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TECHNOLOGY AND NOSTALGIA
MAY 18, 2005 • FLAGPOLE.COM 9
"Embedded: Living with Technology," on view
at ATHICA, refuses to allow the viewer to be a
passive bystander. Participation is required. From
looping banjos to interactive suits, mixing an
individual version of ambient sound or activating
shivering boas, a trip to ATHICA this month is like
walking through a children's science museum,
with ample opportunity for play. Don't be con
fused by the title of the show. Living with
Technology is not like "living with cancer." The
artists in the exhibit fully embrace technology.
Technology is celebrated. No doomsday cry of
"back to nature for the salvation of mankind!" will
be heard here; this is a party, with technology as
the honoree and badminton for entertainment
Hear The Birdie Sing, And Listen To Your Arm
Move: The badminton set offered by artist and
musician Steven Trimmer, named "Tennis Harp" is
wired and ready for the symphony. Visitors can
play badminton and make music as the birdie hits
the racquet. "Electric
Pineapple Banjo," also
by Trimmer, has visual
appeal as well as its
audible element. And
for the shy visitor,
"Twelve Tone leeth" is
a more personal experi
ence involving overlaps
of voices as teeth on a
computer screen
reciting the alphabet.
Gretchen Eisner and
Kevin Hoth have cre
ated an interactive gar
ment titled "Suit
Yourself." Viewers can
try on an outfit that
makes movements
audible.
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Shaking Feathers And
Grinding Stones:
"Kinetic Landscape" John Culqui
knows you're coming.
It sees all. Elena Tejada, an international artist
originally from Peru, has created "Kinetic
Landscape" out of feather boas and stuffed ani
mals. The mountain of soft, fluffy Material
stretches up towards the ceiling, and shakes, or
trembles as the viewer approaches, with nervous
vulnerability. Two men who seem to have power in
their hands, without questioning how or why, are
Bryan Cole and Jeff Young. Their video shows a
figure dressed in a white space suit in a sterile
white room seemingly devoid of space or time,
with stones the size of large round loaves of
bread. The contrast of the rough, natural stones
and the clean, empty surroundings is a timeless
image using the past to see the future.
Tiny Mouths, Tiny Landscapes: Greg Pond gradu
ated from UGA with his MFA in 1998, and teaches
at the University of the South in Sewanee,
Tennessee. Now his work is back in town. In
"Second Plan for the Third World," he motorizes
doll mouths to spew promises unheard. Ron
Lambert has taken the sound of his heartbeat,
breathing and swallowing, made it visible, and
placed it over tiny landscapes. With a result that
is compelling, simple and beautiful he has suc
cessfully demonstrated that "it is in the moments
of the sublime that life slows down, if even for a
second."
A Banana Where Once W3S Christ: The wall space
at ATHICA is dominated by large-scale digital
prints on canvas by Jeff Murphy. He has taken
photographs of sacred sites from around the world
and of religious Renaissance paintings, and added
purely modem elements. For example, Mayan tem
ples have electronic wires pouring out of them.
His version of Botticelli's "Lamentation of the
Death of Christ" replaces Christ with a banana and
electronic wires. Obviously humorous and subtly
political the artist is examining "the role of the
spiritual in a technological culture." Get your fill
of ATHICA before this show closes on May 29. The
next exhibit curated by Dr§k Davt, opens in the
fall check out www.athica.org.
Southworks Shines: Many people in tins world
have sworn off cell phones or computers. And
there are people out there who will never compro
mise their morals by getting an email account.
Those people are not the artists of "Embedded,"
but might possibly be included in this year's
Southworks exhibit at the Oconee Cultural Arts
Foundation in Watkinsville. With the majority of
the works drawing on nostalgia, Juror Michael
Aurbach of Vanderbilt University chose work that
unanimously adheres to a strict professional pre
sentation guideline. Some artists in this year's
Southworks have previously exhibited at ATHICA,
such as Jim Buonaccorsi, Kevin Hoth and Greg
Turco, demonstrating
that artists can con
tribute to diverse dia
logues, including tech
nology and nostalgia.
Pastels and Peach
Picking: Martha Bator's
rich pastels defy the
sometimes drab appear
ance of the medium.
"Peach Picken Time" by
Mikki Root Dillon and
"Where Did I Put That"
by Christine Shockley
Gholson convey a
deeply nostalgic image
of the South, with rep
resentations of old-
time rural activities.
"Jacob" by June
Johnston is a large,
whimsical painting
drawing on folk influ
ences. It shows a
farmer, with pitchfork resting in the background,
holding an object that says "repent"
A Caution, St. Christian: In a ceramic assemblage
at Southworks, "Throwing Caution," Cheri
Wranosky lets the caution tape fly in the wind.
John Culqui's "St. Christian" is an intriguing por
trait in bold, somewhat-flat color of a woman
with arrows through her chest Allyson Winter,
showing her printmaking influences, draws in
charcoal and oil over paper collage. Melissa
Harshman's deliberately nostalgic screen prints
layer images and meaning, with glamorous '50s-
style women drinking cocktails and doing home
repairs. Also representing the printmaking com
munity of Athens are Jennifer Manzella and
Antoon Speters.
Off the Wall: Of Ihe three-dimensional work in the
Southworks exhibit, Buonaccorsi and LeeAnn
Mitchell provide the large-scale sculptures.
Mitchell's whimsical assemblage is colorfully cre
ated from found objects. The majority of the 3D
work is petite ceramics and jewelry, with glass
work by Christie Moody. Fiber artists Catherine
Hart, Bonnie Montgomery and Elizabeth Barton
have wall hangings. The exhibit is on display
through June 11, in 0CAF*s main gallery at 34
School Street in Watkinsville. The gallery is open
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through
Saturday. Don't miss the Southworks Arts
Festival in Downtown Watkinsville, May 28 and
29. For more information, visit www.ocaf.com or
call 769-4565.
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