Art/Sound: SOUND ART Field Trip, December 12

SOUND ART Immersive Experience

Saturday, December 12th -  at 1pm:  A 'Sound Art' field trip on the Orange Line to experience an interactive piece by Ben Chaffee - 'Music for Circumstances'.Bring an iPod [or other mp3 player and train fare. The trip will begin at the Green Street T Station and will last for approximately one hour.  The gallery is also open that day to visit the show from 2-5pm.

The field trip is in conjunction with the exhibit,  Riders on the Train.  

http://axiomart.org/ 

 Axiom Gallery

141 Green Street (at the Green Street T station)

Boston MA, 02130

Concert/Lecture: Indian Classical Music Concert & Lecture, November 7

A Jugalbandi and Lecture Demonstration of Hindustani and Karnatic Music

Saturday, Nov 7 3:00p to 6:00p

at Residence of Mr. Arun Khond, Stoughton, MA

Come explore the beauty of the two ancient musical traditions of Indian classical music. The Karnatic and Hindustani Music Circle (KHMC) brings to you a special flavor of Hindustani and Carnatic style together in a melodious jugalbandi (duet) and a lec-dem by Dr Suresh Mathur (flute) and Dr Ram Naidu (veena), acccompanied by Akshay Navaladi(tabla)and Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan(mridangam). read more

Price: Free

Phone: (617) 314-9077

 

Come explore the beauty of the two ancient musical traditions of Indian classical music. The Karnatic and Hindustani Music Circle (KHMC) brings to you a special flavor of Hindustani and Carnatic style together in a melodious jugalbandi (duet) and a lec-dem by Dr Suresh Mathur (flute) and Dr Ram Naidu (veena), acccompanied by Akshay Navaladi(tabla)and Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan(mridangam).Admission is free! For more information, see www.khmcnewengland.org.

Exhibit: Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Culture, Through November 22

Sacred Monsters: Everyday Animism in Contemporary Japanese Art and Anime
September 10 - November 22, 2009
Tisch Gallery

Click here for an animated slideshow featuring commentary from Gallery Director and exhibition co-curator Amy Schlegel!

Participating Artists: Chiho Aoshima / Nobuhiro Ishihara / Kenjiro Kitade / Mahomi Kunikata / Tomokazu Matsuyama / Mr. / Oscar Oiwa / TOKYO KAMEN

This exhibition examines representations of mythical spirits, gods, monsters, and other mutant, sentient beings in contemporary Japanese art and film as expressions of animist belief through the work of eight emerging and mid-career artists. The theme is also explored through a complementary program of continuous anime screenings presented in the Gallery.

Many contemporary Japanese visual artists and animators incorporate animist beliefs in their work as cultural rather than religious expression. A shared iconography connects the artists and anime included in this exhibition, ranging from kami (gods) to yokai (monsters), sentient and non-sentient beings with supernatural powers, and hybrid mythical creatures. These traditionally Japanese representations - visible, tangible, and ubiquitous - actively dissolve boundaries between the living and the dead, the human and non-human realms.
Chiho Aoshima's anime-inspired work evokes a gothic realm of spirits and monsters that are neither anthropomorphic things or animals nor distorted, grotesque humans. Aoshima's beings continually change forms but are frozen, like stills from animated films. A visit to the ancient Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, at night sparked painter Nobuhiro Ishihara's interest in investigating the legend of the deer-messenger. He reimagines the folkloric spirit as a wise but tormented kami. Kenjiro Kitade's earthenware sculptures symbolize a premature, foreboding intelligence of environmental disaster that feels simultaneously futuristic and nostalgic. Mahomi Kunikata paints scenes grounded in Japan's traditional culture of matsuri. Her manga-esque drawing style and big-eyed characters are pastiches of contemporary and traditional social references. Tomokazu Matsuyama
re-presents the mythical creature known in Japan as the kirin. Japanese art has depicted this powerful yet peaceful beast as having the attributes of a deer, a dragon, and a unicorn. Mr. created an anime-inspired doll head with an aperture through which viewers encounter a miniature dollhouse inside the hollowed-out head. Oscar Oiwa's paintings compose strangely unpopulated cityscapes that are nevertheless animated by mysterious, unseen forces. Tunnels and passageways beckon us to foreboding realms we can only imagine. Finally, fashion design duo TOKYO KAMEN (Tokyo Mask) have created a troupe of five life-size "monster dolls" made of brightly colored fake fur and decorative materials.

Continous Screenings:
Akira, 1988, Katsuhiro Otomo
Beautiful Dreamer, 1984, Mamoru Oshii
Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence, 2004, Mamoru Oshii
My Neighbor Totoro, 1998, Hayao Miyazaki
Paprika, 2006, Satoshi Kon
Princess Mononoke, 1997, Hayao Miyazaki
Spirited Away, 2001, Hayao Miyazaki
The Grudge (Ju-on), 2002, Takashi Shimizu
The Tufts University Art Gallery has teamed up with Tufts professors Charles Shiro Inouye, Hosea Hirata, and Susan J. Napier, all experts in modern and contemporary Japanese literature and culture, to organize this exhibition.
This exhibition is co-curated by Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Gallery Director, and Jonathan Barracato, 2008-09 Gallery Graduate Assistant.

Film/Music: Phantom of the Opera/Nosferatu with Live Music, October 30-31

Friday, October 30, 2009 at the Somerville Armory

191 Highland Ave, Somerville (617) 718-2191

The Phantom of the Opera 

scored live by 
The Alloy Orchestra. 
Opening: [R/A] performing to The Fall of the House of Usher,

DJ Dziga.

The Alloy Orchestra provides live music to accompany the silent version of Phantom of the Opera (1925-29) directed by Rupert Julian.

$21.00 in advance; $26.00 at the door (prices include $1.00 facility fee)
Doors - 6:30 PM; Show - 7:15 PM
Tickets Through Brown Paper:https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86345
www.alloyorchestra.com

Saturday, October 31

Nosferatu

scored live by 
Devil Music Ensemble 
Opening: Chris Brokaw
Spinning: Brother Cleve

Devil Music provides a live score to the 1922 Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror directed by F.W. Murnau.

$16.00 in advance; $19.00 at the door (prices include $1.00 facility fee)
Doors- 6:30 PM; Show- 7:15 PM
Tickets Through Brown Paper:https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/86346 
www.devilmusic.org
www.chrisbrokaw.com

Gallery Talk: Mothers Expressing: Sharing the Work, October 24 & 27

Mothers Expressing: A conversation over tea
Saturday, October 24th, 2009 | 4:00 - 6:00 pm


AXIOM Gallery for New and Experimental Media
141 Green Street (in the Green Street T station)
Boston, MA 02130 

As part of the Mothers Expressing exhibition, Nita Sturiale and Amber Davis Tourlentes have invited two experts, Ana Villalobos, Brandeis sociologist, and Jenny Weaver, lactation consultant, to bring together knowledge around the work and physiology of caretaking. Come ask questions, propose ideas, and share anecdotes about care-taking in our current economic culture. How can we shape a new economic model that is informed by gift economy ideals?

Ana Villalobos received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently a visiting research associate at Brandeis University. Ana's research and teaching focus on motherhood, and attempt to bring to light the often hidden connections between large-scale social forces and personal experience.

Jenny Weaver has been an OB/GYN RN for more than 20 years. She has worked at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.

Please RSVP

Nita and Amber will also give an Artists Talk on their ongoing collaboration and work in the current exhibition on Tuesday, October 27th at 7 pm.

 

Talk: William Kamkwamba at MIT, October 21

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind:
Elegant Design Out of Junk and Spare Parts

William Kamkwamba
Read about William on CNN's World
See William on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart-October 7th!
Wednesday, October 21
7:00pm
MIT: Room 6-120 — click here for map
Introduced by Amy Smith, founder of D-Lab, MIT

William Kamkwamba, is a senior at the African Leadership Academy, a pan-African high school in Johannesburg, South Africa. A 2007 and 2009 TEDGlobal Fellow, Kamkwamba has been profiled on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and his inventions have been displayed at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. He's often invited to tell his story at such venues as the World Economic Forum in Africa, CES, Aspen Ideas Festival, Maker Faire Africa and the African Economic Forum.

William Kamkwamba will share his story of how he achieved his dream of bringing electricity, light, and the promise of a better life to his family and his village. It started with a bicycle dynamo—simply a pedal-powered wheel that generated light. This taste of electricity (a luxury enjoyed by just two percent of Malawians) filled William with a desire to create. Before long, his scientific curiosity sent him on a quest to build a windmill. Besides dealing with financial obstacles and technical difficulties, William became a self-taught physicist, overcame local superstitions, and withstood being mocked for his “crazy” ideas.

For a full biography of William, please click here.
This program is co-sponsored with the Edgerton Center.

Theater: BU Fringe Festival "Diventare," October 14

BU Fringe Festival [theater] presents: "Diventare"
Wednesday, October 14
7:30pm, free

Information: http://www.BostonTheatreScene.com

Part of the Fringe Festival, "Willful Women: Worlds Apart." A play by Jenny
Rachel Weiner (CFA'09) and directed by Ellie Heyman (CFA'11). When Linda's
life fractures, she escapes to an imaginary underwater kingdom. As a
hurricane once again approaches, Linda must choose to retreat further or
face the storm. CFA's 2010 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival
entry, "diventare" will be featured in this spring's InCite Arts Festival in
New York City. A production of the BU New Play Initiative. No reservations
necessary for this free event. Open to the public. Attend at CFA Theatre
Lab @ 855 Commonwealth Avenue.

Upcoming Open Studios in Boston, Oct-Dec 2009

For more information, visit the Boston Open Studios website:
http://www.cityofboston.gov/arts/visual/openstudios.asp

Roxbury Open Studios (including Mission Hill) www.actroxbury.org	October 3 & 4 11am - 6pm
East Boston Artists Group Contact: http://www.eastbostonartistsgroup.org/	October 10 & 11
Fort Point Arts Community www.fortpointarts.org	October 16 4pm - 7pm & October 17-18 Noon - 6pm
Dorchester Open Studios www.thedac.org/	October 24 & 25 12pm - 5pm
South Boston Open Studios www.southbostonopenstudios.org	October 31 & November 1 Noon - 6pm
Roslindale Open Studios www.roslindaleopenstudios.org	November 7 & 8 Noon - 6pm
Allston Arts District www.allstonarts.org	November 14 & 15, Noon - 6pm
Fenway Studios www.friendsoffenwaystudios.org	November 14 & 15, Noon - 6pm
Artists Group of Charlestown www.artistsgroupofcharlestown.org	December 5 & 6 11am - 5pm
Hyde Park www.hydeparkopenstudios.org	December 5 & 6 12pm - 5pm

Event: Saturday, October 3

Try Something New Fall Festival

WHEN Saturday, October 3, 2009, 12 – 6pm WHERE Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway 1 International Pl Boston, MA 02110 EVENT TYPE City Calendar Event PHONE (617) 292-0020 COST Free AUDIENCE Young Adults (Ages 20-34), Children (Ages 0-5), Children (Ages 6-12), Teens (Ages 13-18), College Students, Adults, Seniors, Families, Visitors NEIGHBORHOOD Downtown MBTA South Station TYPE OF EVENT Arts (Performing), Arts (Visual), Concerts / Live Music, Food & Dining, Health, Parades & Festivals, Park Event, Tours / City Exploration DETAILS Try Something New, like skating on artificial ice, on Saturday October 3rd at the Greenway Conservancy’s second annual fall festival in Dewey Square Parks. Tickle all of your senses at this free all-ages event with a farmers market and cooking demonstrations, local art, a carnival ride, Greenway and Harborwalk tours, treasure hunt, and multi-cultural music. Get your body moving with hula hoops, Nordic pole walking, and a laughter class…where everyone gets an A+. Visit www.hellogreenway.org for updates and a full list of program partners! LINK www.hellogreenway.org