Guest Blog: Jennifer Hasegawa “Drippy Leg Mystery Solved”

DRIPPY LEG MYSTERY SOLVED

I am Jennifer Hasegawa and I am Loading…

I am a fourth edition product of the United States. I am a married divorced bi-curious actor singer dancer producer philanthropist with kids (1 adopted), known for playing Morë Logín on the internet reality TV show called “Reality” about a real reality (The state of things as they actually exist, rather than as they may appear or might be imagined. In a wider definition, reality includes everything that is and has been, whether or not it is observable or comprehensible. A still more broad definition includes everything that has existed, exists, or will exist.) TV show.

In a recent episode, I am still wearing my ring, even after waking up one morning in Vegas with Christina singing my praises and Demi spilling her addiction past. Comment (24)?

Hair by politics, make-up by business (entertainment gloss, tech foundation, media mascara, and lifestyle shadow), culture top, comedy slacks, healthy living belt, women bag, and local shoes.

Generally speaking, can you like me? I have 76k and want to connect.

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Posted February 3, 2012 by bianca in News
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Guest Blog: D.W. Lichtenberg “AN IDENTITY WHERE I NEVER SMOKED CIGARETTES”

We asked the artistic collaborators of Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran, creators of At War,  to contribute something to our blog that details their own identities in conflict. D.W. Lichtenberg has collaborated with Truong in the creation of digital art for At War and in other projects, but he is also a writer. He writes on paper, on a computer, and also on empty packs of cigarettes, which he saves. The piece below  explores what D.W. might erase if he could erase his addiction to nicotine.

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Posted January 31, 2012 by jess in News
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Jack Leamy in the Ramp Gallery February 6– 20

Asphalt Meditation by Jack Leamy

What: Asphalt Meditation by Jack Leamy

Where: The Ramp Gallery

When: February 6–20, 2012

In the words of the artist, Jack Leamy, “These portraits are culled from death mask archives of American statesmen that I have painted on asphalt. The asphalt becomes spatial like a starry night and symbolizes the road behind us and beyond us; it is the slate of memory and destination. The challenge is to breathe life into these literal headstones, these death masks. Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father come back to enlighten us, these portraits are intended as warnings. These American fathers are made into living indictments questioning the state of our union and individual socio/political accountability.”

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Posted January 30, 2012 by robert in News
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At War, February 3–29

What:  At War
When: February 3–29, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 6–9pm
Poetry & Dance Performance: Thursday, February 16, 7–9pm
Closing Reception & Panel:  Saturday, February 25, 7–9pm
Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)
Free Admission During Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 12–7pm,  Saturday, 12–5pm.

At War, curated by and featuring artists Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran, explores identities in conflict, ranging from ethnic, gender, and sexual identity to conflicts of artistic identity indicated by disparate processes, practices, and mediums.

On display are hundreds of paintings, drawings, videos, and sculptures which incorporate religious elements, assumptive queer histories, and war iconography.

In preparation for the opening reception, Friday, February 3, 6–9pm, Lawrence and Tran initiate war by physically dividing the exhibition space into representational territory with a demilitarized zone line and complete a series of wall and free-standing sculptures utilizing found objects representing the refuses of moral and sexual wars. Dueling audio/visual installations will face off in the gallery annex.

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Posted January 30, 2012 by jess in Exhibitions, News
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At War Opens Friday, February 3, 6–9pm

What: Opening reception for At War

When: Friday, February 3, 6–9pm

Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)

How Much: Free Admission

Attend the opening reception for At War for a first look at hundreds of paintings, drawings, videos, and sculptures which incorporate religious elements, assumptive queer histories, and war iconography. A DMZ line divides the gallery in half for Peter Max Lawrence and Truong Tran’s respective installations, and allows the artists to explore their many identities in conflict while relegating their wildly conflicting artistic styles to opposing ends of the gallery.

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Posted January 30, 2012 by jess in Events, News
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The News – February 7

What: The News

When: Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:30–9pm, house opens at 7pm

Where: 934 Brannan St. (between 8th & 9th)

How Much: $5 admission

The News is the new place to see fresh, queer performance by Bay Area artists. On the first Tuesday of each month The News will spotlight performance pieces, experiments, and works in progress by pre-selected solo artists, groups, or troupes. An informal session for critical feedback follows the performances.

The first edition of The News on February 7th features Rotimi Agbabiaka, DIAmanda Kallas II Dia Dear, La Chica Boom, Peter Max Lawrence. Magic Meals, the Brontez Purnell Dance Company, Kolmel WithLove, and Shaunna Vella.

Register for The News: Queer Performance Series in San Francisco, CA on Eventbrite

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Posted January 27, 2012 by jess in Events, News
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The Making & Meaning of Renée Rhodes’ Muscle Maps for Virtual Travels


Our CCA Community Student Fellow, Bianca Sandiko, caught up with exhibiting artist Renée Rhodes to ask her a few questions about her fascinating video piece for Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance. “Muscle Maps for Virtual Travels” is  displayed in exhibition space as a one-channel video projection focused on a board at floor level. Get Lucky is open for viewing this week  Tues.–Thurs.,12-7pm, and closes  Thursday, January 26, 6–9pm with a reception & discussion panel.

How did John Cage’s legacy of chance operations influence this work?
With this specific piece, I was mapping my travels over the Internet for the course of a week and translating that into choreography. John Cage and Merce Cunningham and their chance operations definitely factored into the sort of language that I use. And I’d like to think of [my process] more like systems more so than chance operations because the system that I’ve created is very specific.

It’s a matter of translating movement through a virtual place into movement in a physical place, and there are different choreographic phrases that correspond to different topics of moving through data. A lot of the repetition has to do with mapping how long maybe I spent looking for information – looking for a specific type of information. It’s kind of split into topics and choreographed from there.

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Posted January 24, 2012 by jess in News
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Nolan Jones in The Ramp Gallery through February 6

What: Nolan Jones in The Ramp Gallery

Where: The Ramp Gallery

When: January 14–February 6, 2012

This body of work, designed and created by Nolan Jones, is based on research into the text-based visual art of John Cage, who often played with typography and graphic design in innovative ways. After designing the web graphic for Get Lucky: The Culture of Chance, Nolan was asked to further explore the concepts of his design for a solo show in The Ramp Gallery.

The large piece on display in The Ramp was created by building a highly varying font-type lexicon and applying a chance operation structure. The smaller work highlights Nolan’s custom font for Get Lucky.

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Posted January 23, 2012 by robert in News
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