Deadtech

Deadtech

I am one of three operators of Deadtech, an art & technology space in Chicago. We show installation and performance work in the spring and fall seasons. If you have a proposal or an idea for a show at Deadtech, please drop us a line.

Fall 2007:

[September] High Impact.

High Impact features three projects focused on the moment of impact. Complimentary pairs establish the potential for collision in all three pieces: hammer and keyboard, beer can and wall, camera and lunar surface. The objects are hurled toward their targets, locked for a brief moment in an irresistible attraction, anticipating the rapidly-approaching instant of realization. The impact itself is a moment of extreme violence, a fulfillment of possible disasters, and a split-second of pleasure. The three installations in High Impact invite you to enjoy the moment of collision.

Sledgehammer Keyboard by Taylor Hokanson. Chromed beer-pitching machine by Rob Ray. Recreations of dropping Hasselblad cameras on the moon by Alexander Stewart and Peter Miller.

[October] Huong Ngo. Huong has a plan to build a giant, gallery-sized radio out of household items.

[November] Jeremy Boyle. Jeremy is keeping his plans under wraps for the moment. Expect the amazing.

Past Shows:

[Matt Steinke - Haruspex] May 11.

Haruspex review in Timeout Chicago (May 31)
Bert Stabler's review in the Chicago Reader (May 10)

Matt Steinke shows paintings and a new stop-motion movie "based on the intangible, invisible, dark spaces, underground, neglected, ignored, and the forgotten."

[Simon Lonergan - No Bench] April 21.

No Bench
Simon Lonergan and His Lady Dancers
pieces by Alvin Lucier, Kenneth Maue and Steve Reich.
Showcasing "Queen of South" (Alvin Lucier)
"Names" (Kenneth Maue), performed as a sing-a-long for all.

A happening for handmade electronics, voice, strings, radio, oscillators and resonance, feedback, transduction, amplification, acoustics, speakers, projected live video, mikes, vibration and reverence.

[Roland Roos - For at Least Two and Mine] April 7. 9:00 pm.

A composition by Roland Roos, featuring musical performances by Frank Rosaly, Joana Aderi and Tomeka Reid.

For At Least Two And Mine creates an unsolicited but programmatically structured interaction between musical players. The goal is to create an auditory experience where the relationship between technology and humans is one of co-dependency. This is achieved by combining a pre-determined structure originating from a given digital technology with the sum total action and reaction of the musical participant. What we end up hearing from the musicians only sounds as it does because of the structure they base their performance off of. Likewise, nothing of the structure would be known without the input of the musicians.

[Kyung Woo Han & Eun Sun Lee - Breathe In Between] On March 10, we opened a show of new work by Kyung Woo Han and Eun Sun Lee. Titled Breathe In Between, the exhibition features several video installations created by Han and Eun Sun for the Deadtech gallery. Han's sculptural pieces use camera perspectives to fragment and reassemble space and scale, and Eun Sun created a multi-channel video projection based on interpersonal communication and intimacy.

[Mathew Paul Jinks & Don Lambert - Civil Twilight] The first show of our 2006/2007 season was a collaborative installation by Don Lambert and Mathew Jinks called Civil Twilight. We invited the two artists to create work together for the show, and they amassed a series of sculptures, blueprints, models, drawings and sound pieces that explore the idea of flight in relationship to the human body.



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		Deadtech I am one of three operators of Deadtech, an art & technology space in Chicago. We show installation and performance work in the spring and fall seasons. If you have a proposal or an idea for a show at Deadtech, please drop us a line. Fall 2007: [September] *High Impact. High Impact* features three projects focused on the moment of impact. Complimentary pairs establish the potential for collision in all three pieces: hammer and keyboard, beer can and wall, camera and lunar surface. The objects are hurled toward their targets, locked for a brief moment in an irresistible attraction, anticipating the rapidly-approaching instant of realization. The impact itself is a moment of extreme violence, a fulfillment of possible disasters, and a split-second of pleasure. The three installations in High Impact invite you to enjoy the moment of collision. Sledgehammer Keyboard by Taylor Hokanson. Chromed beer-pitching machine by Rob Ray. Recreations of dropping Hasselblad cameras on the moon by Alexander Stewart and Peter Miller. [October] Huong Ngo. Huong has a plan to build a giant, gallery-sized radio out of household items. [November] Jeremy Boyle. Jeremy is keeping his plans under wraps for the moment. Expect the amazing. Past Shows: *[Matt Steinke - Haruspex]* May 11. Haruspex review in Timeout Chicago (May 31) Bert Stabler's review in the Chicago Reader (May 10) Matt Steinke shows paintings and a new stop-motion movie "based on the intangible, invisible, dark spaces, underground, neglected, ignored, and the forgotten." *[Simon Lonergan - No Bench]* April 21. No Bench Simon Lonergan and His Lady Dancers pieces by Alvin Lucier, Kenneth Maue and Steve Reich. Showcasing "Queen of South" (Alvin Lucier) "Names" (Kenneth Maue), performed as a sing-a-long for all. A happening for handmade electronics, voice, strings, radio, oscillators and resonance, feedback, transduction, amplification, acoustics, speakers, projected live video, mikes, vibration and reverence. *[Roland Roos - For at Least Two and Mine]* April 7. 9:00 pm. A composition by Roland Roos, featuring musical performances by Frank Rosaly, Joana Aderi and Tomeka Reid. For At Least Two And Mine creates an unsolicited but programmatically structured interaction between musical players. The goal is to create an auditory experience where the relationship between technology and humans is one of co-dependency. This is achieved by combining a pre-determined structure originating from a given digital technology with the sum total action and reaction of the musical participant. What we end up hearing from the musicians only sounds as it does because of the structure they base their performance off of. Likewise, nothing of the structure would be known without the input of the musicians. *[Kyung Woo Han & Eun Sun Lee - Breathe In Between]* On March 10, we opened a show of new work by Kyung Woo Han and Eun Sun Lee. Titled Breathe In Between, the exhibition features several video installations created by Han and Eun Sun for the Deadtech gallery. Han's sculptural pieces use camera perspectives to fragment and reassemble space and scale, and Eun Sun created a multi-channel video projection based on interpersonal communication and intimacy. *[Mathew Paul Jinks & Don Lambert - Civil Twilight]* The first show of our 2006/2007 season was a collaborative installation by Don Lambert and Mathew Jinks called Civil Twilight. We invited the two artists to create work together for the show, and they amassed a series of sculptures, blueprints, models, drawings and sound pieces that explore the idea of flight in relationship to the human body.

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