Little Berlin and Basekamp, part of my First Friday route, were both you-had-to-be-there moments, something quite different from a quiet gallery visit in the middle of the week. Little Berlin‘s exhibit, Offerings, is made of works created by small groups of four people collaborating together. The total number of participants at play–71 participants in 20 groups–was pretty amazing. Little Berliners Alex Gartelmann and Martha Savery mixed and matched group members for the most part, so participants barely knew or didn’t at all know their collaborators. Little Berlin, once again, is reaching out beyond their core group and finding lots of ... More » »
Snippets from Conflation. 1 minute 12 seconds. One of the best collaborative installations we’ve seen in a while is down at UArts’ Hamilton/Arronson Galleries right now. Conflation/Living Above the Store brings together sculpture, video and sound in a rendering of a pre- and post-apocalyptic city. Mark Campbell, who builds installations about suburban sprawl here has created a floating city in a void of black space. Peter Rose, projects video that suggests the real world at its most lyrical — and apocalyptic. Anthony Angelicola‘s soundtrack evokes sounds of the city run through a deep sea Cuisinart. The team also included ... More » »