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Crisp air, sweaters, and cider. It's all happening, and I love it.  I definitely welcome the cooler weather and think its fun to read Australian blogs looking forward to the onset of Spring.

Lots of events have come across the desk of Flux that I thought I would share so you don't miss a thing!

                                                   -resists the urge to sing Aerosmith into sharpie marker mic at desk-

SMFA Faculty Show

("Moontide Gardens"-Mags Harries)

When: On view now–October 16, 2010

Where: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

230 The Fenway

Boston, MA 02115

How: Official Website

What/Why:"The over 140 faculty at the School—all practicing artists themselves—inspire and motivate our students through open dialogue, individual teaching philosophies and personal experiences as artists. "Faculty Show: David Davison, Mags Harries, and Warren Mather" celebrates these three faculty artists who are returning from sabbaticals taken during the 2009–2010 academic year. 

A robust representation of the of the media disciplines taught and experimented with at the Museum School—including sculpture, photography, video and installation—this exhibition offers insight into Davison, Harries and Mather's work as artists and their teaching philosophies."

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MOVE! The Work of Jeffrey Heyne and Rufus Butler Seder

(Jeffrey Heyne)

When: On view now through September 26, 2010.

Where: NKG 460A Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02118

How: Official Website 

What/Why:"My current series of works are reinterpretations of Eadweard Muybridge’s stop-motion photos from the 1880’s. It is from toy flip-books of the photos comprising his seminal publication, Animal Locomotion, which my work borrows from.

I am interested in the idea of playing with his iconic images-- to make his frozen photos “move” again. Muybridge’s high shutter speeds broke down movement into distinct visual images, separated by equal intervals of time that could be analyzed frame by frame, and to observe a cause and effect sequence for scientific study. From a physical point of view, each of the still images is actually a record of a period of time of about 1/2000 of a second, a short time but still a duration of time. From a phenomenological point of view though, can this freeze-frame image, in a sense, be re-activated to release the latent motion it originally recorded?"

                 Interesting Note:  One of the artists in the show, Rufus Butler Seder is the inventor of CineSpinners which I'm sure you have seen before. 

"When I design any one of my works in these mediums I have invented, large or small, my goal is always the same. I am going for that signature motion that instantly defines the subject to the observer. I want to make you feel the weightless thrill of a dancer's leap or the elastic coil and spring of a running cat. When I succeed, I feel as though I’ve created a little bit of life itself."

Very cool.

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Michal Chelbin: Strangely Familiar 

                      When:On view now – October 31, 2010 (Artist Lecture: Tuesday, October 19, 7pm)

Where: Photonics Building Room #206, 8 Saint Marys Street-Boston, MA 02215

How: Official Website

What/Why: “Because I shoot portraits I can say that people are my first inspiration. They are intriguing, mysterious, and unsolved.”

—Michal Chelbin (from 9/4/2008 interview on Nymphoto)

Michal Chelbin (born 1974, Haifa, Israel) started making pictures when she was 15, and honed her skills as a photographer during her compulsory service in the Israeli military. Following four years of study in Haifa, Chelbin began pursuing personal photographic projects and traveled in Russia, Ukraine, England, and Israel making the portraits that appear in Strangely Familiar (also the title of her 2008 Aperture monograph; The Black Eye, her new book, is forthcoming from Twin Palms). The body of work on display at the PRC this fall demonstrates Chelbin’s search for those displaying a “legendary” quality, which she describes as “a mix between odd and ordinary.”

Her photographs depict mostly young people who carry their livelihoods with them, often in the very form or function of their bodies. Her subjects are members of itinerant companies— dancers, acrobats, and carnival attractions—and athletes. Chelbin’s work, typically made of individuals in off-stage repose, reflects both the intensity of their pursuits and the fatigue engendered by being constantly on the road and almost always on display. Her photographs are staged, in the sense of being made by arrangement between artists and subject, but not manipulated or otherwise altered post-exposure."

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LOOKING TOGETHER -A Crit Group Celebrates 12 Years of Observation

When: September 16 – October 23, 2010

Hours: Thursday – Saturday, noon-5pm

Opening Reception: Sunday September 19, 5-7pm

Where: Brickbottom Gallery

1 Fitchburg St.

Somerville, MA  02143

How: Official Website

What/Why: "Brickbottom Gallery opens its fall season with an exhibit of five painters(Matt Carrano, Meredith Fife Day, Margery Hamlen, David Wells Roth, Anne Sargent Walker) whose work is based on observation and whose core group has met over the past 12 years in loosely structured critique sessions. The exhibit will include, along with related pieces by individual members of the group, written observation by each member about the others’ work. The remarks will be displayed with the work of the artist observed to reflect discussion that takes place during the group’s meetings."

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