Art & Cultural Events List

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COLLISION in Jamaica Plain
Participation in Portland
Heretics at the ICA
Fireworks in Wellesley
It's time to join ATNE!

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COLLISIONcollective at Axiom
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Axiom Center for New and
Experimental Media - which is now a part of Boston Cyberarts! - presents "Collision
XV," which is COLLISIONcollective's 15th annual
exhibition of artwork that brings science and technology together. With work
ranging from 3-D animation to video sculpture to multi-media interactive
projects, this year's exhibition features works by Ben Bray, Joseph Farbrook,
Chris Fitch, John Goodman, Rob Gonsalves, Georgina Lewis, Dan Paluska, Roy
Pardi, Dan Roe, John Slepian, Mark Stock(whose work is pictured here), Wayne Strattman,
and Aaron Zinman.
The
exhibition runs from February 19 through March 27, and there's an opening
reception on February 19 from 6-9pm. Axiom
is located at 141 Green Street in Jamaica Plain, next to the Green Street T
stop on the Orange Line. For more information on the exhibition and reception,
visit www.axiomart.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwphoGtkGJH90Y3O6QxQVMc9uIc7C13LY3Kidf_JJ6jDRiDQUqDxuNKHCg9uCISZ_p8XlQAB-BeyBpTWJb18l2w0loyGz04zkeY=]or
call 617.676.5904. For more information on COLLISIONcollective, visit their website
at www.collisioncollective.org. [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwq5lK4cHFDF5nMlc_oMcNs6UAp5_L2l9QpcG9MtIPUlV5z0FOLCOiEaK1w4-DGGlXQqL4N-0RW8gIchRlNT9jhuzfLjfpeT5j-QUJoMz0EHxtPoSyMiylkc]
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Deb Todd Wheeler in Portland
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You'll
want to head up to Portland to see Deb Todd Wheeler's installation "PolyPolyphemous,"
part of an exhibition called "Exchange" in the Evans Hunt Gallery at the Maine
College of Art's Institute of Contemporary Art. This exhibition series features
diverse collaborative approaches between individuals, groups, and institutions Deb's
work concerns technology as a mediator for human interaction with the
environment, and she will be coordinating a large participatory project that
promotes the common good of joined labor forces.
The
exhibition runs through April 11, and Deb will be giving an artist talk at
12:30pm on March 18. For more
information, go to www.meca.edu/ica [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwpF94e0kuQjaWlV0y7sg5FLtp07CscUD5hvfBrS47at75sP-LPahPsURv9PX6WpjHdx6Osv43V13trICS5v-xXLKRz-uiovy4H6j-ichY1Bow==]
or call 207.699.5029.
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"The Heretics" at the ICA

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Closer to home, the Institute of
Contemporary Art presents the Boston premiere of "The Heretics," an
experimental documentary film that charts the history of a 1970's New York feminist
art collective from the inside.
Directed by world-renowned video artist Joan
Braderman, the film chronicles the twenty-year span of the feminist art
magazine "Heresies," a magazine that spawned groundbreaking photography,
poetry, art and ideas.
Filmed at locations around the world, "The Heretics"
features interviews and artwork of the artists who grew "Heresies" into a
feminist forum for revolution. Among the luminaries who got their starts in the
magazine are Alice Walker, Adrienne Rich, and Barbara Kruger.
Screenings take place Thursday, February 11 at 7
p.m. (followed by a Q & A with Joan Braderman) and Sunday, February 14 at
3:30 p.m. Tickets are just $10, or $8
for seniors, students, and ICA members. For
more information about "The Heretics," visit www.heresiesfilmproject.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwoRfZK7BJ7K4nrP1DDfSYxSYxW35c5D4-T30PMz1QRmvUNfkZcS1gWbL1ekvs-GISd2GdA179GJFG65khUvbJABSWLZlkQPSoTyU5JxMUFGpscLH8XZmMge].
For more info about the screenings, or to
purchase tickets, visit www.icaboston.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwpHBv6arM6GhrKF-brNKMcIe8Whc1eRnU6jsrG8thUAR_WVbKlZe6m_s_alUIVuXKc0XbFe1VnbCYSf9klCk3c-7SlDVXGo9mfHlPIXsS_lfg==]
or call 617.478.3103.
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Something Like Fireworks

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In his first solo exhibition in New England, sound artist
and electronic musician Stephen
Vitiello creates "Something Like Fireworks," a new installation at the Davis Museum
in Wellesley. The
installation, done in collaboration with lighting designer Jeremy Choate, features
Vitiello's field
recordings from the Australian outback, the Canadian wilderness, a Virginia
marsh, and New York City's streets. In this installation, sound inspires
color, creating an experience akin to synaesthesia, in which stimulation of one
sense causes the linked experience of another. This experience is described by neurologist
Richard Cytowicas
"something like fireworks." The Los
Angeles Times has called Vitiello's work "stunning" and
"revelatory."
The installation is on view from February 24 through June 6
at the Davis Museum on the campus of Wellesley College. There's an opening reception
on February 24
from 6-8pm, with an artist talk at 7pm. Stop by and meet the artist - and
you'll have a chance to welcome the Davis Museum's new director Lisa Fischman
too.
For more information on the exhibition, visit www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwquJS87nATFr2ecLOzK3bxsHda3lkjqQ-98pwHLSbEVpeZfSeE3HNqcIKZqzPJgHdVhUFeB-F4AhJgVBBu2vbhanV0BcdRZaL1yXC3DZYVEp_Lt__-N5LNW]or
call 781.283.2051. For more information on the
artist, visit www.stephenvitiello.com [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwpfjY407Ipqf0_jhXshd2O13uA_65JZOe6t2avbdA5G_35YKHG1cqY8JS9bgA9pbCqtUmx2Lqw5NvklBgmTFGt6Puv0eSdF3XWrYUy43_7wpA==].
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It's time to join ATNE!
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Looking for ways to connect with other like-minded cyber-folk? Art Technology New
England (ATNE)is a new initiative that connects four distinct groups in the art/techology
sector: multimedia
and digital artists; academic
institutions that train digital artists; nonprofit
organizations who support the digital arts; and businesses that either generate
new creative technologies
or use those technologies to create digital arts and entertainment.
ATNE provides a variety of services, including resource sharing, a forum for interaction
and networking,
opportunities for learning and collaboration, workforce development and human
resource assistance, and avenues for advocacy and community building. Among the
specific programs will be a job board, internship placement program, a digital art
lending program, artist residencies at high-tech companies, and professional development
workshops. And social events too!
Individual membership is just $60 per year, or $45 for students; organization memberships
are also available. To find out more about ATNE and to sign up for membership, go
to www.atne.org [http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102961998526&s=2873&e=001DELZ73QhZwor7zqvUfpFC21LpXg8U6wjJ_LKISLWKX1vo-4bhLAEdpdrbvX0YMS7-qPkrBKm7YeIrQ-WZ_qW3y0T5pzeRGs9uJMk-dUME8w=].
Start-up funding for ATNE was provided by the Massachusetts Cultural Council's Adams
Arts Fund, a program that invests in cultural economic
development projects across the state.
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