Programming Announced for SOURCE RECURSIONS at The Martin, Chicago Sept 30-Oct 10

The Martin, Chicago.

SOURCE RECURSIONS
THE MARTIN
2500 W Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622
SEPT. 30 - OCT. 10, 2021
OPENING RECEPTION: OCT. 2, 6-9PM

This September West Town art space The Martin presents artists David Sundry, Michelle Kranicke and Michael Workman for a group exhibition, SOURCE RECURSIONS.

SOURCE RECURSIONS will showcase an exhibition of works drawing from and integrating the visual elements of our essays in the Bridge Journal, Volume 21, N1. Focusing on and deliberating the history of these elements as they relate to specific architectural, dance and movement art histories discussed in the volume, the exhibition will largely center on a presentation of the silverpoint isometric drawings, photographs and the constructed dance set piece structures produced by Sundry for the 2012 dance performance “Allowances & Occurrences” by Zephyr Dance at Defibrillator performance art gallery as historical document. In addition, looped video documentation of that performance will be projected on one wall of the gallery, new interpretations of the source performance by Michelle Kranicke and Zephyr Dance, as well as text art works produced by Michael Workman, including a number of Post-It and Ghost Army works.

The Martin / Assembly Zones Programming Lineup

PREVIEW NIGHT: THU, SEPT 30, 6-8PM
PREVIEW ARTIST DINNER SERIES & VIP PREVIEW 
The concept is simple: an intimate, family-style dining experience in the gallery before the full opening night. Guests get to dine with the artist, witness the gallery before the official opening & have the first opportunity at purchasing a work of their own. Those interested in attending the VIP Preview dinner, who will also be given the first opportunity to purchase artworks from the exhibition, may email us for details.

OPENING RECEPTION: SAT, OCT. 2, 6-9PM

A listening station utilizing Mat Rappaport’s Range Mobile Lab may be set up throughout the evening’s events, awaiting confirmation from the artist. Copies of the new Bridge volume will be available for purchase, as well as “Your Turn” sticker campaign sticker sheets.

6PM “RECURRENCES” PERFORMANCE

In addition to the exhibition of the above works, we also propose a re-staging of portions of the original “Allowances & Occurrences” dance performance as part of the opening night’s events by Zephyr Dance members Michelle Kranicke and Molly Fe Strom and original cast member Andrea Cerniglia, now Artistic Director of Dropshift Dance. (You can view a video of the original performance we are adapting from, Allowances & Occurrences, here).

These dances may include new movement phrase work that hints at potential outcomes and directions in an adaptive design process for the dance set pieces as baseline architecture / public space forms and Assembly Zones prototyping solutions. Each performance will begin promptly at 6pm, and proceed as if already underway with no audience notice.

Weekend 1 Dance Program: 

Recurrences: Assemblage 1
— Stillness: cello + stringed instrument
— Accumulated Prepositions
— Number Game + Cello
— Exit 

CLOSING RECEPTION: SAT, OCT. 9, 6-9PM

6PM “RECURRENCES” PERFORMANCE

This is the second part of the re-staging of portions of the original “Allowances & Occurrences” dance performance as part of the opening night’s events by Zephyr Dance members Michelle Kranicke and Molly Fe Strom and original cast member Andrea Cerniglia, now Artistic Director of Dropshift Dance. 

Weekend 2 Dance Program:

Recurrences: Assemblage 2
— Stillness: cello + stringed instrument
— Rhythmic Sequences:  Snap   Stomp   Hand Slap   Clap
— Madison Dance
— Exit

7PM MOVEMENT MATTERS CRITERIA: THE POETICS OF PUBLIC SPACE

Public space has long been susceptible to re-invention by artists and poets in the manner that we Bridge artists are attempting now, but often without deep core commitments to empathy and open deliberation across disciplines in the manner we are proposing as a matter of public space usage. To wrap up the closing night reception, we will convene a panel discussion with SOURCE RECURSION artists about these criteria and relevant scholars / thinkers on the poetics of public space, both as defined by the approaches of each artists in the exhibition through architectural space / dance / language and notions of the peripatetic, as defined through traditionalist notions of the flâneur and the flâneuse, the Situationist derive, or more contemporary versions. This may include, for example, the work of Vito Acconci in “Following Piece,” wherein he followed a random stranger every day; Francis Alÿs retracing Jerusalem’s “Green Line” using a dripping paint can; Todd Shalom’s “Elastic City” and its “experiential walking tours given by commissioned artists,” or the beloved Stanley Brouwn’s “This Way Brouwn,” a compilation of maps drawn by passersby of directions to a particular location, as well as many, many, many others.

THROUGHOUT THE EXHIBIT: INSTRUCTIONAL WALKING TOUR
At any time as part of the exhibition, visitors will be given a scannable QR link to an instructional art audio file they can download or stream that will give a walking tour of both artworks in the space and then outside the gallery to a short city walking destination tour on the streets in West Town.

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The safety and security of gallery staff and visitors is essential.

The Martin COVID-19 policy:
We will continue to be a mask mandated space and along with our neighbors at @splitrailchicago, we are moving forward as a vaccinated only space.
Upcoming events that involve food or drink at the space will require proof of vaccination upon arrival.
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