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SUMMARY:Christos Koutsouras: Land Art (Telling Trees)
DESCRIPTION:Deeply rooted in place\, Land Art (Telling Trees) is inspired by a large-scale fire that tore apart the island of Samos\, Greece — the birthplace of the artist. Koutsouras first approached this theme in 1994 after a fire destroyed much of the vegetation on the island. When a massive fire again hit Samos two years ago\, he returned to this theme and finished the work he started 20 years ago. Koutsouras envisions the white trees he painted juxtaposed with the black landscape as a visual reference to the act of fire. He shares that his objective was\, from the beginning\, to talk into the people’s consciousness and show the force of the action. Koutsouras wanted to do more than just create an image. This was a work in progress over several years\, starting with a spontaneous reaction back on time. \nLand Art (Telling Trees) includes large photographs manipulated by Koutsouras in different ways. Some pieces are painted on\, others drawn upon with pencil\, and some left intact. The work captures the destruction and rebirth of the forests and fields of Samos from fires that swept through the landscape. He created other works by wrapping paper around the burned trees of Samos and rubbing charcoal imprints. The exhibition also ties Samos and Indianapolis (two places Koutsouras has lived at different times throughout his life) together with a sculpture made from two pine trees from the west side of Indianapolis blown over by straight winds. The 40-year-old trees were saved from rot or becoming mulched by Indy Urban Hardwood. \nThe upstairs video room features a documentary about Koutsouras and other Greek artists by filmmaker Dia Kontaxis\, a professor at the University of Miami. Her work has screened at museums\, galleries and festivals including Venice (Art Biennale)\, New York (Tribeca Film Festival)\, Montreal (Art Fifa)\, Paris\, Athens\, Ankara\, Lleida\, Taipei and Miami (Art Basel). In another video piece located in the monitors outside of the video room and downstairs\, Koutsouras paints the charred trees white to contrast with the blackness of the landscape. \nKoutsouras\, who studied painting in Germany\, often pulls from the instruction of an inspirational teacher and tries to make each work into its own narrative. Each piece must have a beginning\, middle and end. The result in this show: a story of the destructive and restorative forces of nature. \nThe exhibition was made possible by The Efroymson Family Fund\, Managed Health Services – MHS\, Sun King Brewing Company and Indy Urban Hardwood.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/christos-koutsouras-land-art/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:Taking Israel
DESCRIPTION:Big Car Collaborative will present a screening and discussion of the award winning documentary TAKING ISRAEL. The 55 minute film recounts the experiences of African-American students who went to Israel over a fifteen year period -1988-2002.  The students from Wilberforce University in Ohio spent summers in Israel working at Kibbutz Ramat Menashe\, conducting an English summer fun camp ( Kafiada) in the TelAviv suburb  Holon and taking classes at Hebrew University in Jerusalem.  The students also spent time at the Givat Haviva Center of Peace interacting with Israeli Arabs and Palestinians.  Dr Eric Winston retired Vice President at Wilberforce University and Kelly Brewer a former program participant will lead a discussion after the film.  \n\nThe film’s focus is the cultural interactions between the students and the Israeli’s with whom they came in contact.  I addition to cultural understanding the film allowed the students to observe the educational\, social and political environment of Israel as African Americans.  The program was the outgrowth of a suggestion by Dr Stanley Borenstein\, a former Wilberforce Professor who suggested that the University create the “exchange” program as way for the students to satisfy an academic requirement. \nThe documentary was funded in part by the Efroymson Foundation of Indianapolis and Gofundme. \n\nDr Eric Winston is a retired Vice President at Wilberforce University and Kelly Brewer a former program participant will lead a discussion after the conclusion. \nTaking Israel was produced by Dr. Winston and Directed by Vincent Singleton and has won three awards–Best Documentary at the San Diego Black Film Festival and the Best Documentary and Best Director at the Action on Film Festival\, Monrovia\,CA.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/taking-israel/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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