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ocea(n) table in use

OCEA(n) is one of thirteen works presented in this year’s Whitney Independent Study Program exhibition called “UNDERCURRENTS: Experimental Ecosystems in Recent Art.” Organized by curatorial fellows Anik Fournier, Michelle Lim, Amanda Parmer and Robert Wuilfe, the exhibition was held from May 27th through June 19th, 2010, at The Kitchen (512 West 19th Street, New York City), and is accompanied by an exhibition catalogue published by Whitney Museum in association with Yale University Press. OCEA(n): Ocean Commons Entanglement Apparatus (in the absence of the concept of ‘Nature’) is a collaborative spurse project designed to introduce people to the complexities of gathering and protecting living resources of the oceans. OCEA(n)  includes three mobile research platforms, each of which contain tools to engage a series of specific questions concerning monitoring, mapping and eating.

Nelsonville Bypass – American Recovery Act Project

“. . . in a most dangerous manner” Spaces Gallery, Cleveland Ohio. Curated by Steven Lam and Sarah Ross. January 29 – March 26, 2010. “… in a most dangerous manner” serves as a working research archive that demonstrates how “economic crises” have often been used to restructure and restore class divisions. The exhibition seeks to recast current economic conditions as not quite a crisis, a temporal anomaly, nor a failure in governmental regulations, but as a cycle common to the last 150 years of American (and increasingly global) financial markets. Employing abstraction, metaphor, and narrative, the artists inject their work into current discussions surrounding economic recovery and stability, while imagining potential exits from this system. Featuring projects from a mix of emerging and established national artists, “…in a most dangerous manner” showcases art, a publication, found objects, documents, screenings, performances, and town-hall discussions. Artists presenting in the exhibition include Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber, Julia Christensen, Elaine Gan, Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida, Lize Mogel, Claire Pentecost, Ohio University School of Art Critical Regionalism Initiative (Kainaz Amaria, Matthew Friday, Ray Klimek, Jeff Lovett, Yates McKee, Jason Nein, Spurse), Katya Sander, and Allan Sekula.