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Very Far Away From Anywhere Else

6/26/2017

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Natalie Baxter
Madera Frey
Rachael Gorchov
Roxanne Jackson
Jamie Steele
curated by: Jamie Steel

Exhibition 22.06 - 27.06 Th-Sa 5-9pm​

Wait, in terror, for the brazen voice.
This exhibition questions the motifs of science fiction such as dystopia, parallel universes, the presence of angels and demons, and the eternal battle of good vs. evil. The mirrored, faceted edges of Frey's sculptures bring to mind portals or space travel technology. Jackson's ceramic work often depicts the duality of beauty vs. the abject and unpalatable femme energy. Gorchov’s large boulder with shadow presents it’s self as both earthy substance and as desert mirage. It brings to mind a poem by Science Fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin where she imagines a stone being ““full / of slower, longer thoughts than mind can have.” The viewer is also confronted by Steele’s phantasm on the verge of speaking or laughing while eerily floating on the wall’s surface, ogling with ‘pretty eyes’. Baxter's quilted, giant, golden American flag almost burns ones own eyes and speaks of a 'pride that blinds'.
These artists are hyper-aware of a looming darkness, and see this expressed through irony and imagination as a subversive force. They aim to be honest about fear and to bring about dialog of those fears. And given the current political climate, maybe the world isn’t nearly as scared as it should be.
“Imagination, working at full strength, can shake us out of our fatal, adoring self-absorption, and make us look up and see—with terror or with relief—that the world does not in fact belong to us at all.” - Ursula K. Le Guin
This exhibition was organized by Club Chic – Association for the Promotion and Communication of Contemporary Arts and funded by Bundesministerium:Österreich.
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Natalie Baxter (b. 1985, Kentucky) received her MFA from the University of Kentucky in 2012 and her BA in Fine Art from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN in 2007. Her work has been exhibited recently in New York at Mulherin, Spring/Break Art Fair, ArtHelix, Lorimoto, Shiva Gallery at John Jay College, at Institute 193 (Lex, KY), Appalshop Gallery (Whitesburg, KY), 21C Museum Hotel (Lex, KY), The Cornell Art Museum (DelRay Beach, FL) and internationally at In Ersten in Vienna, Austria, Alison Milne Gallery in Toronto, ON among others. Baxter’s work has been featured in Vice’s The Creator’s Project, Hyperallergic, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, W Magazine and the London Observer. Baxter has been an artist in residence at The Wassaic Project and a fellowship recipient at the Vermont Studio Center. She currently works in Brooklyn, NY.
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MaDora Frey, from the rural Southern US, is a cross-disciplinary artist working in New York City (and Atlanta). Frey sees both the man-made world and natural world as sharing patterns and systems. Her light sculptures, along with works on paper, bridge the territory between these seemingly disparate geographies. She has exhibited both domestically and internationally with solo shows in Seattle, Washington and New York City. Frey was recently commissioned by the Katonah Museum of Art to create a large-scale outdoor public work on the museum campus. Accolades include the Prince of Wales Fellowship in Normandy, France, Ford Foundation Emerging Artist Award finalist, publication in New American Paintings, and two-time grant recipient at Vermont Studio Center. Her memberships presently include NYC art collectives, Future Present and MAW. Frey has instructed and lectured at Hunter College, Rutgers University, New York Academy of Art, Auburn University, LIM College and Abbey Road International Program. She studied at the Florence Academy, Florence, Italy and received her MFA, magna cum laude, from the New York Academy of Art. Her work is held in numerous private collections.
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Rachael Gorchov’s photographic tondos present mixed media environments based on European synagogues. In these layered and moody spaces pictorial space shifts ambiguously. Her rocks with cast shadows, also based on architecture, work in concert to reference geologic abrasions and portals, it’s unclear if dimensional form is emerging from or entering into another space.
Recently Gorchov, a painter whose work spans a variety of media, mounted a solo exhibition of ceramics at Owen James Gallery in Brooklyn and a two-person exhibition at Simuvac Projects in Brooklyn. She has also exhibited at Im Ersten in Vienna and The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Her work and curatorial projects have been featured in Hyperallergic, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Temple Review. She is a founding member of Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, full time faculty at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division, and adjunct faculty at Fairfield University. Gorchov received her BFA from Tyler School of Art, Temple University and her MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York. Originally from Philadelphia, Rachael lives and works in New York City.
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Roxanne Jackson is a ceramic artist and mixed-media sculptor living in Brooklyn, NY. Her macabre works are black-humored investigations of the links between transformation, myth, and kitsch. Press for her work has appeared in The Huffington Post, Hyperallergic, the New York Times, Gothamist, Sculpture Center Curators’ Notebook, Beautiful/Decay, ArtSlant, Brooklyn Magazine, Whitehot Magazine, The L Magazine, Eyes Towards the Dove, Ceramics Monthly, Ceramics Ireland, and New Ceramics, among others. She has been an artist in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Socrates Sculpture Park, the Wassaic Project, the Ceramic Center of Berlin, Hunter College, Chashama: chaNorth, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and the Pottery Workshop in Jingdezhen, China, funded by an NCECA International Residency Fellowship. Her work has been exhibited in New York at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Honey Ramka, Lu Magnus, Denny Gallery, Zürcher Gallery, Orgy Park, Regina Rex, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, The Lodge Gallery, Outlet, 99 Cent Plus Gallery, the Parlour Bushwick, Brooklyn Academy of Music, English Kills, the Knockdown Center, BRIC, and Airplane Gallery, as well as at the Satellite Art Show in Miami Beach, FL; the Mütter Museum in Philadelphia, PA; the Minneapolis Institute of Art in Minneapolis, MN; the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, ME; the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ; and more. She has shown in China, Portugal, Romania, Canada, and such cities as London, Berlin, Vienna and Leipzig. Most recently, her work has been included in Salon Zürcher in Paris, France, and shown at Mathilde Hatzenberger Gallery in Brussels, Belgium. Jackson is the cofounder of NASTY WOMEN, a national/international art exhibition and fundraising project; and Heather Metal Parking Lot, a nocturnal outdoor heavy metal party held each summer at the Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY.
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Jamie Steele currently lives and works in Atlanta, GA. Steele is
co-Founder of GURL DONT BE DUMB, a Chicago-based collaborative and curatorial project. She obtained her BA in Fine Art from the University of the South in 2007 and a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012 upon which she received the John Quincy Adams fellowship awarded by Jessica Stockholder. Via photo, video, and sculptural works Steele makes use of neon colors, drag aesthetics, and various feminine accoutrements that are often transformed to the grotesque. Specific actions, sounds, and colors, create a sense of feeling alien in ones own skin. Steele plays with the edges of taste, questions what is proper, and pushes against the symbology of elegance cauterized in her mind by a conservative southern upbringing. Recent exhibitions include: You Drain Me at Tempus Projects inTampa, FL, Appetite for Distruction at The Wassaic Project in upstate NY, We Gave Our Best the Rest is up to the Hope Chest at IM ERSTEN in Vienna, Austria, Close Encounters at Beverly’s in NYC, The Flat Files: Year Three at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Brooklyn, NY, and
Skeleton on a Toilet, at Artist-Run for Satellite Show in Miami, FL.
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DREISECHSFUENF #2

6/2/2017

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DREISECHSFUENF
ist ein transdisziplinäres Kunstfestival und ein Netzwerk.
Zentral geht es uns um eine beschleunigte Form von Ausstellungproduktion und Präsentation.
An 15 aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen nutzt das Festival einen Kunstraum so intensiv wie möglich um 15 Ausstellungen zu zeigen. Einzelne Tage werden  von einem jeweils neuen Kurator oder Kuratorenteam gestaltet.
Mit der 2 Auflage des Festivals wurden 30 Ausstellungen realisiert, 17 KuratorInnen und Kuratoren-teams und an die 150 Künstler waren beteiligt. Jeden Tag Vernissagen, Talks, Lectures, Workshops, Konzerte aber auch der Auf- und Abbau. Durch das vielschichtige Vermittlungsprogramm, wird das Festival zu einer Dauer-Performance, zu einem sich ständig transformierendem, soziokulturellem Konstrukt.
Durch die Auswahl der KuratorInnen bezieht das Projekt möglichst unterschiedliche kulturelle Sparten mit ein. Dabei präsentiert von klassischer Musik bis zu zeitgenössischer Performance, Interventionen, multimediale Installationen, partizipatorische Objekte, bildnerische und kulturphilosophische Positionen.
Es ist die Auswahl der Kuratorinnen, was das Festival einzigartig macht.
Bei DREISECHSFUENF zeigt sich ein Querschnitt an etablierten als auch aufstrebenden KünstlerInnen und KulturarbeiterInnen. Wir bieten den Projekten Raum, mediale Präsenz, Support und ein großes Netzwerk.
Neben täglichen Ausstellungseröffnungen gibt es ein dichtes begleitendes Rahmenprogramm.

KuratorInnen

Ateliertheater www.ateliertheater.net
Violetta Ehnsperg www.violettaehnsperg.berta.me
Nina Fountedakis www.ninafountedakis.com
g7, grundsteinsieben www.grundsteinsieben.at
Stefanie Koscher www.vimeo.com/steffko
Lluís Lipp www.theartchamp.com
Bob Mâlle
Lukas Matuschek www.lukasmatuschek.net
Georgij Melnikov www.georgijmelnikov.com
Gert Resinger www.gertresinger.com
Carolina Laura Rotter
Tatjana Schmidt www.tatjanaschmidt.com
Ruby Sircar
Anastasia Soutormina
Bojana Stamenkovic
Anny Wass www.annesophiewass.wordpress.com
KünstlerInnen

Ona B / Filip Borelli / Linda Berger / Andreas Berger / Blockflötengewitter / Sophie Marie Csenar / Adam Cohen / Bartosz Dolhun / Alicia Edelweiss / Violetta Ehnsperg / Esther Eigner / Signe Erichsen / Elisabeth Falkinger / Heber Ferraz-Leite / Nina Fountedakis / Luca Fuchs / Barbara Füreder / Ursula Gaisbauer / Jörg Gottschalk / Xaver Gschnitzer / Martin Grandits / Almuth Gruber / Nora Gutwenger / Thomas Havlik / Mathias Hantho / Michael Heindl / Heyt be / Michaela Hinterleitner / Fritz Hortig / Olivier Hölzl / Jakob Hösl / Katharina Kawalle / Claudia Keil / Kristin Kelich / Selma Klima / KLITCLIQUE / Katharina Kostroubina / Lisa Kuglitsch / Paul Leitner / Alfred Lenz / Lilagarten / Govinda Gonzo Lindenthal / Gisella Linschinger / Litto / Thaer Maarouf / Wolfgang Macura / Michael Masen / Martina Menegon / Georgij Melnikov / MICKEY / Elena Mildner / Rini Mitra / Lee Monty / Crystin Moritz / Alina Özyurt / Paule Perrier / Pussy Propeller / pseudoscienza / Anna Reschl / Gert Resinger / Lena Rot / Joseph Rudolf / Saleh Rozati / Zsombor Sàli / Jasmin Schaitl / Anthea Schranz / Tatjana Schmidt / Marina Schütze / SlowForward / Soybot / Steinkleubel & Kaiblschinder / Andrew Stix /  Sophia Süßmilch / Monika Tatrai / Nicholas Treadwell /  Claudia Ungersbäck / Aleksandar Vucenovic / Denny Voch / Elisabeth Ward / Anne-Sophie Wass / Anna Werzowa / Robert Weiss / Niklas Worisch / (zero)wastelady / Oksana Zmiyevska

Programm

02.06. Kaleidoskop Morgengrauen
Vernissage ab 18:00 Uhr Aa Collections

Martin Grandits
Olivier Hölzl
KLITCLIQUE
Sophia Süßmilch
Claudia Ungersbäck
curated by: Georgij Melnikov

DREISECHSFUENF #2 Opening Party, mit Nicholas Treadwell (live),
Syllablesshooter Soundpoetry-Performance von Thomas Havlik,
Lieber Michael…ab 22:00 Uhr im Ateliertheater

03.06. Rini meets Shuvo

Rini Mitra
Rafiqul Shuvo
curated by: Ruby Sircar

04.06. VENI VINI VERNI IV

Andrew Stix
curated by: Gert Resinger

05.06. HUMAN NATURE
intermedial installation/performance

Paule Perrier (sound) 
Elisabeth Ward (dance)
Oksana Zmiyevska (sculpture) 
curated by: Stefanie Koscher

06.06. ONA B. DREAM STORE – DREAM Collector

curated by: Ateliertheater

07.06. Primary - Binary - Vulgary - Calgary

Signe Erichsen
Mathias Hantho
Violetta Ehnsperg
Govinda Gonzo Lindenthal
Steinkleubel & Kaiblschinder
curated by: Bob Mâlle

08.06. I nailed it

Objekte aus den privaten Sammlungen von Tatjana Schmidt und Jörg Gottschalk
curated by: Tatjana Schmidt

09.06. Be my dear guest


Sophie Marie Csenar
Luca Fuchs
Fritz Hortig
Selma Klima
Katharina Kostroubina
Kristin Kelich
Lisa Kuglitsch
Crystin Moritz
Lee Monty
Zsombor Sàli
Anthea Schranz
Aleksandar Vucenovic
curated by: Violetta Ehnsperg and Carolina Laura Rotter

10.06. I am Not... - Did your Sense of Uncertainty Provoke Negation in You?

Thaer Maarouf
curated by: Bojana Stamenkovic
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​11.06. WeProductionStore


Adam Cohen
Heyt be 
Olivier Hölzl
Katharina Kawalle
KLITCLIQUE
Georgij Melnikov
Lilagarten
Pussy Propeller
pseudoscienza
Gert Resinger
Joseph Rudolf
Anne-Sophie Wass
Soybot
(zero)wastelady
hosted by: Anny Wass

12.06. wir WOLLEN das
space and time created through the use of thread and wool

Filip Borelli
Nina Fountedakis
Barbara Füreder
Jasmin Schaitl
SlowForward
Monika Tatrai
curated by: Nina Fountedakis

Mit Unterstützung des Aussenministeriums, im Rahmen des Kulturjahres 2017

13.06. Glei5

group show
curated by: Lukas Matuschek

14.06. via g7, grundsteinsieben

Andreas Berger 
Blockflötengewitter
Esther Eigner
Elisabeth Falkinger 
Heber Ferraz-Leite
Almuth Gruber
Michaela Hinterleitner
Jakob Hösl
Claudia Keil
Gisella Linschinger
Wolfgang Macura
mar
Michael Masen
Alina Özyurt
Marina Schütze
Denny Voch
curated by: g7, grundsteinsieben

15.06. Wiederholungen
forms of repetition in contemporary art

Linda Berger
Bartosz Dolhun
Xaver Gschnitzer
Michael Heindl
Paul Leitner
Alfred Lenz
Martina Menegon
Anna Werzowa
Niklas Worisch
curated by: Lluís Lipp

16.06. lets talk about art
Exhibition / Think Tank / Café:

Litto
Elena Mildner
Anna Reschl
Lena Rot
Saleh Rozati
zine workshop by [´faebrik]
curated by: Anastasia Soutormina

ab 21:00 DREISECHSFUENF #2 Closure Party, mit MICKEY, EP Release!!! im Atelier Schrenk, Kaiserstraße 79/1, 1070
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