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July 11 – August 15, 2009 E6: in situ
This 6th installment of Transformer’s Exercises for Emerging Artists program, guest curated by artist Brandon Morse, focused on time-based media. Exploring notions of communication, commodity, transformation, and situation, artists Jeremy Haik, Clive Leung, Erik Loften, and Ding Ren employed video as well as digital animation techniques, and utilize installation practices that made the way they display their work essential to the work itself. “Tasked to further develop and focus their existing formal and conceptual concerns, each of the artists were asked to spend considerable time investigating how setting and presentation may be used to further the strengths inherent in their work. While this may seem to be a self-evident concern for any artist, the very aspect of working with time-based media in a physical space presents unique obstacles and opportunities. Each of the artists took up this challenge, and their completed works are comprised of integral conceptual and physical components.” – Brandon Morse Launched in March 2004, Transformer’s Exercises For Emerging Artists was created to support artists at critical points or crossroads in their professional growth and development, to advance their creative careers. Consisting of a series of two-hour, bi-weekly gatherings at Transformer spanning three months, the program is designed to stimulate and encourage participating artists as they create new work. In addition to peer critique sessions, the participating artists received mentorship and critical feedback on their work from Leigh Conner, Director of Conner Contemporary Art & *gogo art projects, artist Richard Chartier, along with Dawn Gavin, artist and Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. Images (details, left to right): Jeremy Haik, Clive Leung, Ding Ren, Erik Loften |
