Photographs from Animamus at Bushwick Open studios 2013 below;
The xvi artists are showing work in New York as part of a week long salon style exhibition at Culture Fix, curated by Ventiko
Animamus Art Salon: A Living Gallery Culture Fix, 9 Clinton Street, NYC
26 February - 3 March 2013
Opening: Tuesday, 26 February 7 PM
The Living Gallery at Culture Fix is a weeklong, salon-style exhibition and installation which incorporates work by over 50 artists.
Programming will feature artists in residence, performance artists and musicians in the gallery of Culture Fix. A Living Gallery further develops the ideas of the original Animamus Art Salon, a monthly salon that travels between venues. Created by Ventiko in 2011, over two years of programming has nurtured a supportive, international community which allows artists who work in a variety of mediums to present works and receive feedback from the audience.
Exhibiting Artists:
Emma Andrea, Adrian Austin, Erik Berglin, Erik Bergrin, Michael Blase, Laura Blüer, Catrine Bodum, Chris Carr, David Chalkley, aro
David LaGaccia, Mariel Victoria Mok, David Powers, Linden Renz, Emity Rose, and Elina Shnayderm
Jordan Chlapecka, Reece Cox, Alex DeCosta, Kyle Depew, Augustin Doublet, Hannah Futers, Erin Goodman, Joseph Gurka, Caro
Halford, Kirsty Harris, Aimee Hertog, Miao Jiaxin, Jung S. Kim, Amber Lee, JaeWook Lee, Jiyoung Lee, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge, Karo
lina Magnusson-Murray, Quetzal Maucci, Kurt Mcvey, Julia Miranda, Mariel Victoria Mok, Adina Preston, Misha Poloskin, David Powers, Moorland Productions, Laurie Nouchka, Araba Ocran, Jane Oldfield, Charley Peters, Regine Romain, Ellen Robin Rosenberg, Jonah Rosenberg, Paul Stanley, Olivia Swider, Susanna Thornton, Jemma Watts, Sarah West, Brooklyn Wildlife, Brenton Wolf, Ivan Valtchev, Ventiko, Elizabeth De Vita, Kennedy Yanko, Timur York and Alex Zhaoguo Zhang.
*All programming is free and open to the public. Libations and Nibbles from the Culture Fix menu are at cost.
**Mounting of this exhibition is Sponsored by 567 Framing (567global.com). For more information please contact Ventiko at info@ventiko.com
The weeklong A Living Gallery exhibition incorporates a whole host of events:
Performance Anxiety; a poetry and prose reading brunch;; a movie night presenting the work of video artists;; a day spa;; nightly musical performances, as well as many other activities encompassing the broad range of artistic endeavors showcased by Animamus Art Salon.
For the duration of Animamus Art Salon: A Living Gallery, the gallery at Culture Fix will be decorated with salon-style furniture to encourage artists and gallery visitors to engage with one another while spending time in the installation and to join the artist residents, hostess and gallery director for tea, crumpets and discourse (Gloves optional, but encouraged).
Animamus Art Salon: A Living Gallery Programming Schedule:
Opening Night (Tuesday, 26 February) 7 PM Performances by: Jason Anastasoff, Ivy Castellanos, Christen Clifford, Valerie Kuehne, Dylan Meek, and PPL/Dreary Somebody Curated by Panoply Performance Laboratory and IV Soldiers
Wednesday, 27 February
Daytime Programming: Tea Party during gallery hours 1-6 PM
Evening: (Art) Movie Night 7 PM-late Featuring films by: Elizabeth De Vita, Augustin Doublet, Rebecca Gaffney, Jenna Kline, M. Lamar, JaeWook Lee, Miles Pflanz, Andrew Sellers, Tanguy de Thuret, Anthony Tino, Lizzy De Vita, and Alex Zhaoguo Zhang.
Thursday, 28 February
Daytime: Tea Party during gallery hours 1-6 PM
Friday, 1 March
Daytime: Trendy Gems Day Spa with Genevieve Belleveau 2-6 PM Evening: Performance Anxiety 9:30 PM Featuring Performances by: Baxton Alexsander, Amazing Amy Contortion Dancer, Georgio Carpet, Jiwon Linda Choi, Jacob Cohen, Erik Hokanson, Jenna Kline, Valerie Kuehne, Birgit Larsen, Jill McDermid, Christine Olson, Jin-Kang Park, Lorelei Ramirez, Gorgeous Taps and Jessica Wasieleski.
Sunday, 3 March Daytime: Reading Poetry Brunch followed by Matthew Silver: The Idiot Circus 1-5 PM Readings by: Adrian Austin, Chris Carr, Meredith Degyansky, Stacey Engels, Beth Fiore, Adjua Greaves, Nisse Greenberg,
Evening: Presentations by Animamus Art Salon Exhibiting Artists 7-11 PM with a musical performance by M. Lamar and a special presentation by Christine Olson.
Artists in Residence:
Richard Bergeron (visual) Reece Cox (visual) Augustin Doublet (film) Dylan Meek (music)
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