The 2003 RAW STAFF
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The 2003 RAW STAFF, Siiri Sampson - RAW Coordinator Sonya Masinovsky - Student Art Coordinator MArgot Meyers - Program Writer Becky Weisman - Masquerade Ball Coordinator Rachel Wilsey - Design & Publicity Coordinator GEOFF finger - TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/stage manager Ariel Jacobs - Hospitality Coordinator PAIGE KRAUS- technical consultant WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT: manufacture 2003 the Table of Contents. Letter from RAW Coordinator 2 Schedule of events 3 Patrick Nagatani & Leigh Anne Langwell 4 Sue Moir, Bev Toledo, Diane Ahrendt, & 5 William Ray Jr. Sonia Sanchez & Pete Beeman 6 Student Art Listing (part I) 7 Student Art Map 8-9 Student Art Listing (part II) 10 The World Trade Organization 11 Andrew Dickson & The Yes Men 12 The Typing Explosion 13 The Coup 14 Masquerade Ball 15 Oslund + Co./Dance 16 ....... Vollum Lounge Gallery Hours: Wed. 10:00am-7:00pm, Thurs. 10:00am-3:00pm, Fri.-Sun. 10:00am-10:00pm 1. 2003 manufacture ATTN: THE MASSES FROM: RAW COORDINATOR RE: ART For the past 13 years, the Reed community has devoted a week to the creation, appreciation, and discovery of art in all its forms. Each year, students, professors, and professional artists inundate the campus with their work.[Our goal has been to take this year’s celebration a step further, not merely increasing the number of exhibits and performances as we’ve done, but to pick a theme which challenges both artists and viewers to reconsider their relationship with the creative process. For the fourteenth annual Reed Arts Week, I present the theme: MANUFACTURE. What is the difference between creating and manu- facturing? Does the concept behind the production of art distin- guish the final product? How much does our idea of art depend on the notion of an organic creative process? Can a manufactured product still be art? The answers to these questions, if indeed they even have answers, depend on what it is that the artist struggles to communicate through his or her work. I hope that by encouraging this year’s RAW contributors to consider the idea of manufactured art, we will all look more closely at the "creative process", that journey from initial inspiration to a final prod- uct, and think about the basis of what it means to make art. The most important part of RAW this year is the increasing vis- ibility & versatility of the student body art. All of the student artists, as well as all the student volunteers, are the essence of RAW; being a part of art for art’s sake. Thank you all for your dedication. Siiri R. Sampson, For their assistance and support, the RAW staff would like to thank Kristin Holmberg, Corey Landstrom, Donna Coyne, Ethan Jackson & the art RAW 2003 Coordinator , Crystal Williams, bill ray & the division of literature and department languages, Patricia Wong, Carla Mann & the dance department, the senate, silas cook, Ann Casey, Constance San Juan & the student body & events staff, Jim holmes & audio visual, craig lauder & the Conference print shop, Keith North & the Physical Plant staff,, max muller, nadine fiedler, KArl Nelson, The Jazz Collective, and the wonderful RAW volunteers. 2. wed events4:00 Student art walwalk. Student Union Porch. 7:30 Sonia SanchezSanchez, poetry reading. Kaul Auditorium. thurs 3:00pm-3:00am Jonathon Clark, Leah Page, Tim Russell, 2003 manufacture “Mixed Paint”. GCC-C&D (performance will be held fri. & sat. at the same times.) 4:00 The WTOWTO,”Hunger in Third World Countries” lecture by Aldritch Heviside-Spillinger IIIIII. Vollum Lecture Hall. 5:00 Daniel LichtermanLichterman, Jello Mimesis. Quad. 7:00 The Yes MenMen,”We are the Yes Men” lecture. Chapel. 8:00 Andrew Dickson, film shorts & presentation. Psych. 105. Fri 8:30am-4:00pm Carlos del Rio,Rio,“Cog”. Quad. 11:30am-2:00pm The Typing Explosion,Explosion,creating manufactured poetry while you wait. Commons. 4:00 Patrick Nagatani & Leigh Anne Langwell, Lectures. Vollum Lounge. 4:00 Kristina Wilson,Wilson,”An Afternoon of Mozart Opera”. Chapel. 6:00 Reception for Glassblowing Exhibit. Library Lobby. 9:00 The Coup with DJ Rundown, concert. Student Union. Open to Reed students only, Reed ID required. Sat 9:00am-12pm Mary Oslund, dance master class. Gym II.** 12:30pm-3:30pm Glassblowing Workshop at Dragonfly Studio. ** 9:00 Masquerade BallBall, music and dancing. Student Union. Reed ID required. ** reserve space at the Student Activities Office. Sun 3:00 Elliot SharronSharron, “Letters to Oprah”. GCC-A. 4:00 Ashley Edwards, Brannon Ingram,”Tetra” short film. Psych. 105. (film will be looped.) 8:00 Oslund + Co./DanceCo./Dance, Dance performance. Gym II. Free to Reedies, Reed ID required. 3. Vollum Lounge: Wednesday- Sunday ** co-sponsored by a. installation the Art Department ** Photography by: Patrick Nagatani “Nuclear Enchantment” -and- Leigh Anne Langwell “Photograms” Patrick Nagatani’s Patrick Nagatani’sNagatani’s, “Nuclear Enchantment” is a commentary on America’s fascination with nuclear power. Nagatani uses ironic humor in his post-apocalyptic scenarios, emphasizing our inability to realistically grasp the tremendous threat of nuclear fallout. Each photograph is a collage, juxtaposing the recogn izable against the distorted horrors of nuclear destruction. Nagatani has conducted extensive research into governmental atomic activity, including nuclear dumpsites, test centers, and accidents. He balances the grave political and social implications underlying his work with an appreciation for persever- ance and regeneration, depicting otherworldly landscapes that seem enhanced by their nuclear distor- tions. An Associate Chair and Professor of Art at the University of New Mexico, and the recipient of many grants and awards, Nagatani has exhibited his photographs internationally. Leigh Anne Langwell’ Leigh Anne Langwell’Langwell’s award winning “Photograms” reflect the New Mexico artist’s background in biological and medical imaging. Langwell creates her photograms in the manufacture darkroom without a camera or negative, laying her own latex sculptures on photographic paper and exposing it to light pulses. The resulting shadowy images appear to offer a microscopic 2003 peek into the inner workings of the human body. Langwell envisions the interstitial spaces between cells as a conceptual landscape, where the abstract and literal meet. The organic quality and dark, oceanic spaces of Langwell’s photograms intermingle notions of artistic and scientific creativity. Langwell has worked as a college lecturer, graphic artist, and a technical writer, and has been exhibiting her photography nationally since 1993. She has been recognized with many awards, including the James D. Phelan Award, a Wilard Van Dyke Memorial Grant, and a Francis Elkins fellowship at the University of New Mexico. e. lectureLecture by Patrick & Leigh Anne on nuclear mauf- acturing & photograms. Friday, February 21, 4.Exerpt from Untitled, 1999, Panels 3-4 4:00-6:00pm, Vollum Lounge 2003 manufacture a. installation Blown Glass by: Sue Moir, Bev Toledo, Diane Ahrendt, -and- William Ray Jr. On display in Hauser Library, Periodical Read- This collection of work demonstrates why the ing Room: Pacific Northwest is known as the glass Mecca of the West. Glass art Wednesday-Sunday encompasses a wide range of subjects, from the classic Venetian goblets to free form sculpture. Each handcrafted piece is a unique blend of imagination, technique, and chemistry. Diane Ahrendt, proprietor of dragonfly studios, finds “a strange delight in smashing a vase or bowl that didn’t turn out right, only to use it in the next piece with wonderful results.” Toledo, a painter and glass blower, has found the light and color properties in glassblowing to be similar to painting, although the reflective and refractive prop- erties in glass are real rather than implied. These pieces remind the viewer that the production of utilitarian objects can be an inspired, creative act. (Some works are for sale, price list available through Student Activities) Reception for glass blowing exhibit. g. Friday, February 21, 6:00 pm, Interactive Hauser Library Lobby.Glass blowing Workshop at Dragonfly StudioStudio. Saturday, February 22, 12:30-3:30pm. Visit Diane Ahrendt’s studio to learn about the techniques and skills required to create one of a kind objets d’art, by watching artists work with pipes, jacks, tweezers, shears, color, hot glass and fire. ** Sign up in the Student Activities Office ** 5. e. lectureSonia Sanchez: Poetry Reading 7:30pm Kaul Auditorium, Wednesday February19, 2003 Sonia Sanchez Sonia Sanchez is the author of over 16 books including “Homecoming”, “We a BaddDDD People”, “Homegirls and Handgrenades”, “Wounded in the House of a Friend”, and most recent ly “Shake Loose My Skin”. Her honors in- clude a National Endowment for the Arts grant, an American Book Award, a Pew Fellowship, the Langston Hughes Poetry Award, and the 2001 Frost Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Poetry Society of America. A founding member of the “Broadside Quartet,” Sanchez is also known for her involvement in the civil rights movement and later in the black arts movement. She has lectured and read her poetry widely, nationally and internationally. Sponsored by Reed’s Multicultural Enrichment Committee with support from Reed Arts Week (RAW), Reed’s division of literature and lan- guages, and the Reed visiting writers series. Sculpture by: a. Installation Pete Beeman “Portrait of the Artist as a Schoolboy” On displayd in Vollum Pete Beeman, a Portland based artist, applies Lounge: Wenesday- his engineering skills to the design of interactive ki- Sunday. netic sculptures. Based around ideas of motion, his sculptures come to life with a blend of clumsiness and grace. Beeman calls the functions of his objects “extravagant and useless, more often a play on utility than they are utile.” For Beeman, engaging art is a form of communication. His creations confront our society’s emphasis on efficiency, questioning the meaning of utility and functionality. Beeman holds a Master’s Degree from Stanford University in Art and Mechanical Engineering, and has exhibited his sculptures nationally.