Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
Artist-Run Spaces Opening Reception
Vesper James
7:30 p.m., Black Box
Free for members; $20 general admission
Fractionated Flashbacks will be a reading where Vesper James' mind plays tricks on him by recalling repressed scenarios. The poem Glitting Selfie Construct will be read while a series of intrusion poems insert themselves during the reading.
Public Opening: Artist-Run Spaces,
8 p.m., Second Floor Gallery
FREE, Open to the public
O.J.A.I.
8 p.m., Second Floor Gallery
FREE, Open to the public
Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence will present Urban Inventory 1, a new performance based on an idiosyncratic walking practice they call Urban Reconnaissance. The piece combines aspects of architectural storytelling, political ideation, filed recordings, and the casting of bureaucratic spells.
Nora Barton
9 p.m., Second Floor Gallery
FREE, Open to the public
Cellist Nora Barton is a recent Chicago transplant currently residing in Northern Kentucky. As Planchette, she finds warmth in harsh sounds and unexpected inspiration in the minutiae of near silence through improvisation, delayed loops, and acoustic resonance.
Artist-Run Spaces, an exhibition of 10 artist-run spaces and collectives from Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, opens at the Contemporary Arts Center on Friday, May 27.
Co-organized by the CAC and Wave Pool, this convening of independent arts organizations, nonprofits, and collectives in the region highlights their work and ethos, with a focus on showcasing the work of artists and makers within their networks.
“The best thing about operating an artist-run project in the region is without a doubt the network of support that exists here, especially from other artists and the spaces they run. The art book fair would not be able to exist without that,” says Kyle Mace, from Cincinnati Art Book Fair. “I’m continually inspired by the atmosphere of experimentation that’s cultivated by what other projects in the region are doing.”
In a moment of reflection and reopening amid the pandemic, the interests and needs of these artist-run and independent spaces, which are often able to pivot and react to current events much quicker than larger organizations, are timely and important.
“The best thing about running an artist-run space in this region is the opportunity to provide a platform for marginalized voices through different forms of art,” says Janet Albright-Captain with Storefronts.
Visitors can start their evening at Fausto at the CAC’s Final Friday Dinner Party, $39/individual, with a curated cuisine experience led by the team recently recognized in Food & Wine magazine. Vegetarian and gluten free options; reservations required at events@theferraribros.com.
The opening reception features several performances and presentations from the highlighted arts organizations.