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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for “What were you meant for?”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents an Opening Reception for “What were you meant for?” by Kevin Brooks in the Galleries at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Galleries at Crosstown Arts\, East Atrium\nFriday\, February 9\, 2024\nTime: 6-8 pm\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nWhat were you meant for? is an art exhibition that delves deep into the world of film to uncover the seldom-seen layers of Black male identity. It navigates a tapestry of scenes that bring to the forefront the poignant battles between vulnerability and societal expectations\, challenging the confining boxes of toxic masculinity. Through curated cinematic moments\, the exhibition forces viewers to confront their own biases and question ingrained beliefs about strength\, resilience\, and emotional depth. \n\nKevin Brooks\, an award-winning filmmaker from Memphis\, Tennessee\, is dedicated to telling powerful stories about the human experience. Kevin has directed films that capture the essence of the Black experience\, earning him the prestigious Memphis Film Prize Award in 2018 and 2019. He works to unapologetically shape narratives that celebrate and illuminate the rich tapestry of the Black experience.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-what-were-you-meant-for/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:“What Were You Meant For?”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents “What were you meant for?” by Kevin Brooks in the Galleries at Crosstown Arts. \nThe Galleries at Crosstown Arts\nOn view through April 28\, 2024\nTickets: Free and open to the public \nWhat were you meant for? is an art exhibition that delves deep into the world of film to uncover the seldom-seen layers of Black male identity. It navigates a tapestry of scenes that bring to the forefront the poignant battles between vulnerability and societal expectations\, challenging the confining boxes of toxic masculinity. Through curated cinematic moments\, the exhibition forces viewers to confront their own biases and question ingrained beliefs about strength\, resilience\, and emotional depth. \n\nKevin Brooks\, an award-winning filmmaker from Memphis\, Tennessee\, is dedicated to telling powerful stories about the human experience. Kevin has directed films that capture the essence of the Black experience\, earning him the prestigious Memphis Film Prize Award in 2018 and 2019. He works to unapologetically shape narratives that celebrate and illuminate the rich tapestry of the Black experience.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/what-were-you-meant-for/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas”
DESCRIPTION:On view April 22\, 2023\, to August 6\, 2023\nCrosstown Arts Galleries\nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSaturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nSunday: noon– 6 p.m. \n“Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Seas” is composed of videos from McLean Fahnestock’s Stratagem series\, where the sea and sky flip and merge to generate a new\, seductive yet false horizon. Stratagems are plans or schemes that are designed to deceive. Usually referring to warfare\, they are a well-executed artifice upon an enemy. Working with her interest in desire as it manifests in the landscape\, these works present the ways that our desires can open a door to our ultimate deception.  \nIn a presentation unique to Crosstown Arts\, the videos have been loaded into a custom program that randomly chooses the video and the length of time the video will loop before the next one is randomly chosen to play. Viewers will have a shifting experience that will never repeat. \nThe title for the exhibition comes from the first of the 36 Stratagems – a 6th century Chinese text covering political\, military\, and social strategy written by an unknown scholar.   \nMcLean Fahnestock works with the dynamically changing landscape. Her practice is centered on our desire for specific visual and physical landscapes as manifested through the concept of paradise. This has led to investigations into how this desire has been the catalyst for climate change\, colonialism\, and ecocide. She utilizes digital forms of collage\, video\, and new media. McLean received a BFA from Middle Tennessee State University and MFA from California State University Long Beach. Her work has been exhibited and screened across the United States and internationally. Her work was selected for Off the Screen at the 57th Ann Arbor Film Festival. She has been an artist in residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga\, Tennessee\, and The Lock-Up in Newcastle\, New South Wales\, Australia. McLean keeps her studio in Old Hickory\, Tennessee.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/deceive-the-heavens-to-cross-the-seas/
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SUMMARY:“Summer in Shanghai”
DESCRIPTION:On view November 18\, 2022\, to March 26\, 2023\nCrosstown Arts Screening Room\nFree and open to the public \nGallery Hours\nTuesday–Friday: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.\nSaturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nSunday: noon– 6 p.m. \nIn June 2020\, the tropical rainy season cast a shadow over the city of Shanghai. Unfazed by the extreme weather\, e-bikers continued riding through the pouring rain. Day after day\, their ponchos provided protection from the elements while the fabric billowed in the wind. Life must go on. This visual of commuters-cum-knights was the starting point for what became Summer in Shanghai\, a three-part video series of meditations on a unique summer in China’s largest metropolis.  \nWhile many cities around the world struggled to find a sense of normalcy during the summer of 2020\, Shanghai was functioning. With low case numbers\, masks came off\, health codes ceased to be scanned and the city vibrated as it once had. When the rain let up it was a good time to get out and connect with others\, because no one was sure what the fall would bring. \nIntent on minimizing the distance between herself and her surroundings\, Brown shot familiar spaces near her home. Her camera captured everyday moments while helping to initiate conversations. Utilizing the format of an essay film\, a voice over written and performed by Brown carries through each video\, sharing personal stories\, histories and reflections about the season and this particular period of time. \nPortraits of a rainy street in the Former French Concession\, ships on the Huangpu River and people in Fuxing Park\, culminate in Summer in Shanghai\, a series about finding connections during uncertain times. \nJanaye Brown (b. 1987 San Jose\, California; based in Berlin\, Germany) makes work that explores perception of time\, fragmented narratives and the unseen. She has exhibited at venues and film festivals\, including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem\, Wassaic Project\, Wassaic\, NY\, Anthology Film Archives\, New York\, NY\, the Dallas Video Fest\, The Banff Centre in Alberta\, Canada and Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles. Her residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Madison\, ME; Fiskars AiR\, Fiskars\, Finland; the Bruce High Quality Foundation University\, New York\, NY\, and Crosstown Arts\, Memphis\, TN among others. Brown received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay in 2010. Brown resided in China from 2018 to 2021.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/summer-in-shanghai/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for “Summer in Shanghai”
DESCRIPTION:Crosstown Arts presents the opening reception for “Summer in Shanghai” by Janaye Brown. \nNovember 18\, 2022\n6-8 p.m.\nCrosstown Arts Screening Room\nFree and open to the public \nIn June 2020\, the tropical rainy season cast a shadow over the city of Shanghai. Unfazed by the extreme weather\, e-bikers continued riding through the pouring rain. Day after day\, their ponchos provided protection from the elements while the fabric billowed in the wind. Life must go on. This visual of commuters-cum-knights was the starting point for what became Summer in Shanghai\, a three-part video series of meditations on a unique summer in China’s largest metropolis. \nWhile many cities around the world struggled to find a sense of normalcy during the summer of 2020\, Shanghai was functioning. With low case numbers\, masks came off\, health codes ceased to be scanned and the city vibrated as it once had. When the rain let up it was a good time to get out and connect with others\, because no one was sure what the fall would bring. \nIntent on minimizing the distance between herself and her surroundings\, Brown shot familiar spaces near her home. Her camera captured everyday moments while helping to initiate conversations. Utilizing the format of an essay film\, a voice over written and performed by Brown carries through each video\, sharing personal stories\, histories and reflections about the season and this particular period of time. \nPortraits of a rainy street in the Former French Concession\, ships on the Huangpu River and people in Fuxing Park\, culminate in Summer in Shanghai\, a series about finding connections during uncertain times. \nJanaye Brown (b. 1987 San Jose\, California; based in Berlin\, Germany) makes work that explores perception of time\, fragmented narratives and the unseen. She has exhibited at venues and film festivals\, including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem\, Wassaic Project\, Wassaic\, NY\, Anthology Film Archives\, New York\, NY\, the Dallas Video Fest\, The Banff Centre in Alberta\, Canada and Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles. Her residencies include the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, Madison\, ME; Fiskars AiR\, Fiskars\, Finland; the Bruce High Quality Foundation University\, New York\, NY\, and Crosstown Arts\, Memphis\, TN among others. Brown received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay in 2010. Brown resided in China from 2018 to 2021.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-summer-in-shanghai/
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SUMMARY:Family Workshop: Once Upon a Story
DESCRIPTION:After viewing Ezra Johnson’s film What Visions Burn\, on view in Selected Animations in the Screening Room\, participants will spend some time reflecting on an exciting story from their life. \nUsing four pre-cut squares\, participants will create a four-panel storyboard to share with the group. \nAll supplies/materials provided. Free and open to the public (children under 12 must be with an adult)\, RSVP encouraged at joy@crosstownarts.org
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/family-workshop-once-upon-a-story-2/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Family Workshop: Once Upon a Story
DESCRIPTION:After viewing Ezra Johnson’s film What Visions Burn\, on view in Selected Animations in the Screening Room\, participants will spend some time reflecting on an exciting story from their life. \nUsing four pre-cut squares\, participants will create a four-panel storyboard to share with the group. \nAll supplies/materials provided. Free and open to the public (children under 12 must be with an adult)\, RSVP encouraged at joy@crosstownarts.org
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/family-workshop-once-upon-a-story/
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SUMMARY:Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations
DESCRIPTION:On view through Feb. 9\, 2020 \nNew work by Tampa\, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room. \nArtist Statement:\n* What Visions Burn 2006 — What Visions Burn was the first animation I ever made. I was getting my MFA at Hunter College in New York and decided to go for it four months before my thesis exhibition after seeing the work of William Kentridge at the MOMA. I wondered what it would be like in paint and went to my studio on 41st street and made the sequence where a silhouetted figure cuts a painting out of the frame that night. I did it by balancing my Cannon Elf camera on a book and shooting the painting against the wall. Because I didn’t have a tripod\, you can see the camera wiggle a lot. The next days\, weeks\, and months I made more and more footage\, most everything I made became What Visions Burn. The processes are invented to solve the problem of each unique scene. I never studied animation so I never learned how else to do it. I used oil paint frame by frame to make certain parts\, such as the sky in the opening. I used collage components and photocopies of drawings to make other parts\, like the police chase. In many scenes\, I combined both techniques. I was exhilarated by inventing new ways to make images and to tell stories. \n* Endless Surface 2016 — Endless Surface was created over the course of one month while I was teaching in Paris. I wanted to make an animation where the narrative wasn’t created by moving characters from scene to scene but by morphing one image into another. I was thinking of the cross-dissolve transitions that Hollywood films use in flashback sequences. This approach makes it less about storytelling and more like “a heap of broken images\,” as T.S. Elliot wrote in The Waste Land: “What are the roots that clutch\, what branches grow/Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man\,/You cannot say\, or guess\, for you know only/A heap of broken images\, where the sun beats… \n* River 2018 — Currently\, I live on the Hillsborough River in Tampa\, Florida. At certain times\, especially after a hard rain I am appalled by the vast amount of trash that floats by or washes up on the banks. This river is home to manatees\, dolphins\, alligators\, large turtles\, and tons of different types of fish. I find it difficult to deal with my shock and frustration by people’s indifference to the environment. I’ve been cleaning what I could since I moved here in 2015\, and then I started painting the trash in 2018 and made this animation. I’ve always loved to use objects and logos from commercial culture in my work. With “River\,” I was able to do that and make a piece that addressed my frustrations at the same time. I decided to zoom out and show the process of animating through the tools at work in the margins. I enjoy the combination of the two kinds of work happening at once: There is the river with its flow pushing an absurd quantity of objects from the right to the left and there are the tools lined up on the edges\, organized for efficiency while making the illusion happen. \n* Trampoline and Shapeshifter 2008\nTrampoline and Shapeshifter were both made as screensavers\, commissioned by the DIA Center in New York. They are an example of the two main approaches I’ve developed to create the animations. Trampoline is made using collage paintings on cut paper\, where if you look closely\, you can see that there are only ten or so components that are used over and over to make an infinite loop. \nShapeshifter is made by moving oil paint; basically painting\, taking a shot\, and repainting over and over. If you look closely\, you can see traces of paint from the previous frame that weren’t entirely wiped away. \nAbout the artist:\nEzra Johnson was born in 1975 in Wenatchee Washington. His work moves between painting\, sculpture and animation. Johnson has exhibited his work at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas\, The Hammer museum in Los Angeles\, Site Santa Fe in New Mexico as well as having regular exhibitions at prestigious galleries in the US and abroad. Mr. Johnson currently lives and works in Tampa\, Fl.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/ezra-johnson-what-visions-burn/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception for Ezra Johnson: Selected Animations
DESCRIPTION:On view through Feb. 9\, 2020 \nNew work by Tampa\, Florida-based artist Ezra Johnson in the Screening Room. \nEzra Johnson was born in 1975 in Wenatchee Washington. His work moves between painting\, sculpture and animation. Johnson has exhibited his work at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas\, The Hammer museum in Los Angeles\, Site Santa Fe in New Mexico as well as having regular exhibitions at prestigious galleries in the US and abroad. Mr. Johnson currently lives and works in Tampa\, Fl.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-for-ezra-johnson-what-visions-burn/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts for a new exhibition of work by Wang Chen. Chen’s work will also be exhibited on the pop-out walls in the East Atrium. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA\, the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program\, and the Crosstown Arts artist residency program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/chen-wang-the-sin-park/
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception — Wang Chen: The Sin Park
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an opening reception of new work by artist Wang Chen. Chen’s work will be on view in the Screening Room at Crosstown Arts and projected onto walls in the East Atrium. On view through October 20. \nWang Chen is a multimedia artist whose work incorporates installation\, performance\, drawing and animation to create digital videos that depict fantasy worlds with humanoid characters\, whom she uses to examine gender\, sexuality\, and politics. By layering different mediums into one digital composition\, Chen creates an overwhelming fantasy world of multiple\, moveable layers and elements that together become unstoppable and continuously transforming as a way of considering the possibilities of imagined worlds. \nIn her videos\, hand-sewn costumes fuse the human body into the virtual space where humanness blends in\, dissolves\, and potentially succumbs to the digital fantasy. As the costumed performer\, Chen herself becomes a physical component of the worlds she creates\, becoming multiple. These clones represent variously unstable identities:  undefined genders\, cartoonish humanoids\, ghostlike apparitions and thus can adopt multiple identities\, abstracting her own role as the artist-architect to become many things at once. \nChen’s playground of electric city-space\, neon landscapes\, and nightmarish amusement parks becomes itself a representation\, if not a fun-house mirror\, of our own reality.  The juxtaposition and melting of these dark yet fantastical scenes act as a playful reflection of Chen’s complicated response and rejection of societal norms while constructing a new vision of gender and sexuality in our world. \nThis work may not be appropriate for younger audiences. \nAbout Wang Chen:\nWang Chen was born in China and is a multimedia artist currently living and working in NYC. The installations that Chen creates begin with physical drawings. Chen makes costumes and props for her videos and builds unimaginable spaces using virtual reality. Chen received her BFA in Painting from Virginia Commonwealth University and an MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Her work has been exhibited/screened internationally in China\, UK\, US\, Sweden\, Venezuela\, and Greece. Chen has participated in several residencies including The Studios at MASS MoCA and the NYFA Immigrant Mentoring Program. She is the fellowship recipient of Roswell Artist in Residency\, Vermont Studio Center and Nars Foundation.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-chen-wang-the-sin-park/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Gallery,Screening Room
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20190215T140000
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SUMMARY:Opening Reception: New Work by Coriana Close
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for video art by Coriana Close \nAbout the artist:\nCoriana Close was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Photography at The University of Memphis. She has a BA in Cinema Studies with Honors in Studio Art from Oberlin College\, and an MFA in Photography from The University of Arizona. Coriana works in both still photography and appropriated layered video. Conceptually her work focuses on social justice\, state-sanctioned violence\, and the relationship between human beings and the natural world. Her work has been noted in publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer\, UA News\, Athens News\, Chronicle Tribune\, and the Republican American. She has exhibited and lectured in universities and galleries across the United States.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/opening-reception-active-shooter/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Screening Room
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190311
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SUMMARY:New Work: Coriana Close
DESCRIPTION:Video art by Coriana Close \nAbout the artist:\nCoriana Close was recently promoted to Associate Professor of Photography at The University of Memphis. She has a BA in Cinema Studies with Honors in Studio Art from Oberlin College\, and an MFA in Photography from The University of Arizona. Coriana works in both still photography and appropriated layered video. Conceptually her work focuses on social justice\, state-sanctioned violence\, and the relationship between human beings and the natural world. Her work has been noted in publications including the Philadelphia Inquirer\, UA News\, Athens News\, Chronicle Tribune\, and the Republican American. She has exhibited and lectured in universities and galleries across the United States. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/active-shooter/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery,Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Point in Time — Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Opening reception for an exhibition of video art by Janaye Brown.\nLocation: Screening Room\, plus pop-out film panels in the East Atrium \nPoint in Time presents sixteen of Brown’s minimalist videos made within the past seven years. Brown makes videos based on pregnant moments observed in her everyday life. Her filmmaking background informs the techniques used to build and sustain a sense of anticipation while emphasizing the passage of time. Through an extended look at a narrative fragment\, often with a single action as its focus\, the subtlest shifts become prominent\, and the viewer has time to examine everything within the mise-en-scène. She seeks access to the tension and mystique that lay beneath the surface of familiarity. \nAbout the artist:\nJanaye Brown has exhibited at venues and film festivals including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem\, the Dallas Video Fest\, The Banff Centre in Alberta\, Canada and Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles. She has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of\nPainting and Sculpture\, the Bruce High Quality Foundation University and Crosstown Arts as well as others. Brown received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay in 2010. She currently lives and works in Xiamen\, Fujian\, China.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/point-in-time-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Screening Room
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SUMMARY:Point in Time
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition of video art by Janaye Brown.\nLocation: Screening Room\, plus pop-out film panels in the East Atrium \nPoint in Time presents sixteen of Brown’s minimalist videos made within the past seven years. Brown makes videos based on pregnant moments observed in her everyday life. Her filmmaking background informs the techniques used to build and sustain a sense of anticipation while emphasizing the passage of time. Through an extended look at a narrative fragment\, often with a single action as its focus\, the subtlest shifts become prominent\, and the viewer has time to examine everything within the mise-en-scène. She seeks access to the tension and mystique that lay beneath the surface of familiarity. \nAbout the artist:\nJanaye Brown has exhibited at venues and film festivals including New York City’s Studio Museum Harlem\, the Dallas Video Fest\, The Banff Centre in Alberta\, Canada and Shulamit Nazarian in Los Angeles. She has participated in residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture\, the Bruce High Quality Foundation University and Crosstown Arts as well as others. Brown received her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas at Austin in 2013 and her BA in Cinematic Arts and Technology from California State University Monterey Bay in 2010. She currently lives and works in Xiamen\, Fujian\, China.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/point-in-time/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Atrium,Screening Room
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180521
DTSTAMP:20260423T104134
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's READERS
DESCRIPTION:Screenings of READERS (2017) by artist James Benning. 108 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 3 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening time\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-readers/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180518
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180520
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screenings of James Benning's Ash 01
DESCRIPTION:Screenings of Ash 01 (2016) by artist James Benning. 20 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\,  3 pm\,  4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening time\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screenings-of-james-bennings-ash-01/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180521
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: James Benning
DESCRIPTION:Selected work by James Benning | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nLocations: Screening Room\, East Atrium\, & 430 gallery \nReception:\nSaturday\, May 19\, 7 pm — 430 N. Cleveland\nReception\, filmmaker Q&A\, and screening of measuring change (60 min)\, 2016\n \nScreening Times (Screening Room):\nFriday\, May 18 — L. Cohen (45 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening)\nSaturday\, May 19 —  Ash 01 (20 min)\, 2016 (sign up for a screening)\nSunday\, May 20 — READERS (108 min)\, 2017 (sign up for a screening) \nEast Atrium: \nScreenings of James Benning’s 52 Films project \n\n\nThe 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-james-benning/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180517
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180519
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: Screening of James Benning's L. Cohen
DESCRIPTION:Screening of L. Cohen (2017) by artist James Benning. 45 minutes. \nThe film will screen at 1 pm\, 2 pm\, 3 pm\, 4 pm\, and 5 pm. \nSign up for a screening\n  \nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \n\nThe 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. \n\nAbout the Artist:\nJames Benning has sometimes been referred to as a “filmmaker’s filmmaker”\, though he might prefer the more succinct “artist.” Alternately telescopic and microscopic\, his work often explores the American landscape and its social and environmental histories\, observing the movements and moments which characterize it in endlessly mutable patterns. \nEqually painterly\, sculptural\, and literate\, his films combine elements of sound and image in ways which invite interpretation through a uniquely cinematic immersion. Landscape is a function of time\, according to Benning\, and duration plays an important role in a viewer’s experience of his films\, endowing most of the work with distinctly cumulative effects. \nThe film’s narratives are generated by the highly subjective experience of prolonged observation. The rigorous formality of his approach generates meditations on place and memory\, prompting viewers to look more closely and differently at the spaces we inhabit. \nIn an environment increasingly mapped out by remote third party GPS systems\, Benning’s work reminds us what it is to see for ourselves. Benning began making films in the 1970s. Wish Book presents a selection of his most recent work\, much of which revisits and expands upon themes and motifs consistent throughout his oeuvre.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wish-book-screening-of-james-bennings-l-cohen/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180517T160000
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SUMMARY:Little Women
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition and performance by Nubia Yasin \nFeaturing Madaame Frankie\nCurated by Lawrence Matthews \nExhibition opens at 7 pm | performance at 8 pm \n\nExhibition Statement\nI’m a host of things\, but most inescapably\, I’m a black woman. Born of two black parents\, in a country like this one.  \nThe journey it takes to go from black girl to black woman is unlike any other coming of age story; it’s one that is more deeply rooted in trauma then I would like to admit. Before even realizing this fact\, I was writing about it. Writing poem after poem about girls learning silence from their mothers\, who learned it from their mothers. Generation after generation of women who grow smaller and smaller in the face of their demons. I wanted to make a body of work that gave these women (and myself) room to stretch\, to talk\, to release. Little Women is meant to “open the blinds” so to speak.  \nFeaturing the old family photos is meant to contrast the outward appearance of growing up\, which is fairly innocent\, with the reality of trauma. It’s set in a living room because\, often times\, that’s where the breaking of our women happens: in our own homes. Due to a constant cycle of shame and secrecy\, it’s an unfortunate truth that what happens in our homes stays in our homes for the most part.  \nEvery story in Little Women is a story about a girl who looks like me\, who is me. This isn’t just my story … it’s our story. \n\nArtist Statement\nMy work\, whether it be poetry\, film\, or photography\, is meant to give an honest and uncompromising glimpse into what it is to be black in America: the tragedy of it\, the triumph of it\, the nuance and layers. I think that too often\, black bodies are used to fill space\, to meet a quota\, to make a point. To write about two black people falling in love is immediately seen as radical or political\, never mind the fact that black people fall in love every day\, void of commentary. Every day\, black folk live their lives\, laugh\, cry\, fight\, and eat meals with one other without referencing the grand trauma of being Black in America\, without referencing the White Man.  \nThough I see the point in creating political work (and do so often)\, I feel it’s just as important to create work that simply speaks to the black existence without referencing whiteness at all. What I want to expose is the sociology of blackness\, the parts of us that make us beautifully\, agonizingly\, terrifyingly\, and gloriously human.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/little-women/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20180219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20180316
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SUMMARY:Kevin Brooks: Bonfire
DESCRIPTION:Screening of Bonfire — A meditative piece on the nature of love and heartbreak from Director Kevin Brooks.\nStarring Kevin Brooks\, Jasmine Settles\, and Fred Jones.\n12 minutes
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/kevin-brooks-bonfire/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180119T150000
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones Reception & Screening
DESCRIPTION:Locations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nOpening night reception runs from 6-9 pm | Screening begins at 7 pm \n\nCurated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera \nThe 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. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine.
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones-reception-screening/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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SUMMARY:Wish Book: William E. Jones
DESCRIPTION:Selected work by William E. Jones | Curated by Terri Phillips and Brian Pera\nOn view through Feb. 11 \nLocations: Screening Room & East Atrium \nReceptions:\nFriday\, Jan. 19\, 6-9 pm (screening runs from 7-9 pm)\nSaturday\, Jan. 20\, 7-9 pm (screening & artist talk with Brian Pera) \n\nThe 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. \nAbout the Artist:\nWilliam E. Jones has made the films Massillon (1991) and Finished (1997)\, which won a Los Angeles Film Critics Association award\, the documentary Is It Really So Strange?  (2004)\, and many videos including The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography (1998). His work was included in the 1993 and 2008 Whitney Biennials\, and he has had retrospectives at Tate Modern (2005)\, Anthology Film Archives (2010)\, and the Austrian Film Museum (2011). His books include “Killed”: Rejected Images of the Farm Security Administration (2010)\, Halsted Plays Himself (2011)\, and Imitation of Christ\, named one of the best photo books of 2013 by Time magazine. \n 
URL:https://crosstownarts.org/calendar/wishbook-william-e-jones/
LOCATION:Crosstown Arts\, Screening Room\, 1350 Concourse Ave.\, Memphis\, TN\, 38104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Gallery
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