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November 14 - December 6
Tornado Replication Machine; alumnum, steel, plexiglass, electric motor, ultrasonic fogger, rubber, vinyl; 2009.
Room 1
Mark Porter: Replication Machines, Territorial Markers, and Preliminary Drawings
The Front presents Replication Machines, Territorial Markers and Preliminary Drawings, an exhibition of recent works by Chicago based visual artist Mark Porter featuring kinetic sculptures and mixed media drawings. Through the fusion of found and custom-made objects, Porter creates mechanical prototypes, which mimic human and animal behavior as well as natural phenomenon. Emphasizing the quality of the hand made object, Porter’s sculptures serve as performative prototypes, which embrace experimentation and the relationship between inventor/invention, invention/user.
Room 2
Andrea Ferguson: Disjecta Membra and Intersteller Dust
A mixed-media installation of new work exploring the frontiers of outer space, black holes, and pre-synthetic imagination.
Rooms 3 & 4
Jenny LeBlanc: Hot Tamales
New works and performance concerning the culture, economics, and aesthetics of familial production of "New Orleans Style" hot tamales.