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Annie Pootoogook
Winner of 2006 Sobey Art Award, Presented by Scotiabank

Montreal, November 7, 2006 - Canada’s contemporary art community gathered this evening at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to celebrate the passion and talent of Canada’s young contemporary artists and to honour Annie Pootoogook, representing the Prairies and the North region, the winner of the 2006 Sobey Art Award.

“Annie Pootoogook’s work reflects both the current moment of a specific tradition and of a contemporary drawing practice,” explained curators and jury members. “It comes from a point when Modernism is being re-examined and reflects the hybrid nature of contemporary life. There’s really a lot to celebrate in the work of this artist.”

Ms. Pootoogook was born in Cape Dorset, Baffin Island. She has been encouraged by the West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative in Cape Dorset since 1997 and is represented by Feheley Fine Arts, Toronto.

Annie Pootoogook was selected from among five shortlisted artists from across Canada.

“The 2006 Sobey Art Award was a true showcase of Canada’s best young artists,” said Donald Sobey, Chairman, Sobey Art Award. “Congratulations to the winner, Annie Pootoogook, and all of the shortlisted artists for creating such impactful and important works.”

“Culture is a mirror of who we are as a society and Scotiabank’s support of Canada’s cultural communities is a reflection of who we are as a corporation,” said Rick Waugh, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Scotiabank. “Scotiabank is proud to be the presenting sponsor of the Sobey Art Award and pleased to do our part to support Canada’s cultural communities.”

The Sobey Art Award is Canada’s premier art award for contemporary young artists. The Sobey Art Award is an annual award of $50,000 presented to an artist under 40 who has had a show in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. The Sobey Art Award is a celebration of the passion and talent of Canada’s young contemporary artists.

The exhibition featuring the five finalists for the Sobey Art Award - BGL, Janice Kerbel, Annie Pootoogook, Mathew Reichertz and Steven Shearer - is on display until January 7, 2007 at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

The Sobey Art Foundation was established in 1981 with a mandate to carry on the work of entrepreneur and business leader, the late Frank H. Sobey, of collecting and preserving representative examples of 19th and 20th century Canadian art. One of the finest private collections of its kind, the Sobey Art Foundation has assembled exemplary examples from Canadian Masters like Cornelius Krieghoff, Tom Thomson and J.E.H MacDonald. The collection is housed in an intimate setting at Crombie House, the former home of Frank Sobey and his wife Irene in Pictou County, Nova Scotia. Tours are regularly scheduled throughout the summer months and by appointment year round.

Scotiabank is committed to supporting the communities in which we live and work, both in Canada and abroad. Recognized as a leader internationally and among Canadian corporations for its charitable donations and philanthropic activities, in 2005 the Bank provided more than $40 million in sponsorships and donations to a variety of projects and initiatives, primarily in the areas of healthcare, education and social services. Scotiabank is on the World Wide Web at www.scotiabank.com.

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For more information or interviews, contact:
Eleanor King, Coordinator Sobey Art Award
(902) 424 5169, cell: (902) 981-8840
www.sobeyartaward.ca, info@sobeyartaward.ca
Krista Pawley, Scotiabank
(416) 575-4941

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Annie Pootoogook
lauréate du Prix artistique Sobey 2006 présenté par la Banque Scotia

Montréal, le 7 novembre 2006 - Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal accueille ce soir la communauté artistique contemporaine du Canada afin de célébrer la passion et le talent de jeunes artistes contemporains canadiens et d’honorer la lauréate du Prix artistique Sobey 2006, Annie Pootoogook, de la région des Prairies et du Nord.

« L’¦uvre d’Annie Pootoogook reflète à la fois le courant actuel d’une tradition spécifique et une pratique du dessin contemporain », ont souligné les conservateurs, membres du jury. « Son art découle d’un modernisme en voie d’être réexaminé et illustre la nature hybride de la vie contemporaine. Il y a beaucoup à célébrer dans l’art de Mme Pootoogook. »

Annie Pootoogook est née à Cape Dorset (île de Baffin). Elle bénéficie du soutien de la West Baffin Eskimo Cooperative de Cape Dorset depuis 1997, et est représentée par la Feheley Fine Arts Gallery, Toronto.

Annie Pootoogook a été sélectionnée parmi cinq finalistes de tous les coins du pays.

« Le Prix artistique Sobey 2006 a su mettre en valeur les meilleurs jeunes talents du Canada », a déclaré Donald Sobey, président, Prix artistique Sobey. « Toutes nos félicitations à la lauréate, Annie Pootoogook, et aux finalistes pour des ¦uvres aussi percutantes et importantes. »

«La culture est le miroir de ce que nous sommes en tant que société et le soutien de la Banque Scotia aux communautés culturelles du Canada est le reflet de ce que nous sommes en tant qu’entreprise», a souligné Rick Waugh, président et chef de la direction de la Banque Scotia. «La Banque Scotia est fière d’être le présentateur attitré du Sobey Art Award et nous sommes heureux de pouvoir apporter notre soutien aux communautés culturelles.»

Le Prix artistique Sobey est le plus important prix canadien remis à de jeunes artistes contemporains. D’une valeur de 50 000 $, il est présenté annuellement à un artiste de moins de 40 ans ayant exposé dans un musée public ou dans une galerie d’art commerciale au cours des 18 mois précédant sa nomination. Le Prix artistique Sobey célèbre la passion et le talent des jeunes artistes contemporains canadiens.

Les ¦uvres des cinq finalistes du Prix artistique Sobey - BGL, Janice Kerbel, Annie Pootoogook, Mathew Reichertz et Steven Shearer - sont exposées jusqu’au 7 janvier 2007 au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal.

La Fondation des Arts Sobey a été établie en 1981 dans le but de continuer les efforts du défunt Frank H. Sobey, un entrepreneur et un chef d’affaires, dans la collection et la préservation d’exemples représentatifs de l’art canadien des 19e et 20e siècles. Parmi les plus excellentes collections privées de son genre, la Fondation des Arts Sobey a rassemblé un ensemble exemplaire d’¦uvres de maîtres canadiens tels que Cornelius Krieghoff, Tom Thomson, et J. E. H. MacDonald. La collection est hébergée dans un endroit intime à Crombie House, l’ancienne maison de Frank Sobey et de sa femme Irene, à Pictou County en Nouvelle-Écosse. Il est possible de participer à une visite guidée de la collection pendant les mois d’été ou sur rendez-vous au cours de l’année.

La Banque Scotia s’est engagée à accorder son soutien aux collectivités qui l’accueillent, tant au Canada qu’à l’étranger. Reconnue comme chef de file au sein de la communauté internationale et des entreprises canadiennes pour ses dons de charité et ses activités philanthropiques, la Banque Scotia a versé plus de 40 millions de dollars en 2005 sous forme de parrainage et de dons au profit de causes et de projets divers, principalement dans les domaines de la santé, de l’éducation et des services sociaux. La Banque Scotia est présente sur le web à l’adresse www.banquescotia.com.

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Pour plus d’information ou une entrevue, veuillez communiquer avec :
Eleanor King, coordonnatrice du Prix artistique Sobey
(902) 424-5169; cell. : (902) 981-8840
www.sobeyartaward.ca, info@sobeyartaward.ca
Krista Pawley, Banque Scotia
(416) 575-4941

“THE HORNSLETH VILLAGE PROJECT UGANDA”
- we want to help you, but we want to own you
100 new African Hornsleths, 100 portraits, 1 book, 1 film

by Kristian von Hornsleth

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday 17th November 2006: 16 – 20
OPENING PARTY: Friday 17th November 2006: 22 – 02
African Dance Performance with “Faces of Uganda”
DJ and Drinks

PLACE: Politikens Hus “Pressen”, Rådhuspladsen 37, 1785 København V

Link to invitation card:
http://www.hornsleth.com/template/t02.php?menuId=10&articleId=0

The show is only open 4 days in Politikens Hus:
Friday 17th November: 16 – 20 & Party: 22 - 02
Saturday 18th November: 11 - 21
Sunday 19th November: 11 - 21
Monday 20th November: 11 – 15

The show continues the 21st November – 1st January at
Hornsleth & Friends Gallery, Copenhagen, by appointment

PRESS INFO:
www.hornsleth.com

Gallery of Contemporary Art BUNKIER SZTUKI , Kraków, Poland
Opening: Thursday, 16 November 2006, 6pm
Duration: 17 November 2006 - 31 December 2006
curators: Magdalena Ujma and Anna Smolak

Collaboration: Goethe-Institut Krakau, Instituto Italiano di Cultura
and Allianz Kulturstiftung
The exhibition will present the latest works by the London -
Berlin-based Iranian artist: an installation with a mirror, a series
of films about emigrants („i?” , Mladen, Miguel, Mehmet, Islamic Star)
as well as the light box „HOME’ made especially for Bunkier Sztuki.
Shahram Entekhabi’s films last only a few minutes and refer to
stereotypical images of emigrants, widespread especially in the west
of Europe. Each film features the artist impersonating a character: an
Islamic fundamentalist, a Kurdish activist, a Latino partisan, and a
gangster from the Balkans. The other works presented in the
exhibition, despite their seeming “purity” of form, address the
viewers, posing the question about everyone’s identity and the
presence of the other in each of us, and question the values of such
ideas as “home,” or “motherland,” that are associated with the
feelings of belonging and safety.
Shahram Entekhabi’s works have an autobiographical touch to them. By
introducing his own alter ego into art, he explores the identity of a
man who is a wanderer and an emigrant. His identity is unstable, it
undergoes constant transformations and is questioned. In his films,
Entekhabi exaggerates the image of male emigrants. As he claims,
„these characters are not, as it has been so far, an almost invisible
factor supporting the construction of German identity or a more
general identity. Some of them show enormous self-aggression, they
burn themselves, or throw grenades…” The presented films are mostly
recordings of Shahram Entekhabi’s actions, some of which took place in
Berlin.
While the exhibition lasts, Shahram Entekhabi will do a performance
piece in Krakow as well as conduct a workshop for the students of the
Academy of Fine Arts. There will also be a discussion with the
participation of the artist in Bunkier Sztuki.
Honourable Patronage of the project:
prof. Zygmunt Bauman, prof. Władysław Bartoszewski, Ryszard Kapuściński
The exhibition “It’s Been a Long Way, Baby…” opens the cycle
Transkultura, which includes six solo exhibitions by artists living in
different parts of Europe and taking up the issues of emigration,
blending of cultures and being a stranger.
The project Transkultura focuses on the question of European identity
in the times of ongoing globalization, new migration of people, mixing
of cultures and languages, opening up the borders, but also emigration
forced by political events or search of work. The figure of the
“stranger” is of immense significance here. The project encourages
reflection on the role of the stranger in the shaping of new European
identities. It is especially crucial in the Polish context, as it is
only now that we have to face the problems of racism and xenophobia
towards immigrants - people of different nationalities, cultures and
languages.
The artists invited have experienced emigration, wandering,
multiculturalism, and they explore these issues in their work.
Juxtaposing works by artists from various parts of Europe will enable
a discussion on whether we are ready to take the challenge of the idea
of transcultural Europe that has been imposed on us by politics and
economy, and is it not so that transculturalism happens all the time,
in front of us, and does not result in uniformity but in respect for
differences.

Gallery of Contemporary Art BUNKIER SZTUKI , Plac Szczepański 3a ,
31-011 Kraków, Poland
phone: +48 12 /422 10 52, 422 40 21
www.bunkier.com.pl

Sparwassser HQ

Offensive for Contemporary Art and Communication

presents

Slipping Back Into The Darkness

Novenber 11. - December 16. 2006

Tanja Rau and Lone Bank

Lone Bank and Tanja Rau, artists who understand the exhibition
space as a stage, a sorcerer’s chamber, dislocate the neutral project
room. Deployed in the darkness of the first showroom, we encounter
different episodes in the lives of two ambitious women. Hanging from
the ceiling, printed polyester objects suggest a colorful comic strip
that one can enter and which integrates the visitor into its
storyline.
With their installation, the Danish artist-duo Bank and Rau
question moments of success. The piece not only brings dark margins
into focus, but also bright epicenters. Toward an adequate form for
their conception, the artists have developed the theatrical
composition of the showroom, which also integrates lighting.
With their dramatic exhibition practice, the public is offered a
visual spectacle, and the idea of self-determined identity is put into
question. The (re-)constitutive and active self is itself always
already a part of the world and its mediated images, and all its
self-contained contradictions. Thus it is not the individual case that
is of greatest interest to the artists, but rather the correspondences
that are constituted by modifications and doublings. The main darkened
showroom of Sparwasser HQ, with its floating objects and pictures,
becomes a tale in which the visitor takes part.

Along with this large installation (Slipping Back Into The
Darkness), Lone Bank and Tanja Rau present “Parade” (2006) in the
second room. This recently completed film is the result of a project
by diverse Danish artists who walked the streets of Copenhagen with a
variety of props. The performance recalls the “united urbanism”
demanded by the situationists and their “dérive”, an action
demonstrating an act meant to reclaim territory.

Exhibition spaces, like public places are often subordinated by a
strict function. Bank and Rau, however, create potential spaces in
which one creates one’s own meanings, and thus determines the whole.
In doing this, one experiences oneself as an active agent. We thus
slip into the darkness with the artists, and try to catch a glimpse of
the things dwelling within.

Text: co-curator Petra Reichensperger

The project is sponsored by the Danish Arts Council’s Committee
for Visual Arts.

Sparwassser HQ
Offensive for Contemporary Art and Communication
Torstr. 161
10115 Berlin-Mitte
mail@sparwasserhq.de
www.sparwasserhq.de

Wed - Fri 4 pm-7 pm, Sat 2 pm-6 pm

The Danish Art Council’s Committee for International Visual Art
cooperates with Sparwasser HQ as part of its aims to facilitate
creative dialogues between visual artists in Denmark and international
contemporary art.

Take my breath away
Erika Arzt Berlin
Cat Barich Londres
Catherine Bolduc Montréal
Claire Harvey Amsterdam
Eleni Kamma Athènes
Daniela Klein Berlin
Noémi McComber Montréal

exposition du 17 novembre 2006 au 7 janvier 2007

vernissage vendredi 17 novembre à 19h *interventions des artistes
lors du vernissage
rencontre avec les artistes dimanche 19 nov. à 18h

À cette proposition, qui évoque des relents d’airs pop sentimental des
années 80, sept jeunes artistes internationales sont appelées à
répondre. D’une part, il y a l’aspiration à quelque chose de plus
grand, de plus beau, la part de romantisme et d’espoir tue qu’évoque
le titre de l’exposition. D’autre part, envisagé de façon littérale,
on y trouve une inclinaison plus destructrice, un potentiel
annihilant. C’est dans cet espace équivoque que toute l’exposition se
déroule; dans cette double face où l’espoir et la désillusion se
tirent des flèches.

À l’aide du dessin, du son, de la vidéo et d’installations
sculpturales, les artistes s’approprient le titre de l’exposition et y
répondent chacune de façon singulière. D’un idéalisme porteur d’espoir
à un pessimisme sardonique, dans chaque oeuvre un désir se trame,
désir qui cherche à transcender la réalité immédiate pour atteindre un
ailleurs; un lieu qui est autre. L’exposition a un fort caractère
performatif; les oeuvres présentées oscillent entre la sphère publique
et privée, entre la réussite et l’échec, entre l’action et la
contemplation. Plusieurs oeuvres ont été spécialement conçues pour
l’espace de la Centrale, en tenant compte de la spécificité du lieu.
Une version de Take my breath away a été présentée à Londres,
Royaume-Uni, en avril 2003, à l’espace Hotel Bellville.

commissaire : Noémi McComber

Take my breath away

Erika Arzt Berlin
Cat Barich London
Catherine Bolduc Montréal
Claire Harvey Amsterdam
Eleni Kamma Athens
Daniela Klein Berlin
Noémi McComber Montréal

exhibition November 17 2006 to January 7 2007

opening friday november 17 at 7pm *artists interventions at the opening
artist talks sunday nov. 19 at 6pm

The proposition of this show, which calls to mind sentimental pop
songs of the 80’s, invites seven young international artists to
respond. On one side, there is a yearning for something grander, more
beautiful, the romanticism and quiet hope that the title evokes. On
the other, understood literally, we find a more destructive tendency,
a potential for annihilation. The exhibition unfolds in this equivocal
space; in this divided ground where hope and disillusion fire off each
other.

Using drawing, sound, video and sculptural installations, the artists
take the title of the show and respond in their own individual ways.
From a hopeful idealism to a sardonic pessimism, each work contains a
desire which seeks to transcend the immediate reality to reach an
‘elsewhere’, a space which is ‘other’. The exhibition has a strong
performative character; the works presented oscillate between the
public and the private spheres, between success and failure, between
action and contemplation. Several of the works have been specially
commissioned for the exhibition, in keeping with the specificity of La
Centrale’s space.

A version of Take my breath away was presented in London, UK, in April
2003, at the Hotel Bellville project space.

Curator : Noémi McComber:::

*pour plus d’infos sur les projets présentés et les artistes, veuillez
consulter le document pdf.
*For more info on the projects and the artists, please consult the pdf document.

4296 Saint-Laurent, Montréal QC Canada
T : 514 871 0268
E : galerie@lacentrale.org
www.lacentrale.org
heures d’ouverture
mercredi : 12-18h
jeudi + vendredi : 12-21h
samedi + dimanche : 12-17h

*du 23 décembre au 7 janvier sur rendez-vous seulement

gallery hours
wednesday : 6pm
thursday + friday : 12-9pm
saturday + sunday : 12-5pm

*from december 23 to january 7 by appointment only

La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse remercie :
ses artistes, ses membres, ses bénévoles et son public
le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
le Conseil des arts du Canada,
le Conseil des arts de Montréal
les Brasseurs RJ
ainsi que : le Consulat général de la Grèce à Montréal
et le Consulat général de la République fédérale d’Allemagne à Montréal.

La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse would like to thank :
her artists, members, volunteers and public
the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec
the Canada Council for the Arts,
the Conseil des arts de Montréal
Brasseurs RJ
as well as : The General Consulate of Greece in Montreal
and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Montreal

Invigorated by the successes of our first program cycle, it is with
great enthusiasm that Outpost for Contemporary Art prepares to enter
its third year of innovative programs.

Starting soon, with a new focus on Eastern and Central Europe, Outpost
will present further opportunities to its members for interaction and
international exchange in contemporary art. During this next two-year
cycle, Outpost will organize its first international exhibition at
Center for Contemporary Art in Kiev, Ukraine, invite Eastern and
Central European artists to Los Angeles for residencies, and develop
special presentations for Los Angeles audiences.

Today we are writing to ask you to become a member and contribute
directly to the ongoing conversation Outpost is generating among local
and international artistic communities.

The benefits of membership will start immediately with Outpost´s
annual Post-Postcard show, happening next month (December 8-10) and
open to all artists everywhere! (Download guidelines here).

Normally $10 to enter, this fee is waived for artist members, and when
shopping begins, members have first dibs at the hundreds of editions
of fine art, all priced under $30. Visit Post-Postcard 2006 for more
details.

Additionally, when you join at the $50 “creative” level or above
before December 31, 2006 you will receive a piece of artwork selected
from Post-Postcard 2006 as a gift.

We invite you take part and become a member today. Joining is easy and
the entire amount is tax-deductible. Click here to join.

Thank You and Best Wishes,

Julie Deamer
Director

Outpost for Contemporary Art´s Board of Directors are
Corrina Peipon (President), Maureen Branley (Treasurer), Kendra
Stanifer (Secretary), Jordan Biren, Gary Cannone, Kristina Kite, and
Corinne Weitzman.

Outpost for Contemporary Art
6375 N. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042
323 982 9461
info@outpost-art.org

www.outpost-art.org

ReelAsian International Film Festival -
http://www.reelasian.com/

It’s the 10th anniversary of the ReelAsian film fest!!!
Come celebrate with us from Nov 15-19, 2006
The Chinese Canadian National Council Toronto Chapter
Co-Presents:

What’s Wrong With Frank Chin?
Feature Presentation
Saturday, Nov. 18 2006, 1:00pm
Innis Town Hall

2005, USA, 97 min, Video, English

Director Curtis Choy
All you “fakes”, “sell-outs” and especially “bad
writers” take note: there are a lot of things wrong
with Frank Chin. The Asian American writer,
playwright, actor, scholar and activist of
incomparable passion has been both revered and hated —
sometimes by the same person. And he’s likely to make
your blood boil AND laugh out loud in this latest
feature from veteran documentarian Curtis Choy.

Best Documentary Feature Award - San Francisco
International Asian American Film Festival

GET UP STAND UP: THE MEDIA ADVOCACY WORKSHOP
Saturday, Nov.18, 3-5 pm
Innis College, room 222
PWYC or FREE w/ ticket to Activist screening at 1pm at
Innis Town Hall

Today, audiences still see instances of racism and
Asian stereotyping in film and TV. Hear filmmakers and
activists explain how to fight back in this
interactive workshop that includes excerpts from
controversial films.

(Note: A film screening of activist cinema precedes
this workshop, and a reception follows it.)
Cheuk Kwan - Director & producer, Chinese Restaurants
Gein Wong - Director, Paper Son
Curtis Choy - Director, What’s Wrong with Frank Chin?,
Dupont Guy, The Fall of I-Hotel
Moderator: Alice Shih - Film critic, Fairchild Radio

Southern Exposure
Dynamic, cutting edge art, education, and community programs since 1974.
Opening Reception
Radio Cartography, by Neighborhood Public Radio
Friday, November 10, 2006
Artist Talk: 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Reception: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Southern Exposure, 2901 Mission Street @ 25th Street

Radio Cartography is a yearlong, innovative radio project by
Neighborhood Public Radio involving a diverse group of artists,
Mission District residents, youth, and Bay Area audiences in the
production of media-based public art projects and original radio
programming. Radio Cartography seeks to investigate strategies for
exploring and mapping public space using the medium of radio in
non-traditional ways. The project attempts to merge technology-based
endeavors with more conventional tactics of walking, performance, and
interventions. Radio Cartography takes the form of a home base radio
station at Southern Exposure’s new Mission Street storefront gallery,
a mobile radio production unit that will migrate throughout the
Mission District neighborhood and the greater Bay Area, live
broadcasts that take place on the second Saturday of each month from 1
to 5 pm from the NPR station at Southern Exposure’s gallery, and three
other distinct projects entitled State of Mind Stations, Talking
Homes, and City Tours.

Locations: Neighborhood Public Radio’s programming is accessible on
the NPR website, streamed through the internet accessible via
www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org, broadcast from Southern Exposure’s
gallery, and at hundreds of locations in San Francisco and Oakland
where distinct portions of the projects take place.

Radio Cartography is generously supported by the Creative Work Fund.

Also on view at Southern Exposure’s Mission Street storefront gallery:
-COMMONspace by Rebar, a yearlong exploration of San Francisco’s 14
privately owned public open space (POPOS)
-Mission Lake Project by Ledia Carroll, an exploration into the
history of the now vanished Mission Lake and the hidden water systems
of San Francisco

EVENT
NPR Monthly Broadcast RC01: Relocation
Saturday, November 11, 2006
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Southern Exposure, 2901 Mission Street @ 25th Street

In November, Neighborhood Public Radio will reflect on their nomadic
nature as they set up a new home base at Southern Exposure and present
the first of eight monthly broadcasts from Southern Exposure’s
storefront gallery. Broadcasts will be from 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm on the
second Saturday of each month through June 2007. The first monthly
broadcast will explore the theme of relocation. What does it mean to
live nomadically? What is the experience of relocation for the
residents of our new neighborhood? In what ways does place truly
define our experience? These questions and others around the theme of
relocation will be explored during this four-hour broadcast. Curated
by NPR. For more information visit www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org.

To listen, tune in at 88.9FM or through the internet at
www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org.

PUBLIC ART PROJECT
Radio Cartography: State of Mind Stations
November 10 - December 31, 2006

Location include:
Southern Exposure, 2901 Mission Street @ 25th
Little Otsu, 849 Valencia Street
Muddy’s Cafe, 1304 Valencia Street @ 24th
Florida @ 24th St
BART phones, Mission @ 24th Street
RedTap, 1360 Valencia Street
Carisma Salon, 3344 25th Street @ Capp Street
Street signs on Valencia btw 25th and 26th Streets
Osage @ 26th Street
CCA Media Center, Wisconsin @ 8th Street

On November 10, 2006, Neighborhood Public Radio launches State of Mind
Stations, small kiosk displays mounted in public places such as
lampposts, storefronts and buildings. Neighbors, visitors, commuters,
and passers-by are invited to call in their feelings, thoughts,
concerns, and desires at the moment they encounter a em>State of Mind
Station to the phone number posted on the kiosk. The collected
messages are aired every Friday night from 9 to 11 pm, streamed over
the web and will also be available as podcasts downloadable from
http://www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org.

On December 4, 6, and 8, 2006 from 1 to 6 pm, State of Mind Station
producer, Michael Trigilio will roam among the stations interviewing
people on the street about their state of mind and recording their
thoughts for broadcast in spring 2007.

A map of the growing network of State of Mind Station locations is
available at Southern Exposure and on the SoEx and Neighborhood Public
Radio websites.

PUBLIC ART PROJECT
Radio Cartography: Talking Homes: Bringing Down the Neighborhood
November 10, 2006 - February 2007
Locations:

Oakland Locations:
Temescal: Whitney Street between Woolsey and 65th Streets
Trestle Glen: Rosemount Road btw Longridge and Northvale Roads
North Oakland: Shattuck Avenue between 65th and 66th Streets
Pill Hill: Telegraph Avenue between 33rd and 34th Streets
Lake Merritt: Perkins Street between Van Buren and Bellevue Avenues
Montclair: Woodrow Drive between Paso Robles and Saroni Drives

San Francisco Locations:
Noe Valley: 23rd Street between Noe and Castro Streets
Mission District: Guerrero Street between 21st and 22nd Streets
Mission District: 18th Street between Valencia and Guerrero Streets
South of Market: 9th Street between Howard and Folsom Streets
Corona Heights: Corbett Avenue between Ord and Hattie Streets
Western Addition: McAllister Street between Lyon Street and Central Avenue
Potrero Hill: Rhode Island Street between 20th and 22nd Streets

Neighborhood Public Radio collaborates with San Francisco and Oakland
residents to produce TALKING HOMES: Bringing Down The Neighborhood ,
an experimental reality radio game based on a collection of
site-specific audio pieces. Led by NPR member Jon Brumit, Talking
Homes attempts to reveal hidden stories you might not otherwise hear.

Through Talking Homes, Neighborhood Public Radio appropriates the
technology of a commercial real estate device called ‘Talking
Property’ transmitter. Participants in six neighborhoods throughout
the Bay Area record personal narratives and testimonials of their
homes or neighbors with regard to property values and other cultural
or societal norms. Participants compete for the prize of ‘Worst
Neighbor’ and listeners compete for ‘Best Enforcer’ by trying to guess
the exact location of the transmitters. To cast your vote, call
510-593-8271. Download a map from soex.org and tune your radio to 96.9
FM.

The resulting audio is broadcast on an FM frequency in a continual
loop from participants homes. A map of the broadcasts zones
accompanies the project and is available at SoEx’s gallery as well as
the SoEx and NPR websites. Bring your radios to hear the broadcasts.

EVENT
Portfolio Review
SoExchange: Artists Teaching Artists Professional Development Workshop Series
Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:00 -9:00 pm This event is free of
charge for all SoEx members/$35 non-members. Location: Mission
Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St. @ 25th (Across the street from SoEx)
We will begin taking reservations by phone on a first come first serve
basis Tuesday, November 14 @ 12pm.
Please call 415.863.2141.

Meet with local gallerists, curators and artists to receive critical
feedback about your artwork and how you professionally present it.
Each participant is eligible to attend two 15-minute private sessions.

Reviewers:
Ariena Beyn, visiting curator, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
Sharon Bliss, SF State Gallery
Lisa Dent, Lisa Dent Gallery
Kelsey Nicholson, independent curator and artist
Chris Pew, Gallery Director, Receiver Gallery
Blair Winn, Associate Director, Headlands Center for the Arts

S O U T H E R N
E X P O S U R E

Dynamic, cutting edge art, education, and community programs since 1974.
2901 Mission Street @ 25th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
t: 415.863.2141
f: 415.863.1841
e: soex@soex.org
w: www.soex.org

LAUNCH OF NEW WEB SITE & MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
The Western Front Society is kicking off our annual membership drive
with the launch of our new web site. Visit www.front.bc.ca to renew or
join our growing membership of supporters and enthusiasts of
contemporary art, music, media, performance, and publishing.
Visitors to www.front.bc.ca can read the latest information on Western
Front exhibitions, performances, residencies, FRONT magazine, and will
be able to explore our searchable archives of work created and
presented at Western Front over the past thirty years. In 2007, our
website will also act as an on-line store where you can purchase
tickets to upcoming events, or browse through merchandise from artists
and performers associated with the Western Front.
³The Western Front website is an extension of our mandate to promote
the role of the artist in determining the cultural ecology,² explains
General Manager Laura MacDonald. ³Our new online library expands our
commitment to preserving the legacy of the local artistic community.
Our redesigned site also enables us to communicate better with our
audiences, and our members.²
Your membership with Western Front helps to sustain a vibrant local
arts and culture scene. Membership starts at just $15 a year for
students and seniors, and comes with great benefits:
€ Reduced admission to Western Front events
€ Invitations to members-only parties, artist receptions, and special
events
€ Advance notification of Western Front news and events
€ Discounts on rentals of the Grand Luxe Hall
€ 10% Discounts on books, prints, catalogues and merchandise
€ 10% Discounts at these fine Vancouver businesses:
ß Burcu¹s Angels
ß The Petri Dish
ß Rath Art Supplies
ß Rhizome Café
ß Spartacus Books
Sign up online during our membership drive before December 15, 2006,
and be automatically entered into a draw for a fabulous Western Front
prize package!
For more information on membership, please visit www.front.bc.ca or
contact:
Laura MacDonald, General Manager admin@front.bc.ca (604) 876-9343

Dear Friends,

To celebrate the imminent publication of Surface Tension Supplement No.
1, (edited by Ken Ehrlich and Brandon LaBelle) we’re organizing an
event at 16Beaver in NY. If you are going to be in NYC on the 17th,
it’d be great to see you and please forward this announcement to anyone
who might be interested. Note: We are still looking for people to
participate in the flea market by curating or organizing a table. (see
attached)
Thanks and looking forward to seeing you soon.

Ken

p.s. Keep your eye out for upcoming book events in L.A. in December!

ACTIVE ECONOMY: FLEA MARKET
Ken Ehrlich & Brandon LaBelle

In celebration of the release of Surface Tension Supplement No. 1, you
are invited to join us for a Flea Market. Each of the participants has
been asked to prepare a table of objects, items, and goods, to be
available for visitors to acquire. The tables have been organized
according to different domestic spatial motifs or structures, from ‘the
kitchen’ or ‘the bedroom’ to ‘around the corner’ or ‘under the
floorboards’. The market and the acquisition of objects will be
organized around a bartering or trading system: visitors can offer
other objects, services, items, promises, etc., in exchange for other
goods or items. In this way, it is our intention to develop the event
around issues related to ‘informal economies’ and the notion of the
circulation of private goods through recycling. The event is structured
in this way to experiment with the structure and formation of an
exchange.

Please bring an item or two with you to offer in exchange. Or, feel
free to offer other forms of services or more intangible items, such as
stories, promises, secrets, etc. The event will last roughly 2 hours,
and will also include a lecture/presentation on economic structures by
Haidy Geismar, an anthropologist from NYU.

Drinks will be served!

Friday, November 17, 8.00pm
16 Beaver Studio
16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10004
www.16beaverstudio.com
www.16beavergroup.org
www.errantbodies.org

Surface Tension Supplements is a book series focusing on writings,
projects, and documentations on site-specific and location-based
practices, published by Errant Bodies Press.

Ken Ehrlich
1835 Wollam St.
Los Angeles, CA 90065
213-804-6370
www.kenehrlich.net