exhibitions, image courtesy SPACES.
#2 Ryan Dewey (member of Geologic Cognition Society),
Sea Salt from Oceans that Don’t Exist, image courtesy SPACES.
This quarter, local collaborative Geologic Cognition Society
will reconstruct a salt deposit in the SPACES gallery, taking
us on a journey through geologic deep time to experience the
formation of the salt beneath Lake Erie. During the Republican
National Convention, Kate Sopko will depict the everyday
realities of our shrinking city, to challenge broken systems
that fuel inequality. Portland-based curator Yaelle Amir will
reveal the hidden labor produced by the digital revolution,
and Canadian artist Felix Kalmenson will provide tactics for
us to disappear in the age of total information awareness.
This is the first time we’ve applied an annual organizing
theme to R&D. We think it will inspire a dynamic year of
art commissions and programs that encourage strong
interactions between artists and audiences, where art is the
connective experience.
Visibly yours,
Christina Vassallo
Executive Director
I AM GOAT STAINS
ON THE DOORS
Theodoros Stamatogiannis (b. Athens / l. London)
IN RESIDENCE: NOVEMBER 28, 2015 – FEBRUARY 8, 2016
OPENING RECEPTION: JANUARY 29, 6 – 9 PM
PUBLIC PRESENTATION: JANUARY 31, 2 PM
ON VIEW AT SPACES: JANUARY 29 – MARCH 25, 2016
Theodoros Stamatogiannis is will delve deep into the
intersection of sculpture and architecture during his SWAP
residency by focusing on the role that storefronts play in the
definition of private and public spaces. Using architectural
components such as floors, doors, windows and awnings, he
will interrogate the way we use or perceive these elements.
The inspiration for this body of work came from the
worldwide financial crisis in 2008, and its effect on the small
shops and streets that once bustled with activity and now
are boarded. His practice will expand to the post-industrial
landscape of Cleveland, where the architecture of commerce
is affected by population loss and high unemployment rates.
The SPACES World Artists Program (SWAP) offers
residencies to international, national and local artists.
SWAP supports artists in the creation, presentation,
and discussion of new work. Theodoros Stamatogiannis
is SPACES’ 54th SWAP Artist-in-Residence.
Untitled (2008), image courtesy the artist.
It’s hard to imagine what Cleveland was like before it was
the city we experience today.
OPENING RECEPTION: JANUARY 29, 6 – 9 PM
ON VIEW AT SPACES: JANUARY 29 – MARCH 25, 2016
UNDERNEATH
IS BEFORE
Geologic Cognition Society (Cleveland, OH)
All images courtesy the artists.
UNDERNEATH IS BEFORE focuses on one moment in geologic
time: the moment when the massive salt deposits under
Lake Erie were formed. Geologic Cognition Society will
construct an immersive enviornment that pieces together
a sensory story of layering and accumulation of salt in this
region. The project culminates in the quieting hollows of a
salt chamber reconstructed from salt slabs mined for this
installation. Visitors will experience a physical connection
with 300 million year-old slabs of salt that were mined in
present time underneath nearly 2,000 feet of lake water,
glacial clay, and Cleveland bedrock.
The R&D (Research & Development) program
invites artists, curators and other cultural producers
to articulate their investigation of ideas through a
supported project that may take the form of solo,
group, or collaborative endeavors.
g00g13 34r+h
Curated by Jessica Langley (Queens, NY)
OPENING RECEPTION: JANUARY 29, 6 – 9 PM
ON VIEW AT SPACES: JANUARY 29 – MARCH 25, 2016
g00g13 34r+h is a collection of video works
with the intersecting subject matter of
space and terrain. Engaging a variety of
perspectives from the microscopic, to the
outsider, to the omniscient, these works
look, watch, and examine up close and
far out. Framing the works with a title that
evokes a ubiquitous mapping mechanism
questions how we see and create an object,
a place, or a landscape.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Leah Beeferman (Brooklyn, NY)
Jerstin Crosby (Hampton Bays, NY)
Julie Groshe (Richmond, VA/New York, NY)
Ad Minoliti (Buenos Aires, AR)
Leslie Thornton (Providence, RI).
The Vault functions as a media flat file where audiences
can experience a variety of video and audio art. Curated
selections are added to The Vault on a quarterly basis.
Still from Empty Space, image courtesy Leah Beeferman.
ANNOUNCING THE
ADVENTURE
BOOK CLUB
SPACES is exploring the concept of Invisibility during its 2016 R&D
exhibition season. We’re collaborating with Guide to Kulchur to
bring you Adventure Book Club, a quarterly meet-up that connects
to our exhibitions through a book and Cleveland-based adventure.
YOU’LL READ THE FOLLOWING BOOKS &
WE’LL GO ON ADVENTURES TOGETHER!
JANUARY 29 – MARCH 25, 2016
Exhibition: Geologic Cognition Society (Cleveland, OH),
UNDERNEATH IS BEFORE
Book: Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
MAY 20 – JULY 29, 2016
Exhibition: Kate Sopko (Cleveland, OH), The Fixers
Book: The Making of the Indebted Man – Essay on the
Neoliberal Condition by Maurizio Lazzarato
AUGUST 26 – OCTOBER 21,
Exhibition: Yaelle Amir (Portland, OR),
Hidden Assembly
Book: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
NOVEMBER 18, 2016 – JANUARY 13, 2017
Exhibition: Felix Kalmenson (Ontario, Canada), No Bars
Book: Spook Country by William Gibson
Get your books at Guide to Kulchur and check the SPACES
website for information on adventures throughout the year:
SPACESgallery.org
JANUARY 26, 6 – 8PM:
Season Pass members-only preview of new projects. Speak with the
artists as they install their work in the galleries.
CALENDAR
JANUARY 29, 6 – 9PM:
Opening reception for Theodoros Stamatogiannis’ SWAP
residency project I AM GOAT STAINS ON THE DOORS; R&D project
UNDERNEATH IS BEFORE, by Geologic Cognition Society; and
g00g13 34r+h in The Vault.
JANUARY 30, 7:30PM:
Andrew Auten and Lisa Miralia present Interlocutors: A Live Video
& Music Experience, featuring Kasumi and other NEO artists
performing live interpretations of each other’s work ($10).
JANUARY 31, 2PM:
Go on a walking tour in Slavic Village with SWAP resident
Theodoros Stamatogiannis. RSVP to bedwards@SPACESgallery.org
FEBRUARY 6, 1 – 3PM:
FamilySPACES: Geode Making - Create beautiful geodes out of ice
and salt with your friends!
FEBRUARY 17, 6PM:
Go on a tour of the Cleveland Clinic with us. This is a Season Pass
members-only event. RSVP to cvassallo@SPACESgallery.org.
MARCH 5, 1-3PM:
FamilySPACES: {Cleve}Land Before Time - Learn about the creatures
who lived in the salt water oceans that once covered Cleveland and
create your own Dunkleosteus to take home!
MARCH 14, 7 - 8:30PM:
SPACES will screen Womyn Space by artists Corrie Slawson, Amber
Anderson and Elena Harvey Collins at the Heights Libraries-Noble Branch.
Following the film there will be a presentation using author Martha Louise
Rayne’s book What Can a Woman Do? as a jumping off point, to illustrate
the unconventional careers American women have pursued.
MARCH 15, 6-8PM:
Join the Adventure Book Club at Empress Taytu for dinner and a
discussion about salt. Don’t forget to read Mark Kurlansky’s Salt:
A World History. RSVP to cvassallo@SPACESgallery.org.
APRIL 16, 6 - 10PM:
Monster Drawing Rally 2016, a bustling event where over 100 artists
will make new work right in front of you!
THECALENDAR
SNEAKPEEK
OPENING RECEPTION: MAY 20, 2016, 6 – 9PM
ON VIEW AT SPACES: MAY 20 - JULY 29, 2016
LOOK WHO’S MAKING
SPACES ONE OF THE
BEST PLACES
R&D THE FIXERS
KATE SOPKO (CLEVELAND, OH)
Leading up to the Republican
National Convention in July,
The Fixers will ask Clevelanders
invested in urban vitality,
social equity and strong
democratic process what
tour of the city they would
give to RNC delegates.
SWAP #BELLWETHER
ROOPA VASUDEVAN (QUEENS, NY)
IN RESIDENCE:
MAY 20 - JULY 29, 2016
Who is the true Ohio voter?
Roopa Vasudevan will data mine
social media to discern the
answer and will work inside the
SPACES gallery to produce a
wearable object that shows
us the real Ohio voter.
The George Gund Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
MAJOR SUPPORT COMES FROM James S. Anderson &
David Wittkowsky, Fred & Laura Ruth Bidwell, William Busta & Joan
Tomkins, Cynthia Prior Gascoigne & Jim Gascoigne, Donna & Stewart
Kohl, Toby Devan Lewis Philanthropic Fund, Linda & Jack Lissauer, M.D.,
Montlack Realty, Process Creative Studios, Swagelok Foundation,
an army of volunteers, and hopefully you!
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SWAP: I AM GOAT STAINS ON THE DOORS /
Theodoros Stamatogiannis (b. Athens / l. London)
R&D: UNDERNEATH IS BEFORE /
Geologic Cognition Society (Cleveland, OH)
The Vault: g00g13 34r+h /
Jessica Langley (Queens, NY)
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Sign language interpretation and a curious groundhog (Feb. 2), provided by advance request.
Cover: Image courtesy the artists.
Layout: Ellen Ivy Krantz, 2015-2016 SPACES Graphic Design Fellow
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Opening reception: January 29, 6 – 9 pm
On view at SPACES: January 29 – March 25, 2016