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SUMMARY:Literally So Hot - Artist Talk with Rosabel Rosalind
DESCRIPTION:The Pittsburgh Creative Corps invites you to join artist Rosabel Rosalind for a reception for her newest exhibition\, Literally So Hot. \nDuring the reception\, Rosalind will talk about the works in Literally So Hot\, followed by a Q & A. Following the artist talk\, attendees are invited to explore the exhibition. Refreshments will be provided. \n Literally So Hot\nLiterally So Hot consists of 20 works that collectively illustrate a vivid and melodramatic apocalyptic landscape. This world is informed by biblical mythology\, conspiracy theory\, pulp illustration\, the climate crisis\, and the artist’s identity as a born and bred San Fernando Valley girl. \nFeaturing Jewish Space Lasers\, mile-long traffic jams\, the biblical miracle of manna\, ant infestations\, and exactly 33 frogs\, Literally So Hot imagines the artist’s own sublime dystopia. The panorama situates environmental threat in the same reality as theological salvation narratives\, extremist conspiracy theories\, and contemporary disaster movies; all of which utilize sensationalism to convey an otherworldly intervention. Contending with both the rise of mainstream conspiracy and an impending sixth extinction\, this visual story presents an alternative world in which both real news and fake news coexist in an absurd universe beyond the earthly realm\, yet seemingly in a not so distant future. \nAbout Rosabel Rosalind\nBorn and raised in the San Fernando Valley\, Rosalind received her BFA in printmaking\, painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Hyde Park Art Center\, and Sullivan Gallery in Chicago. In 2018\, Rosalind received a Fulbright Austria Research Grant to work with the Jewish Museum Vienna’s Schlaff Collection of anti-Semitic objects and postcards. As a result of this research\, she exhibited in solo exhibitions at Vienna’s Museums Quartier and Improper Walls Gallery. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. \nUsing drawing\, painting\, installation and comics\, Rosalind’s work allegorizes a sublime universe unraveled by the theatrics of theology\, biology and autobiography. Informed by Jewish diasporic storytelling traditions\, contemporary conspiracy theories and personal and cultural memory\, her images animate the inanimate with uncanny sarcasm and critical cynicism. Humor serves a survivalist role in her work; through melodrama\, irreverence and subliminal messaging Rosalind dismantles patriarchal\, anthropocentric and white-supremacist hierarchies of power.\nWhile Rosalind draws a lot of formal and symbolic inspiration from the art-historical canon\, political caricature and early comic and pulp illustration\, much of her process involves archiving personal memory from her coming-of-age in the San Fernando Valley. Working across a variety of media\, she synthesizes a series of mythologies and builds a catalog of uncanny symbolism\, collapsing the past present and future into a sublime fiction that reflects her identity as a valley girl\, a Funny Girl*\, and a nice Jewish girl. \n*(a life-long Streisand fan) \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage\, and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advance registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/literally-so-hot-artist-talk-with-rosabel-rosalind/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery: Literally So Hot
DESCRIPTION:Literally So Hot is an exhibition of works by artist Rosabel Rosalind. This exhibition will take place in the Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery located at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard at 8th and Penn. \nGallery Hours\nWednesday/Thursday 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM \nFriday/Saturday 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM \nSunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nLiterally So Hot\nLiterally So Hot consists of 20 works that collectively illustrate a vivid and melodramatic apocalyptic landscape. This world is informed by biblical mythology\, conspiracy theory\, pulp illustration\, the climate crisis\, and the artist’s identity as a born and bred San Fernando Valley girl. \nFeaturing Jewish Space Lasers\, mile-long traffic jams\, the biblical miracle of manna\, ant infestations\, and exactly 33 frogs\, Literally So Hot imagines the artist’s own sublime dystopia. The panorama situates environmental threat in the same reality as theological salvation narratives\, extremist conspiracy theories\, and contemporary disaster movies; all of which utilize sensationalism to convey an otherworldly intervention. Contending with both the rise of mainstream conspiracy and an impending sixth extinction\, this visual story presents an alternative world in which both real news and fake news coexist in an absurd universe beyond the earthly realm\, yet seemingly in a not so distant future. \nAbout Rosabel Rosalind\nBorn and raised in the San Fernando Valley\, Rosalind received her BFA in printmaking\, painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago\, the Hyde Park Art Center\, and Sullivan Gallery in Chicago. In 2018\, Rosalind received a Fulbright Austria Research Grant to work with the Jewish Museum Vienna’s Schlaff Collection of anti-Semitic objects and postcards. As a result of this research\, she exhibited in solo exhibitions at Vienna’s Museums Quartier and Improper Walls Gallery. She is currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University. \nUsing drawing\, painting\, installation and comics\, Rosalind’s work allegorizes a sublime universe unraveled by the theatrics of theology\, biology and autobiography. Informed by Jewish diasporic storytelling traditions\, contemporary conspiracy theories and personal and cultural memory\, her images animate the inanimate with uncanny sarcasm and critical cynicism. Humor serves a survivalist role in her work; through melodrama\, irreverence and subliminal messaging Rosalind dismantles patriarchal\, anthropocentric and white-supremacist hierarchies of power.\nWhile Rosalind draws a lot of formal and symbolic inspiration from the art-historical canon\, political caricature and early comic and pulp illustration\, much of her process involves archiving personal memory from her coming-of-age in the San Fernando Valley. Working across a variety of media\, she synthesizes a series of mythologies and builds a catalog of uncanny symbolism\, collapsing the past present and future into a sublime fiction that reflects her identity as a valley girl\, a Funny Girl*\, and a nice Jewish girl. \n*(a life-long Streisand fan) \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage\, and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE.
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/pittsburgh-creative-corps-gallery-literally-so-hot/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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SUMMARY:Dream of a Black Planet - Artist Talk with Shori Sims
DESCRIPTION:The Pittsburgh Creative Corps invites you to join artist Shori Sims for an opening reception for their newest exhibition\, Dream of a Black Planet. \nDuring the reception\, Sims will talk about the new works in Dream of a Black Planet\, followed by a Q & A. Following the artist talk\, attendees are invited to explore the exhibition. Refreshments will be provided. \nDream of a Black Planet\nShori Sims’ new paintings see Black people in a futuristic paradise of their own conception. Depicting Black bodies joined in joy\, Sims — through highly symbolic paintings — posits what could happen if African-descended people came together now\, in an act of mutual healing. Utilizing futuristic and utopian imagery\, Sims paints Black people in a way that highlights their humanity. \nSims is creating work within an imagined narrative. This narrative posits a world in the not-so-far future where\, having abandoned Earthly conquest in favor of intergalactic pillage\, whiteness is no longer concerned with the subjugation of Blackness. Black people are left on Earth and paradise is created from the ruins of white civilization. Sims’ conception of the future is highly symbolic\, and refers to the supernatural as a means to discuss historical trauma. \nIn their paintings\, Sims presents an optimistic response to afro-pessimist thought that instead posits an inevitable afro-utopia. \nAbout Shori Sims\nShori Sims was born in Baltimore\, Maryland in 1999. In their work–spanning sculpture\, video\, and performance–Shori seeks to excavate queer Black collective memory. Shori’s work positions itself at the intersection of past and future\, interrogating past feelings and experiences to further expand\, improve\, and propagate the archive. Conceptually\, Shori is fascinated by the line between life and death\, the construction of queerness and Blackness in a future that no longer necessitates the physical body\, and the Internet as a tool of queer Black reclaiming and liberation. Visually\, Shori is looking to early 2000s video games\, beauty supply stores\, and the Internet itself as a vessel of images. Through numerous and varied methods\, Shori conjures images of Black feminist utopia. \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advanced registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/dream-of-a-black-planet-artist-talk-with-shori-sims/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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SUMMARY:Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery: Dream of a Black Planet
DESCRIPTION:Dream of a Black Planet is an exhibition of new works by artist Shori Sims. This exhibition will take place in the Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery located at the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard at 8th and Penn. \nGallery Hours\nWednesday/Thursday 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM \nFriday/Saturday 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM \nSunday 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM \nDream of a Black Planet\nShori Sims’ new paintings see Black people in a futuristic paradise of their own conception. Depicting Black bodies joined in joy\, Sims — through highly symbolic paintings — posits what could happen if African-descended people came together now\, in an act of mutual healing. Utilizing futuristic and utopian imagery\, Sims paints Black people in a way that highlights their humanity. \nSims is creating work within an imagined narrative. This narrative posits a world in the not-so-far future where\, having abandoned Earthly conquest in favor of intergalactic pillage\, whiteness is no longer concerned with the subjugation of Blackness. Black people are left on Earth and paradise is created from the ruins of white civilization. Sims’ conception of the future is highly symbolic\, and refers to the supernatural as a means to discuss historical trauma. \nIn their paintings\, Sims presents an optimistic response to afro-pessimist thought that instead posits an inevitable afro-utopia. \nAbout Shori Sims\nShori Sims was born in Baltimore\, Maryland in 1999. In their work–spanning sculpture\, video\, and performance–Shori seeks to excavate queer Black collective memory. Shori’s work positions itself at the intersection of past and future\, interrogating past feelings and experiences to further expand\, improve\, and propagate the archive. Conceptually\, Shori is fascinated by the line between life and death\, the construction of queerness and Blackness in a future that no longer necessitates the physical body\, and the Internet as a tool of queer Black reclaiming and liberation. Visually\, Shori is looking to early 2000s video games\, beauty supply stores\, and the Internet itself as a vessel of images. Through numerous and varied methods\, Shori conjures images of Black feminist utopia. \nDirections and Parking\nThe Pittsburgh Creative Corps Gallery is in the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s pop-up park\, the Backyard\, located at 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Downtown. \nThere are several public parking garages in the vicinity of the Backyard\, including the Liberty Avenue Garage and the Theater Square Garage. View a map of nearby parking HERE. \nIf taking public transportation\, there is a bus stop at 7th Street and Penn Avenue that serves routes 13\, 16\, 17\, 86\, 87\, 88\, and 91. There is also a light rail stop at Wood Street Station. View a map of nearby stops HERE. \n 
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/pittsburgh-creative-corps-gallery-dream-of-a-black-planet/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Pittsburgh Creative Corps
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SUMMARY:Checkpoint C Artist Talk with Ricardo iamuuri Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Ricardo iamuuri Robinson for a closing reception for his current installation\, Checkpoint C. This multimedia time-based audio installation explores the ways in which streams of information\, entertainment\, and consumerism widen the gap between civilians and military service members. It is an immersive art installation that includes visual and spatial elements\, positioning listeners in the sand as sound moves throughout the interior of a retrofitted shipping container. \nDuring the reception\, Robinson will discuss the artwork and his collaboration with the post-9/11 veteran community of Pittsburgh. The artist talk will be followed by a Q & A and time to view the installation. Refreshments will be provided. \nAbout Checkpoint C\nCheckpoint C is a multimedia\, time-based audio installation that explores ways in which streams of information\, entertainment\, and commercialization desensitize and widen the gap between civilians and our military service members. \nIn 2019 The Office for Public Art and RethinkVets announced Ricardo Iamuuri Robinson as the artist in residence with the RethinkVets coalition. Throughout this two-year initiative\, Robinson engaged with members of the post-9/11 veteran community\, facilitating workshops\, discussions\, and virtual forums. By embedding himself in the veteran community\, a collaborative experience developed to create a final work of art. \nThis immersive art installation is the culmination of many perspectives on why division persists between civilians and military service members. Seven speakers have been arranged in a bi-rectangular ambisonic array\, simulating a three dimensional composed soundscape. The installation positions listeners in the sand as sounds move throughout the interior\, inviting a variety of complex questions but still leading to one automatic response: thank you for your service. \nThis project is supported by the Office for Public Art and The Heinz Endowments. \nAbout Ricardo iamuuri Robinson\nRicardo iamuuri Robinson is an interdisciplinary conceptual sound recordist\, composer\, and visual artist whose work explores acoustic ecologies–a discipline studying the relationship\, mediated through sound\, between human beings and their environment. His work activates and responds to the utterance: “The listener is always the composer.” Packed in this sentence is an expansive truth–humans\, across time and space\, encounter sound through entangled filtration. Humans experience the world and its multifaceted harmonics with who they are\, their experiences\, their positionalities. Sound is site-specific\, yet world-trekking; It is planetary–if not experienced through the ear\, then through the hum and resonance in the body. \nRobinson’s work utilizes this unique capacity and wisdom of sound in order to (re)tell the story of production. It affects our sense of time and place\, mood and affect. The exposure and relation to sound is mediated through our societal affiliations and afflictions–cities sound different from suburbs sound different from neighborhoods with emergency sirens sound different from high-rise million-dollar condominiums with valet. Each pocket of the Earth formulates its own soundscape\, which becomes and continues to exist in convoluted relationship with the sociopolitical systems that be. \nEmploying research\, field recordings\, archiving\, media archeology\, filmmaking\, performance art\, and creative listening engagements\, Robinson invites listeners to cultivate a deeper understanding of the ways in which listening and sound informs our sense of place and awareness while exposing the listener to its sociopolitical dimensions to encourage a heightened engagement with systems of power. \nRegistration\nThis event is free to attend; advance registration is encouraged. To register\, please visit the registration link below. \nRegistration
URL:https://shiftworkspgh.org/event/checkpoint-c-artist-talk-with-ricardo-iamuuri-robinson/
LOCATION:The Backyard\, 8th Street and Penn Avenue\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk
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