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Wish Book: William E. Jones Reception & Screening

Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Reception/screening for selected work by William E Jones

The Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists, filmmakers, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics, techniques, and perspectives, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures.

Wish Book: William E. Jones Artist Talk & Screening

Crosstown Arts Galleries 1350 Concourse Ave., Suite 280, Memphis, TN, United States

Encore screening of William E. Jones' Fall Into Ruin and artist talk by curator Brian Pera

The Wish Book series is a triannual exhibition with a focus on artists’ films. Curators Brian Pera and Terri Phillips welcome internationally recognized artists, filmmakers, and critics to Memphis for this exciting new series, which takes its name from the famed Sears Catalog and is hosted by Crosstown Arts at Crosstown Concourse, itself once a major Sears distribution center. Drawing from a wide range of topics, techniques, and perspectives, the films index the scope of work being done by artists in moving pictures.

Wish Book: James Benning

Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

Locations: Screening Room, East Atrium, & 430 gallery

Reception:
Saturday, May 19, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland
Reception, filmmaker Q&A, and screening of measuring change (60 min), 2016

Screening Times (Screening Room):
Friday, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min), 2017
Saturday, May 19 —  Ash o1 (20 min), 2016
Sunday, May 20 — READERS (108 min), 2017

East Atrium: 
Screenings of James Benning's 52 Films project

Wish Book: Screenings of James Benning’s Ash 01

Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Screenings of Ash 01 (2016) by artist James Benning. 20 minutes.

The film will screen at 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm.
Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

Wish Book: James Benning Reception & Screening

Crosstown Arts 430 N Cleveland, Memphis, TN, United States

Opening reception for selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

Reception, filmmaker Q&A, and screening of measuring change (60 min), 2016

Wish Book: Screening of James Benning’s READERS

Crosstown Arts, Screening Room 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Screenings of READERS (2017) by artist James Benning. 108 minutes.

The film will screen at 1 pm, 3 pm, and 5 pm.

Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera

Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson

Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson
Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 21, 6-8 pm
On view: Sept. 21-Nov. 30
Location: East Gallery & East Atrium
These large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon, removed from the composition, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images.

Pearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography.

Artist Talk with John Pearson

Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Artist John Pearson will discuss his work in Wish Book: Lay of the Land.

Opening Reception for Wish Book: Lay of the Land with John Pearson

Crosstown Arts, East Gallery, Crosstown Concourse 1350 Concourse Ave., Memphis, TN, United States

Exhibition of photographic works by John Pearson
On view: Sept. 21-Nov. 30
Location: East Gallery & East Atrium

These large-scale, landscape cyanotypes on fabric link the tactile and the visual by committing the photographic process to the physical landscape. Pearson works outdoors on the ground, making 1:1 indexical photographic prints during midday sunlight. In these photographs, view is replaced by elemental record; while the horizon, removed from the composition, becomes the topographic support and source for construction of the images.

Pearson’s intention is not to convey the solely visual appearance of place — in this case, the arid southern California landscape — but rather to invoke a more dynamic experience of place by means of the transformative nature of photography.