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Synchronicity, by Fred Pirone: June 14 - June 25, 2010

Synchronicity is a creative project that is influenced by the principles of quantum physics realting to the issues of locality and nonlocality where the idea that objects and even thoughts that are apparently seperate are actually connected through space-time.

Come check out Fred's work at the reception Friday night, June 18, 2010 from 7-9pm at the Centre Gallery at USF.

Broadcast USF CAM

Come check out the Exhibition Walkthrough and Opening Reception of Broadcast tonight, Friday June 4, 2010 at 7pm at the USF Contemporary Art Museum.

Broadcast
June 4 - August 7, 2010

Broadcast explores several ways in which artists since the 1960s have engaged, critiqued, and inserted themselves into official channels of broadcast television and radio. The exhibition features works in a variety of media by an international group of artists: Dara Birnbaum, Chris Burden, Gregory Green, Doug Hall, Chip Lord and Jody Procter, Christian Jankowski, Inigo, Manglano-Ovalle, neurotansmitter, Anotonio Muntadas, Nam June Paik, TVTV/Top Value Television and Siebren Versteeg.

Lego Hello World

This is the world's most AWESOME printer...

Lego felt tip 110 printer

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New photographic works by:

Nicole Abbett

Sam Allen

Kendra Bailey

Jeremy Eldridge

Darin Garrison

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Leah Harrison

Linzi Lloyd

Zornitza Natcheva

Lisa Noss

Fred Prione

The William and Nancy Oliver Gallery

April 19^th – 23^rd

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Reception Friday April 23, 2010 from 6pm-8pm

BFA senior thessis exhibition

Steve McQueen's Queen and Country

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Come check out my Advanced Photography class' show!!

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New photographic works by:

Nicole Abbett

Sam Allen

Kendra Bailey

Jeremy Eldridge

Darin Garrison

Leah Harrison

Linzi Lloyd

Zornitza Natcheva

Lisa Noss

Fred Prione

The William and Nancy Oliver Gallery

April 19^th – 23^rd

11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

French and Mottershead

Visiting artists Rebecca French and Andrew Mottershead gave a talk last night at USF. They engage in site specific work based on social rituals. The collaborative duo "create art that specifically explores ideas of identity, social ritual and the everyday public and private realms in which they are played out. Through participatory works, they subvert sites and engage people complicitly in the creative act." They spoke about several projects, including Borrow Me, a four year ongoing series called Shops, Club Class, 24 Hour Flower Market, and my favorite, The People Series. The People Series solicited people to come together to participate in microperfomances. Each person was given a card with his/her instruction for performance for the night. The instructions including things such as lie to impress, rim your glass, let someone know you were surprised they were invited, (when talking to someone) look over their shoulder and scan the room for someone more interesting, and take a drink out of somebody's glass. After their performance each participant would sticker their performance with the small numbered sticker they would peel off of their card. In the final stage a key was distributed to allow people to re-trace the performances. Check out these works and more on their website:www.frenchmottershead.com

West of My Imagination by artist Chris Otten

West of My Imagination, by Chris Otten: March 29 - April 9, 2010

http://www.ctr.usf.edu/gallery/

ART HOUSE

12th Annual Arthouse at USF

The School of Art and History invites you to an open house to view works by Undergraduate and MFA students at the Fine Arts Building at USF.

Friday March 26, 2010

8pm-11pm

There will be food, music by the Sleepy Vikings, and a photobooth set up by the photo club!

Hope to see you there!!

MFA 2010 Graduation Exhibition

MFA Opening Reception and USF Student Show Awards Ceremony

Friday, March 26, 7-9pm USF CAM

Free Event: FOOD, MUSIC, FUN

ROUSE: MFA Graduation exhibition

March 26th-MY 8TH, 2010 USF Contemporary Art Museum

Ariel Baron-Robbins

Toni Danette Billick

Maxim Maximovitch

Andrew Nigon

Victoria Lee Skelly

Stead Thomas

Carmen Tiffany

photo candidate Elene Tremblay

Elene Tremblay is one of the four candidates for the new photography position at USF. She spoke last night about her work from 1992-present. I was most interested in a web narrative she created called My Contacts and a photographic series titled Sitters. In My Contacts visitors are directed to a website where they discover a lost cell phone on the ground. The cell phone which allows you to contact artists who have created a fictitious identity through the use of their own websites. It was pretty humorous!

Another series Elene Tremblay is currently working on is called Sitters. She solicited artists in Kingston, Barcelona, and Montreal who sit for her. In this she photographs people who are tired and and have decided to sit. It focuses on fatigue and powerlessness in an urban setting.

Earlier in the day she also stopped by my advanced photography class during our critique. I found her to be extremely perceptive and very knowledgeable. Check her out!

34th Annual Student Art Exhibition at USF

Go check out the 34th Annual Student Art Exhibition at USF. One of my photographs was accepted to be a part of it!!!

SPE

In just a few days I am headed to Philly for the SPE (Society for Photographic Education) National Conference. This will be my first SPE conference and I can't wait! If you're a photography student and haven't heard of SPE or want more info, check them out here.

Andreas Gursky

Andreas Gursky is a German artist who creates these amazing color photographic landscapes. He is drawn to large, man-made spaces which remind me of certain aspects of my abandoned building series. While they are totally opposite of my work as they are full of life and movement, they still emphasize a kind of distance relevant to my work. Check out this great article that was featured in New York Magazine here.

Parkour Motion Reel

I came across this on www.dailymotion.com while surfing the net and wanted to share it. It's an animated flip book of sorts. Check it out here.

Painting as Photography

For my next project I will be recreating famous paintings. The first person that came to mind was Diego Velazquez. I have always loved his Las Meninas painting. While working on my other photographic series of the abandoned spaces I went to a cigar factory and I think this would be the perfect place to recreate this painting into a photograph. My only concern is time. I'm not sure if I would be able to gather all of the props and schedule a date with the people needed to pull this off.



Another artist I admire is Johannes Vermeer. His paintings, The Geographer, The Astronomer, and Delft workshop, Allegory of Painting stand out to me the most. I am interested in using myself in the images. I have been wanting to do a series of self-portraits and this could be the perfect opportunity.

Guinness World Records project

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