for immediate release
New Gallery Opens To The Public 9/27
Seth Nehil - BASKET: Black Walnut Drawings
September 27-October 19, 2002
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 3, 6-9PM
Performance: Seth Nehil - Saturday, October 5, 8PM
Performance: KMH (Berlin/Tokyo) / Twine (OH) / Solenoid (OR)
Sunday, October 6, 7PM ($5.00 Suggested Donation for Performances)
Artist/Composer Seth Nehil inaugurates the opening of Soundvision
gallery with a collection of recent geometric drawings made from the ink
of black walnuts. Lines upon lines, hand drawn, launch various organic
components built from improvised centers. Nehil, who has collaborated
with Michael Northam, John Grzinich and Olivia Block will perform an
intimate and rare set of electroacoustic sounds from recent recordings,
including stria (Erewhon, Belgium) and umbra (.edition, USA) on October
5 @ 8PM. A suggested $5.00 donation is requested.
Artist Statement: "Over the past few years I have moved from an
interest in forming a graphical lexicon to an increasing satisfaction in
the process of mark-making liberated from ingenuity and extended by
repetition (something like that of the quilt-maker). The Black Walnut
series is potentially limitless and essentially unfinished. Having
found a set of materials which contain their own modulation (the varying
and beautiful shades of brown and sienna in this home-made ink) and
having defined a parameter of limitations (the five-inch square format
and the most simple of graphical elements - points and lines), I opened
the process to an ever-increasing number of variations within those
limits, which I set and follow-through. Some variables are concrete
(the density of lines radiating from each point, the number of points
within the frame, the connectivity of points, etc.) while others are
subjective, dealing with degrees of organization, the imposition of
intelligence or complex systems. As I move the balance of weight to one
or another of these variables, the results show a large degree of visual
difference and in turn, suggest further alterations. Thus I find that
their interest to me is not one of decoration or aesthetic fancy but the
perhaps more humble mode of research, simply following a line of
investigation which results in continued questions. These geometries,
like the ink, are hand-made. The time of their making is evident upon
the surface. Each established situation could potentially continue,
filling the space until it is black. However, each time, I stopped
short of this extreme, realizing the impermanent beauty of a critical
edge. Their entirely simple construction reflects the basic forms
evident in organic material (microscopic close-ups of skin or plant
fiber) or human systems of mapping. To me, each point acts as a center
of influence, spreading outward. They all touch each other indirectly,
the crossings of their touch result in a web which defines space. Each
point weaves itself into the present."
Soundvision presents contemporary work in all media with a special
focus on 2-D and installation work that includes sound or relates to
technology and/or the sciences. There will be a further focus on
interactive environments. In the coming months the gallery will present
new works by San Francisco photo-montagist Chris Komater, Toronto's
conceptual Bruce Eves, the cryptically sexual autobiographical work of
Washington DC's Ira Tattleman and new paintings and multiples by New
York super artist Cary "Candyass" Leibowitz in December. Soundvision
will also present performances that focus on microsound and minimal
noisescapes with an experimental edge. The gallery will run a mini shop
which will consign limited art edition CDs and LPs. See
www.tjnorris.net for info.
HOURS: Fri-Sat 2-6PM and by appointment; also every First Thursday
6-9PM
TJ Norris, Gallery Director
SOUNDVISION
625 NW Everett St #108
Portland, OR 97209 USA
Phone: 503-238-7007
Fax: 503-210-7812
www.tjnorris.net
Event Schedule:
http://www.tjnorris.net/soundvision.htm
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