LANDING@UCSC: Artist talk by Chisato Hughes
Chisato (Chisa) Hughes is a filmmaker based in the Bay Area working in nonfiction and hybrid, speculative forms. Their most recent film, "Many Moons", asks questions about ghosts and placemaking today– looking at the history of the expulsions in Humboldt and the Chinese people who (often with the help of local tribes) continued to live in the county despite the threat of white violence. Chisato has 10+ years of production experience,…
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LANDING @ UCSC: Phil Peters: Geophone workshop
In this free Saturday workshop, you are invited to join artist Phil Peters in a practical exploration of using geophones to record subsurface sounds. Phil’s work recording subsurface oil industry vibrations in the port of Long Beach, and in the Permian Basin in Texas, and building gigantic sculptural and room sized speakers to present these recordings, has been shown at co-Lab in Austin, Texas, Canary Test in LA, and written…
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LANDING@UCSC: Phil Peters Artist Talk
Phil Peters’ transdisciplinary art practice explores the evolving relationship between the built and natural world through audio, video, and sculptural installations. Speculative architectural histories, contemporary ecology, and slippages between the biologic and geologic all inform this work. Phil Peters’ recent projects recording subsurface oil industry vibrations in the port of Long Beach, and in the Permian Basin in Texas, and building gigantic sculptural and room-sized speakers to present these recordings,…
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LANDING@Indexical: Anna Friz & Gabriel Saloman: Between the Fires, with Cole Pulice
Anna Friz & Gabriel Saloman: Between the Fires A concert that listens for risk and regeneration, drought and the hints of persistent moisture in burn scars from the local CZU Lightning Complex fires, as the cycles of fire intensify. Anna and Gabriel experiment with listening and playing with the changing land, moving between chaparral and coniferous forests, performing with recordings made among the trees together with live electronic instruments, and analog…
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LANDING@UCSC: Louise Leong: Transformative Landscapes
Louise Leong is a California based arts worker, printmaker, and illustrator. She has been with UC Santa Cruz since 2019 in exhibitions management with the Sesnon Gallery and Institute of the Arts and Sciences. Her work has been exhibited internationally in addition to regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her bold prints and illustrations are influenced by the humorous nuggets in the mundane landscapes and interactions people experience throughout…
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LANDING @Gravy Gallery: [Au]xiology//Every Morning We'll Still Sluice... Opening/Closing Party
“[Au]xiology//Every Morning We’ll Still Sluice” began with a 10 week collective study group of seven artists investigating gold as an atom, an element, a material, a currency, a promise, a myth, decor, fecal matter… [Au]xiology, a portmanteau of the symbol for the element gold, from the roman arum, and axiology, the study of value and valuation. The artists dig in, up, and around gold to question what values have informed…
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LANDING @ Gravy: [Au]xiology//Every Morning We’ll Still Sluice
[Au]xiology//Every Morning We’ll Still Sluice began with a 10 week collective study group of seven artists investigating gold as an atom, an element, a material, a currency, a promise, a myth, decor, fecal matter… [Au]xiology, a portmanteau of the symbol for the element gold, from the roman arum, and axiology, the study of value and valuation. The artists dig in, up, and around gold to question what values have informed human…
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(RAIN EXPECTED! to be re-scheduled) LANDING@ Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: Lichen Walk, and Introduction to the Lichen Museum
Unfortunately, this event is canceled due to anticipated rain. Look for a future lichen walk in clear weather! As part of the annual Fungus Fair at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, A. Laurie Palmer will lead a Lichen walk and introduction to the Lichen Museum. Knee pads recommended, but not required.
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LANDING @ Gravy: Stepping Through: six artists traveling between and across continents, identities, species, and time
Opening Reception: Friday, December 9 With water as a shared theme, Amy Blondell, Génesis de Las Olas, Leslie Horwitz, Numpie, and Jingtian Zong will present works that track and register fluid experiences of moving across boundaries and creating cross-boundary relations. Amy Blondell is an urban visual anthropologist by training who works at the intersection of the social sciences, geography, and the documentary arts. Her last major project, the Youth Trek…
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LANDING @ Gravy: Following Water: five artists from elsewhere currently living and working in the San Lorenzo River watershed
Kevin Corcoran, Nena Hedrick, Lee Chang Ming, Fernanda Rappa, and Shane Scopatz will present works that tune in to local conditions through approaches shaped by the actions of water. Opening Reception: Friday, Dec 2, 5 - 9 pm Gallery hours: Saturday, Dec 3 - 1 - 4 Sunday, Dec 4, 1 - 4 Monday, Dec 5, 4 - 7 Tuesday, Dec 6, 4 - 7 Wednesday, Dec 7: 1…
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