SEASON ZERO: How well do you behave? IN THE FLAT FIELD.
Beeler Gallery
at Columbus College of Art & Design, US
Feb 1 - March 25, 2018
Curated by Jo-ey Tang, co-organized with Ian Ruffino
This is Season Zero. It brings together printed historical materials from various creative fields. From art and design school exhibition posters to radical literature (Black & Red Books and Detroit Printing Co-Op), from fashion show invitations (Eckhaus Latta) to a philosopher’s notes (Alain Badiou), from a 1970 art tabloid (Culture Hero) to An Art Book Affair, Columbus’ first art book fair. With an ethos of slow programming, these materials will accumulate throughout the season. Things will come and go and stay for different durations. This is not an exhibition.
How can aesthetic, political, and intellectual urgency be conveyed and designed in the present moment? We look at —and look back at — these materials not as artifacts but as media-screens of first encounters. How well do we behave towards materials? How well do materials behave back? What resonances and resistance are there for the here and now? And finally, what responsibilities does a gallery situated in an art and design school have in the present moment?
Press: Art & Education, Contemporary Art Daily, Mousse
