This is CHER wishing you a happy non-Armageddon!
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Friday, August 31, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
virtual residency--
Check out this ever-changing online art project:
http://www.manifesto-ish.com/
the art jargon redaction project allows you to call bullshit on those enemies of clarity.
http://www.manifesto-ish.com/
the art jargon redaction project allows you to call bullshit on those enemies of clarity.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Shawn Beeks...
The work of Shawn Beeks (of Laughing in the Face Of...fame) appears at the Framers' Workroom this September (and the tail end of August...). While the opening has sadly passed, the show is up for a month:
check dis'
so come on and find your Animal Spirit
check dis'
so come on and find your Animal Spirit
Monday, August 20, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Coming soon...KICKSTARTER!!!
We are going to need all the help we can get once the proposal is launched. Any amount helps--the more donations you have the more visible you are on the site. Visibility is based on the amount of donors.
Click here to check out our snazzy teaser.
Click here to check out our snazzy teaser.
Monday, June 18, 2012
We Have Sponsorship! It's Beer!
Those attendees of Laughing In The Face Of... (on the eve of August 2nd) over the ripe, young age 21 will receive wonderful, frosty coldness--generously bestowed by the folks at Narragansett. Life is good...sometimes.
Monday, June 4, 2012
CHER Collective invites you to Laugh with us
Humor is a front, misdirection of the sneakiest sort. As tears spring forth from hearty guffaws, our defenses drop. Through these boisterous chinks in our psychic armor, dark and uncomfortable subject matter stealthily enters. Once mouths close and laughter ceases we are left to deal with that which remains (opened cans and worms, worms, worms). Propriety is always up for debate but it cannot be denied that comedy is an indispensable strategy. This practice allows us to acknowledge, process, and ultimately embrace our world, warts and all.
Famine, illness, war, and injustice press in on all sides. Caught in the casm between environmental collapse and economic catastrophe, it can be quit easy to suffocate in this cavern of despair. Seemingly powerless to change our circumstances, we’ve but a handful of options at our fingertips. We may choose to languish in the dark; hard hearted, reserved, and grim. Or...we can build a fire. It is here we tell stories, we tell jokes. Humor’s flickering flame plays upon the dingy surface of reality. In this light our heartaches and fears are bravely faced within a social context, rather than relegated to a dim and solitary realm of ignorance and escapism. Around this fire we nod, we smile, we understand.
for more information and directions about submission click this link:
cherpopups.com
Famine, illness, war, and injustice press in on all sides. Caught in the casm between environmental collapse and economic catastrophe, it can be quit easy to suffocate in this cavern of despair. Seemingly powerless to change our circumstances, we’ve but a handful of options at our fingertips. We may choose to languish in the dark; hard hearted, reserved, and grim. Or...we can build a fire. It is here we tell stories, we tell jokes. Humor’s flickering flame plays upon the dingy surface of reality. In this light our heartaches and fears are bravely faced within a social context, rather than relegated to a dim and solitary realm of ignorance and escapism. Around this fire we nod, we smile, we understand.
for more information and directions about submission click this link:
cherpopups.com
Disclaimer: Childhood Stories are both Sad and Creepy
When revisiting the trappings of our childhood we so often discover darkness, something sinister behind all those festive layers. “Ring Around the Rosie” is a little ditty/game based upon the bubonic plague, “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” is tinged with a sneaking raunchiness, and Shel Silverstein is a dang heartbreaker. Balloons float, buoyed by hope, tied with sadness strings. As children (of the First World ) we often choose light over the gloom. As adults we cannot ignore the shadows cast on those sunny stories of yesteryear.
And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight is an exhibition dedicated to these childhood investigations.
Take a gander at:
And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight
the Window on Broad
(333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19102)
And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight is an exhibition dedicated to these childhood investigations.
Take a gander at:
And There The Moon-Bird Rests From His Flight
the Window on Broad
(333 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19102)
Friday, April 6, 2012
General Call for Submissions:
Hello One and All,
CHER Collective is a curatorial effort to combat empty spaces. Uncertainty is Pop-Up Gallery’s middle name. When spaces become available we must pounce, but one never knows when the green light will beckon us onwards. So we must plan and have some non-denominational ration of faith. One way we can be ready for the artistic go ahead is to have a wide swath of artists/art work to draw from once opportunities arise. Spaces vary and not all works are suited for all venues. It’s best to have options. If you were sent this invitation it means you got art and we definitely want art.
Please let us know:
--if you wish to share with CHER
--what sort of work you wish to share
--medium, dimensions, and special care instructions
--does your piece require a power source? We need to know that!
--any other information you deem relevant
--images are not required at this stage but they are greatly encouraged
CHER will then keep your information/work on file. We will contact you as soon as we have need of your work. Please update your records with us as circumstances change.
Please make all responses out to CHERPOPUPS@gmail.com.
Thank you and goodnight.
CHER Collective is a curatorial effort to combat empty spaces. Uncertainty is Pop-Up Gallery’s middle name. When spaces become available we must pounce, but one never knows when the green light will beckon us onwards. So we must plan and have some non-denominational ration of faith. One way we can be ready for the artistic go ahead is to have a wide swath of artists/art work to draw from once opportunities arise. Spaces vary and not all works are suited for all venues. It’s best to have options. If you were sent this invitation it means you got art and we definitely want art.
Please let us know:
--if you wish to share with CHER
--what sort of work you wish to share
--medium, dimensions, and special care instructions
--does your piece require a power source? We need to know that!
--any other information you deem relevant
--images are not required at this stage but they are greatly encouraged
CHER will then keep your information/work on file. We will contact you as soon as we have need of your work. Please update your records with us as circumstances change.
Please make all responses out to CHERPOPUPS@gmail.com.
Thank you and goodnight.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
“The Struggle” by: Veronica Cianfrano
There is a constant struggle in allof us. A struggle to keep ourheads above water as we try achieve a dream. Whether you work to support your children in hopes that youmay one day see them achieve greatness, or you sacrifice everything to reachyour potential; you carry a burden. You carry it with pride. It is the magic of hope we carry in even the heaviest of hearts thatmake us human. This is thehumanity I hope to capture with my installation.
The center of a stark room will hold a bundle of over 20018" silver metallic helium balloons. These balloons come together to hold up a cement slab (a piece of thickfoam painted to look like a heavy cement slab). The message is simple. It represents a struggle to preserve the desire to pursue our dreamsamidst an often times bleak socio-economic landscape. Tension occurs when the viewer realizes that as time passes,the balloons will inevitably lose their air and the cement slab will slowlyfall to the ground, robbing the piece of its magic. of course, the optimism lies in the fact the cement slab ismerely made of foam and although the balloons will lose their air and the slabwill lower through time. It willnot become anchored to the ground.
CHER: The Mission
Philadelphia, like many cities across the United States has been hit by economic downturn. As monies dry, businesses fold and foreclosure shutters even the most promising neighborhoods. These spaces lie dormant, collecting dust and projecting despair. Pop-up Galleries are a temporary solution to this gloomy predicament. Art can both physically fill these spaces as well as psychically; transforming them into a place for community. These “galleries” will serve as both beautification and advertisement, making their surrounding communities more aware of its availability so more permanent tenants may be found.
Space provides context; with art, context can be everything. In many ways, the gallery is meant to act as a blank page; walls are stripped of identification so as not to interfere with the art object’s intended purpose and message. However, these objects spend most of their inanimate lives in spaces far different from the uncluttered haven that is “gallery.” We, the Champions of Empty Rooms, do not seek to mask the change an object can undergo, we seek to highlight and harness this effect.
Two needs are met through this collective’s efforts. CHER artists are provided with an array of spaces and contexts from which to choose while garnering attention and appeal for the occupied space. With boards pulled back and lights aglow, unsanctioned residents are simultaneously deterred.
These spaces also present unlikely patrons with access to art. Galleries act as artistic bastions, cultural dens somewhat removed from the “real world.” We wish to expose our work to a new viewer-base, in hopes of expanding the artistic conversation. Storefronts located beyond gallery row draw fresh eyes and fresh perspectives. The differing perspectives can reveal new meanings and interpretations which can then be ascribed to the work. This can only be achieved through diverse viewership. It can serve as an introduction to a new realm of possibility. We hope to inspire others towards creation rather than destruction, to serve the community at large as well as the art community.
Space provides context; with art, context can be everything. In many ways, the gallery is meant to act as a blank page; walls are stripped of identification so as not to interfere with the art object’s intended purpose and message. However, these objects spend most of their inanimate lives in spaces far different from the uncluttered haven that is “gallery.” We, the Champions of Empty Rooms, do not seek to mask the change an object can undergo, we seek to highlight and harness this effect.
Two needs are met through this collective’s efforts. CHER artists are provided with an array of spaces and contexts from which to choose while garnering attention and appeal for the occupied space. With boards pulled back and lights aglow, unsanctioned residents are simultaneously deterred.
These spaces also present unlikely patrons with access to art. Galleries act as artistic bastions, cultural dens somewhat removed from the “real world.” We wish to expose our work to a new viewer-base, in hopes of expanding the artistic conversation. Storefronts located beyond gallery row draw fresh eyes and fresh perspectives. The differing perspectives can reveal new meanings and interpretations which can then be ascribed to the work. This can only be achieved through diverse viewership. It can serve as an introduction to a new realm of possibility. We hope to inspire others towards creation rather than destruction, to serve the community at large as well as the art community.
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