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SUMMARY:Kipp Normand: Snake Oil\, A Fantastical American History
DESCRIPTION:Artist and historian Kipp Normand’s practice is a physical and conceptual investigation into the power of objects and images as a narrative device. Inspired by the Dada traditions of assemblage\, collage\, construction\, and performance\, Normand employs the acts of appropriation\, reuse\, and recontextualization to explore contemporary perceptions of time\, community\, and memory. In Snake Oil\, Normand distills four centuries of history to illustrate the deep-seated American penchant for fantastical thinking. Part world’s fair exhibit\, huckster wagon\, dime museum\, and midway arcade; Snake Oil is a multifaceted installation that challenges the viewer to re-examine the ideas of American Exceptionalism. Imbued with satire and mixed with painful truths\, this haunted temple of junk casts a sideways glance at the tales we tell our children and ourselves about who we are and how we got here.\nNormand — who maintains a studio and workspace in Indianapolis where he creates dynamic works of visual art infused with narratives of culture\, community\, and history — is a scavenger and an obsessive collector. He searches back streets and alleys\, junk stores and abandoned buildings\, looking for clues to explain the mysteries of our world. Normand finds stories in discarded things: Stories about all of us\, our cities\, and our shared history. He first began making collage images\, shadow boxes\, and installations as a way to justify his relentless collecting. But the work soon became much more than that. It is Normand’s way to dig deeply into the vast attic of this world and to share his finds with anyone who takes the time to look. He holds a Master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame and worked nearly 30 years in the field of heritage preservation and housing reform before turning to the practice of art. 
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/kipp-normand-snake-oil-a-fantastical-american-history/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park
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SUMMARY:Wes Janz-Pinned Down: The Locking Up of America
DESCRIPTION:The number of sites of incarceration—where people are “pinned\ndown”—is big as well. It makes sense\, right? We need a lot of\nbuildings and cells in which to lock up all these folks.\nFederal prisons. State prisons. County jails. City jails. Local lockups. \nJuvenile detention centers. Secure juvenile residential facilities.\nUniversity police holding cells. Tribal prisons and jails. Military\ndetention facilities. ICE sites. Forestry camps. Airport holding cells. \nJoin us March 6th for the opening of Wes Janz- Pinned Down: The Locking Up of America \nMany of us are unaware of the scope of this industry even as we\ndon’t know of caging sites that are close by. “Pinned Down\,” through the use of state maps and pushpins\, evidences the geography of incarceration that blankets the nation. Included alongside the maps are issues central to our imprisoning culture\, and pieces from the artist’s earlier “Crazy for Cages” show. \nThe documentary “Digging the Suez Canal with a Teaspoon: Social Design in the 21st Century” will also be shown (as produced by Eric Limarenko and David Stairs in 2019\,\nWes is the first of eleven voices from the U.S.\, South Africa\, Great Britain\, and India). \nToo often we are\, as Cornel West has stated\, “well adjusted to\ninjustice.” It is my hope that this installation will contribute to our much-needed re-adjustment. \nAbout Janz \nWes Janz\, PhD\, was a professor of architecture at Ball State University for twenty-two years (1995-2017). Among the highlights: ten years as graduate program director; primary author of undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs in social and environmental justice; and sole recipient of the university’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2006. \nIn 2008 he was a winner of the inaugural Curry Stone Design Prize\, as awarded to breakthrough international projects that “engage communities at the fulcrum of change\, raising awareness\, empowering individuals and fostering collective revitalization.” \nThe National Endowment for the Arts\, along with the Graham\, Ruth Mott\, Fulbright-Hays\, and Efroymson Foundations\, among others\, supported his research and design efforts; and the Venice Biennale and university galleries throughout the Midwest featured Wes’s work.  Janz has traveled\, listened\, and lectured on six continents.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/wes-janz-pinned-down-the-locking-up-of-america/
LOCATION:Listen Hear\,  2620 Shelby St\, \, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Aurora Photocenter Presents Adam Ekberg: The Other Side of Boredom
DESCRIPTION:For artist Adam Ekberg\, moving past boredom means finding a space in which the mind is free to devise a logic of its own\, and ordinary objects are liberated from the drudgery of daily life. The resulting photographic interventions are both mysterious and delightful. Cocktail umbrellas no longer shade tropical beverages but rather occupy a sunny beach en masse. Roller skates once relegated to an indoor rink now drag-race across an empty field propelled by burning aerosol cans. \nEach of these photographs begins as a sketch drawn in a studio/barn in western New Jersey. As Ekberg realizes his staged happenings\, the sketches pinned to the barn walls are removed and replaced with small finished photographs—constituting a small victory. His constructions\, made entirely in camera without the aid of Photoshop\, are not easily decoded or resolved. Ekberg’s translation of boredom reveals the poignant beauty that can take shape\, however fleetingly\, when the glint of possibility leaps out from the mundane. \nAdam Ekberg received his MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has recently had solo exhibitions at ClampArt\, New York; DeSoto Gallery\, Los Angeles; Thomas Robertello Gallery\, Chicago; Platform Gallery\, Seattle; and Fotografiska\, Stockholm\, Sweden. His work has been included in recent group exhibitions at venues such as Aran Cravey Gallery\, Los Angles CA; DePaul Art Museum\, Chicago; RayKo Photo Center\, San Francisco; and Crawford Art Gallery\, Cork Ireland. His work is in the collections of The Museum of Contemporary Photography\, Chicago\, and The Museum of Contemporary Art\, Chicago\, among others. He is the recipient of the Society for Photographic Education’s Imagemaker Award (2015). He was awarded a Tanne Foundation Award (2013). Ekberg has also received grants from Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (2008\, 2009\, 2010) and the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Grant (2005).
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/aurora-photocenter-presents-adam-ekberg-the-other-side-of-boredom/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Who Are You? What Do You Want?
DESCRIPTION:“If you were a wrestler what would be your entrance theme song?”\nThis interactive exhibit in Guichelaar Gallery entails posting a series of questions that YOU answer on sticky notes.\nMarch is Women’s History Month and in celebration we will also host a contest coloring a few historical women figures\, $20 Normal Coffee gift cards will be awarded.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/who-are-you-what-do-you-want/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
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