Plausible Artworlds

5 Jan 2010
18:00:00 - 20:00:00

Basekamp

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

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Join Basekamp in person (bring a potluck dish) or via Skype (contact name: Basekamp) to examine the emergence of plural artistic environments. In 2009, Philadelphia Exhibitions Initiative awarded Basekamp a grant to run a weekly event series to examine artists’ experiments with alternative art worlds.

Every Tuesday in 2010
6–8 p.m.

Learn more about Basekamp and Plausible Artworlds >

Read about Philadelphia Exhibition Initiative’s 2009 grant to Basekamp >

Photo: courtesy of Basekamp.

Exhibitions

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Mural Arts Presents Katharina Grosse: psychylustro

Berlin-based visual artist Katharina Grosse will transform one of Philadelphia's major transportation thoroughfares with a series of seven bright, bold installations.

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South Asian Art: Experimentation, Interpretation, and Evaluation

For the first time in 40 years, the Philadelphia Museum of Art will reinstall and reinterpret its eight galleries of South Asian art, which include nearly 3,000 works spanning over 2,500 years.

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Person of the Crowd Symposium: Flânerie and the Politics of Public Space

The Barnes Foundation presents a day-long symposium on the history of flânerie and the contemporary race and gender politics enmeshed in the act of walking.

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Alien She: Self-Defense Workshop

As part of its ancillary programming, Vox Populi will hold a self-defense workshop at Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church.

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Let Me Tell You About a Dream I Had: The Miss Rockaway Armada

The Philadelphia Art Alliance commissioned the Miss Rockaway Armada, an internationally recognized group of artists and performers from all over the country, to install a building-wide exhibition.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Martha McDonald

Martha McDonald is an interdisciplinary artist whose performances and installations feature handcrafted costumes and objects.

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Asian Arts Pearl Street Call for Micro-Project Proposals

Asian Arts Initiative invites submissions of micro-project proposals, designed to help further transform the Pearl Street alleyway in Philadelphia's Chinatown North neighborhood.

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Augmented Reality Brings 2,200 Year-Old Chinese Terracotta Warriors to Life in The Franklin Institute’s Latest Exhibition

The Franklin Institute’s a new immersive adaptation of one of the most significant archaeological discoveries in modern time recently made its debut in Philadelphia.

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David Hartt: The Histories (Le Mancenillier) Installation

Beth Sholom Synagogue Preservation Foundation presents a newly commissioned, site-responsive multimedia installation by visual artist and Pew Fellow David Hartt.

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Jason Rhoades, Four Roads Book Launch and Curator Talk

Ingrid Schaffner, curator of Jason Rhoades, Four Roads, will deliver a public lecture on Jason Rhoades at The Kitchen, in New York, to launch the exhibition catalog, Jason Rhoades, Four Roads, published this summer.

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Peter Saul: A Retrospective

PAFA presented the most comprehensive exhibition of Peter Saul's work to date, featuring over 50 artworks spanning from 1958 to present.

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Opening Reception for habitus

An opening reception for Ann Hamilton's multi-venue exhibition habitus will be held at two locations: The Fabric Workshop and Museum and Municipal Pier 9.

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Person of the Crowd Opening Party

The Barnes Foundation presents a 1920s-themed opening party for the multi-part exhibition Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie.

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(ex)CHANGE: History Place Presence Opening Events

Asian Arts Initiative launches the Center-funded (ex)Change: History Place Presence project with a series of opening events.

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Center Publication In Terms of Performance Reimagined as Installation at BAM

In Terms of Performance at BAM transforms the web-based publication into a physical exhibition through interactive displays, text, video, and selected materials from the BAM Hamm Archives that illuminate and extend key points from the anthology’s web of reference.

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Art in Process

A discovery project investigates best practices in sharing the process of art-making to create meaningful connections between contemporary art and audiences.

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25+ Ways to Engage with Philadelphia Arts and Culture from Home

These organizations have a range of digital exhibitions and performances, art tutorials, music, and films available to anyone seeking to stay connected to Philadelphia’s art scene.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Paola Antonelli

Paola Antonelli, senior curator of the architecture and design department at the Museum of Modern Art, is one of the world's foremost experts on design.

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Grants & Grantees

Making Place Matter

To inaugurate The Clay Studio’s new home in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, an exhibition features works by ceramists Molly Hatch, Ibrahim Said, and Pew Fellow Kukuli Velarde to reflect on the complex meanings of place.

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Yael Bartana: And Europe Will be Stunned

Israeli filmmaker and installation artist Yael Bartana reimagines historical narratives in her immersive installation And Europe Will Be Stunned, presented by the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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