Staring at the Cracks
by
40th Street Artist-in-Residence Erik Ruin
(with Brett Story & Dan Blacksberg)
July 7-24
Local artist combines prints, projections and sound
to tell stories of solitary confinement in temporary storefront gallery
Staring at the Cracks
Installation by Erik Ruin (with Brett Story and Dan Blacksberg)
Opening Reception:
Thursday July 7 at 7pm
Thursday July 7 at 7pm
Closing Reception:
Saturday July 23 at 3pm
Saturday July 23 at 3pm
at: 4212 Chestnut St., 1st floor, Philadelphia
Temporarily inhabiting an unoccupied suite of offices near Penn's campus, artist Erik Ruin is constructing a unique environment to share the emotions and experiences of formerly incarcerated people. Visitors are greeted in the entrance hall by a wall-paper-like pattern of silkscreened scenes depicting the isolation and repetition of daily life in the hole. Other rooms are populated by shadow-puppet and video projections by Ruin and award-winning Toronto filmmaker Brett Story. Speakers littered throughout the space play snippets of audio interviews with men and women describing their experiences in solitary confinement, interwoven with a unique and haunting bed of sound composed by innovative klezmer and jazz trombonist Dan Blacksberg.
At the opening reception Thursday July 7th, from 7-9 PM, Blacksberg will perform a live improvisational accompaniment to this soundscape, wandering throughout the space and performing with and against the audio samples.
Additionally on this night, Hakim Ali and William Goldsby, both of Philadelphia prison-activist group Reconstruction and both interviewees for this project, will speak about their experiences and the work they have been doing since their release.
On Saturday July 23rd, West Philadelphia fixture Ruin will be bidding Philly farewell with an all-day studio sale, live music, and closing reception. 3-11pm
Other viewings by appointment- contact 40th.AIR.app@gmail.com or 40thair.program@gmail.com
to schedule.
LOCATION- 4212 Chestnut Street (below Scribe Video Center), West Philly
BIOs Erik Ruin is a Philly-based printmaker, shadow-puppeteer, occasional editor of various publications (including the anthology Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority with Josh MacPhee, AK Press, 2007) and a founding member of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative. He is currently a 40th Street Artist-in-Residence. Brett Story is a Montreal based filmmaker with roots in radio, print, experimental super8 film, live performance projections and documentary. Dan Blacksberg is a trombonist who is working to expand the range of the trombone in jazz and improvised music. He is also one of the premiere trombonists in the world of Klezmer. |
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