08.23.08 Biennial Closing Night Events:
Join us at the Center: Saturday August 23, 7-11pm
With: Centipede E'st, HotMetalHappening, Michael Johnsen & Margaret Cox, Nicole Czapinski & Brian Kyckelhahn & Jim Mueller (learn more here)
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07.21.08 Golan Levin's Double-Taker (Snout):
Now at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
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"Double-Taker (Snout)" (interactive installation, 2008) deals in a whimsical manner with the themes of trans-species eye contact, gestural choreography, subjecthood, and autonomous surveillance. The project consists of an eight-foot (2.5m) long industrial robot arm, costumed to resemble an enormous inchworm or elephant's trunk, which responds in unexpected ways to the presence and movements of people in its vicinity. Sited on a low roof above a museum entrance, and governed by a real-time machine vision algorithm, Double-Taker (Snout) orients itself towards passers-by, tracking their bodies and suggesting an intelligent awareness of their activities. The goal of this kinetic system is to perform convincing "double-takes" at its visitors, in which the sculpture appears to be continually surprised by the presence of its own viewers — communicating, without words, that there is something uniquely surprising about each of us. Double-Taker (Snout) is currently active at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts (map), where it will be on display through early August.
07.18.08 Friday Biennial Reception:
Friday July 18th, at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 7:00pm
Nicole Czapinski & Bryan Kyckelhahn's performance: Skins
AV Lodge Presents: Fruit Machine
Golan Levin's Double-Taker (snout)
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Nicole Czapinski & Bryan Kyckelhahn's art performance, Skinswill take place in the PCA galleries.
In the Tent:
AV Lodge Presents: Fruit Machine performance by Suzie Silver & Hilary Harp.
Reception Golan Levin's Double Taker (snout): an interactive outdoor sculpture (in collaboration with Robot 250).
07.10.08 Inside Look:
Thursday July 10th, at the PCA Gallery, 7:00pm
Vanessa German at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts: Interactive performance and Artist Talk
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06.29.08 Family Fun Day:
Sunday June 29th, at the PCA Campus , 12:00-5:00pm <learn more>
click below to learn more Family Fun Day
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05.29.08 Eileen Maxson "Orphans of Failure" at the Melwood Screening Room:
Thursday May 29th, at the Melwood Screening Room, 7:30pm <learn more>
click below to learn more about the screening
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05.22.08 Orgone Archives:
Thursday May 22nd, at the Melwood Screening Room, 7:30pm <learn more>
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05.06.08 Biennial Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 3, The Pittsburgh Biennial opened to the public. Thank you for the excellent turnout, our exhibition spaces were full of activity and buzzing with conversation. <learn more>
click below to view images from the opening of the biennial
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04.25.08 Pittsburgh Biennial 2008:
Pittsburgh Filmmakers and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts announce the 2008 Biennial, an exhibit of contemporary art running May 3 – August 24, 2008. With the merger of PF and PCA providing expanded resources, the 2008 Biennial presents a continuum of visual arts from still to moving images, as disciplines converge. Encompassing both campuses of PF/PCA, the exhibit includes two new components – a cinema program and a series of art performances. <learn more>
click below to preview installation views of the biennial
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04.15.08 Opening Reception May 3, 2008:
An Opening Night reception will be held on Saturday, May 3, simultaneously at both locations in Pittsburgh’s East End, with a shuttle running between PCA in Shadyside and PF in North Oakland. The dual parties begin at PCA at 5:30pm, and end at PF with a robot dance party. The event includes food and spirits, along with DJs, live performance art, digital projections, music and more. It is open to the public; a $5 donation is requested; free to members.
04.15.08 Biennial Catalogue Installment One
The 2008 Biennial Catalog features an overview of the artists’ work while offering a contemporary spin on artist books. They are designed and assembled by Encyclopedia Destructica, a Pittsburgh-based artist collective known for publishing limited edition books and zines. The Biennial catalogs will be hand bound by artists and guests at a binding party during the exhibit. And in keeping with its non-traditional nature, the catalog will be released in two installments – one on opening night and one on closing night. <learn more>
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The biennial catalogue is available through the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
