Goodbye My Coney Island Baby
Vicki Wilson and I will be showing our short film “Good Bye My Coney Island Baby” along with an installation at the Chemeketa Community College Gallery in Salem this January.
Making Changes: Portland
I have just made changes to my neighborhood in Portland, OR. Go ahead and make changes to the place you live and upload your video to YouTube. Contact Lee Walton with the link, your name and location and he will post everything. One neighborhood at a time…
RadioVillageNomade, Switzerland
To hear my transmission to this project…
“This audio project, RadioVillageNomade, will take place, day by day, for 214 days over 7 months (May-Nov 2008) at La Corbiere in Switzerland. An audio play will be created using material contributed by invited artists and sound manipulators from all over the world. The “transmission” at this point is via our website, where a new mp3 is posted daily. The mp3s will be available for download with the intention that they be reused as raw material for new submissions. Selected pieces will be also be broadcast on European public radio. At the end of the 214 days we will weave all submissions into a 24 hour audio play.”
Rhizome Commissions 08
I recently contributed to Lee Walton’s “Remote Instructions” project which will be showing at the New Museum in NY.
“The last in a three-part series that features presentations by artists awarded grants through Rhizome’s Commissions Program. Founded in 2001 to support artists working with technology, the Rhizome Commissions Program has awarded fifty-four commissions to date. Projects realized through the Program represent some of the most forward-thinking and innovative works of media and Internet-based art. In this evening’s program, the artists will discuss their commissioned projects and larger bodies of work.”
This event features Annie Abrahams, Fritz Donnelly, John Craig Freeman, Will Pappenheimer, Lee Walton, Marek Walczak, and Martin Wattenberg.
Side by Side at Portland State University
Our film “Little Factory” will be playing at PSU’s Side by Side show at Autzen gallery.
PSU’s second year MFA candidates in studio & social practice will be showing their work at the Autzen gallery. Side by Side features artists Katy Asher, Steve Baggs, Vanessa Calvert, Varinthorn Christopher, Damien Gilley, Bethany Hays, Avalon Kalin, Laurel Kurtz, Sandy Sampson, Rebecca Shelly, Cyrus Smith, and Eric Steen. The exhibition runs from September 8 through October 4, and there will be a closing reception for the artists.
Closing reception • 5-7pm • October 4
Couchfest Film Festival Seattle
I’m pleased to be accepted into this years Couchfest in Seattle, Wa.
“On Saturday, September 27th, 2008, each Couch Fest Films house will have its own genre of short movies that play on rotation all day. Starting every hour, each inviting house will have its own unique 30 minute program of short films. You, early adopter and a lover of film, may visit the houses with themes that interest you. The houses will be comfortably located near each other so you can stroll, meander or bike with excitement and anticipation to your next selected house.”
The Official Unofficial Goodwill Residency Program by Laurel Kurtz with Vicki Lynn Wilson and John Larsen
CALL FOR STAGE HANDS, EXTRAS, GRIPS AND FOLEY ASSISTANTS: This is an open call for volunteer assistance in the making of a stop motion animation movie at 1943 SE Sixth Aveue on Friday September 12th from 10am to 8pm.
Expanding on a past project where she unofficially designated herself as Artist in Residence at the Goodwill Super Store in SE Portland, Laurel Kurtz is coordinating a project administered by the Office of Inclusion and Parallel University for PICA’s Time Based Art Festival’s Neighborhood Projects where she has unofficially officially appointed Vicki Lynn Wilson and John larsen as Artists in Residence in the same locale.
For more information please visit The Official Unofficial Goodwill Residency site
