Slow News International–September 1-October 10, 2009
Slow News International
Big picture issues sent slow-mail…Scrolls from artists around the world.
Presented by BROADTHINKING Curatorial Project, New York City and The ARTS at Marks Garage, Honolulu. This exhibit is designed to be the antithesis of instant messaging, celebrate Community, and beat the high costs of shipping art to and from Hawaii.
Featuring artists from New York, Tokyo, London, Berlin and across the United States.
In the age of Instant This & That, the Scroll is an ancient, portable means to disseminate information as old as human-kind. Artists will report on what’s going on in their communities...something they have been thinking about for a while and won't be out of date before it gets here. As newspapers and magazines face possible extinction worldwide, this show is a challenge to our present perception of the printed word and image.
Artists were allowed to use whatever materials & style suits their News. Or whatever media works best for their definition of community; be it neighbors or people with similar interests. Text, figurative, painting, photos, digital… There were no rules beyond the format: a 3-foot-wide scroll, as long as it fits in a standard mailing tube.
Our geographic isolation makes it exceedingly rare that we can afford to import artwork. By limiting shipping expenses to a 3-foot mailing tube, we are able to pay for return shipping, to any place on planet earth…thanks to a generous grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation.
Receptions: First Fridays, September 4, and October 2, 5–9pm
Artist Talk: Third Thursday, September 17, 6–7pm. If you can join us, please do; we’ll have a gallery tour, hear the back-story to the work, & enjoy a small reception.
Big Mahalos to Peggy Cyphers of BROADTHINKING Curatorial Project & Daniel Rosen over in Japan for being instrumental in making this exhibition a success.
Star Bulletin article: http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20090906_artists_worldwide_adapt_to_the_scroll.html
