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June/July 2005 Gallery Shows "66balmy artists " A Group Show of Works by
66balmy artists - Gage Opdenbrouw, Nicholas Coley, Wendy Yoshimura, Hee Jae
Sue, Justin Kleiner, Courtney Booker, James Barnet, Dave Warnke and more! June 9 thru July 3, 2005 Blueprints: Places, Sounds, Words
May 27th - June 18th @ Mission 17 An international sound art
project by Sirpa Jokinen (from
Helsinki!) Opening
reception: Friday, May 27th 6 -9 pm Closing
reception: Saturday, June 18th, 2 - 5 pm How do we find ourselves situated in the
world? What constitutes the sense of place? Where do we get our
bearings? In “Places, Sounds, Words,” Helsinki artist
Sirpa Jokinen explores these questions through a series of exchanges with other
people conducted in Moscow and San Francisco. Some are her friends;
others are strangers. She asks them to take her to a place of some
personal importance. She photographs them there and, with sensitive
microphones, records both the sounds of the sites and her interlocutors’ explanations
of their significance. By
focusing on sound, Jokinen pre-empts the presupposition of the world’s
immediate, objective givenness – implied by sight – and presents the experience
of place rather as dynamic, relational, and temporal. In the
distance a man calls out for his friend. The wind comes up and then dies
away. A passing skateboard interrupts the stillness of the day.
Listening then to her contributors’ explanations of the meanings these places
hold for them, these dynamics are shown to be value laden, highly subjective,
and deeply personal. A garden is not defined merely by its flowers and a
fence, but rather as a place one woman shares with her husband. A street
corner is defined not merely by its stores and traffic signals, but as the scene
of one man’s first outing alone as a boy– with all the promise and terror it
entailed. Beyond the
merely physical, Jokinen explores the poetic constitution of place. And,
by juxtaposing interviews from Moscow and San Francisco, reveals these poetics
to be socially and historically qualified, as well as highly personal. Sirpa
Jokinen works at
the Nordic Art School in Helsinki as a lecturer on psychoanalytic theory and
experimental art making. Her recent art projects have addressed topics
such as deja– vu and balance, and have been exhibited internationally.
She received her BFA from the Fine Art Academy in Helsinki, and her MFA from
The San Francisco Art Institute with the support of a Fulbright Scholarship. Gallery
Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 3pm – 6pm, Saturday 2pm – 5pm, or by appointment:
415.336.2349 or info@mission17.com. 2111 Mission
St., suite 401, SF, CA 94110 Inside Out: New Works by Paul Urich
Paul Urich has shown throughout the United States in many group
and solo shows. His last show was a group show at The Mimi Barr gallery in 2004
where he completely sold out his work. In 2003, Paul, along with Tiffany
Bozic and Chris Duncan, participated in a group of shows entitled
"Heart's Work" and was shown at Space 1026 in Philadelphia and
at other galleries up and down the East Coast. The show and images from their
travels was documented by photo journalist Vic Blue and published in the self
titled book "Heart's Work". Paul was a 2005 individual grant
recipient from the Belle Foundation for Cultural Development and is currently
preparing for an unannounced group show at the renowned Yerba Buena Center
for the Arts in San Francisco. Inside Out will be Paul Urich's first solo
show since 2003. |
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