Noble & Superior Projects presents ALPHABETIZATION, 5/7

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

ALPHABETIZATION: Featuring the work of Brandon Alvendia, Scott Carter, Eric Fleischauer, Brookhart Jonquil and Daniel Lavitt

Guest Curator: Ania Szremski

May 7-June 4, 2010

Noble & Superior Projects

1418 W. Superior Chicago IL

Opening Reception: Friday, May 7 (6-10pm)

Noble & Superior Projects is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition ALPHABETIZATION, opening Friday, May 7, featuring the work of Brandon Alvendia, Scott Carter, Eric Fleischauer, Brookhart Jonquil and Daniel Lavitt and guest curated with Ania Szremski.
These five artists explore methods of transforming language—through speech, academic texts and historical narrativevs—into experiences.

Daniel Lavitt’s GRAPEVINE is both a metaphor for informal transmission and dissemination of communication as well as a tangible interactive telecommunications network.

Brandon Alvendia’s REMAINDERS is a site of dissemination for books pulled from the public domain, printed inexpensively then bound by hand, emphasizing the contemporary condition of swift and economical propagation of information.

ON MATTER, ON MEMORIES is Scott Carter’s installation exploring the way shifting patterns of words affect memory of an event: a fan blows strips of text narrating the explosion of the Challenger spacecraft which mix with fragments of Bergson’s “Matter and Memory” and accrue indiscriminately throughout the gallery.

Brookhart Jonquil’s Untitled (Essay Without Words no. 1) creates a delicate, physical relationship with printed matter, one where the texts are reduced to identically deformed pieces of paper communicating only their fragile, carefully crafted, aesthetic existence.

Eric Fleischauer’s Assigned + Recommended is a large-scale digital animation of academic texts. Blurry, photocopied pages with underlining and marginalia are rendered even more illegible as they pulsate across the wall at a pace too swift to read, forming an overwhelming swarm of knowledge.

TWINFORMATION: opening photos!!!!

Another great turn out and another awesome spread, plus lots of people hanging out!!

Thanks to Eric and Jon for giving people something to hang around for!!!!

Noble & Superior Projects presents TWINFORMATION, 4/2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TWINFORMATION: Featuring the work of Eric Veit and Jon Satrom
April 2-May 4, 2010
Noble & Superior Projects
1418 W. Superior Chicago IL
Opening Reception: Friday, April 2 (6-10pm)

Noble & Superior Projects is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition TWINFORMATION, opening Friday, April 2, featuring the work of Eric Veit and Jon Satrom.

Eric Veit's installation COMMUNAL LIVING features new digital paintings, abstract sculpture and light installation combined to investigate the complexity of human relationships, specifically his interest in the "poetic beauty" of conjoined twins. Veit explores concepts outside of the restrictions of media specificity in order to create complex and wide ranging installations that transform the gallery into a sublime territory.

Eric Veit currently lives and works in Philadelphia, PA. After showing extensively in the northeast, Veit is premiering his newest body of work in Chicago. Veit received his B.A. from Hampshire College in 2008 and attended the Yale Summer School of Music and Art in 2007.

Jon Satrom's TRENDS is a collection of images generated from inquiries using the data platform Google Trends. These often humorous and seemingly innocuous queries reveal more about the environment of ubiquitous databases than one might initially infer. Satrom's work consistently illustrates the innumerable possibilities and faults of digital media, positioning both user and viewer to be enveloped by the infinite body of knowledge found in contemporary information systems.

Jon Satrom is an artist and educator based in Chicago. Satrom currently serves as faculty at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in addition to running his production studio, Studio Thread, and performing live with the media collective I <3>.

This Friday!!!

Noble & Superior Projects will be hosting Deer Tick cohort Liz Isenberg and Providence's Vio/Mire this Friday (February 26th) at 9PM for a special night of musical performances!

Liz Isenberg "Carpenter Ants" (1 of 5) Folk Music from Providence, RI from One Night Music on Vimeo.

IN DEFINITE SPACE: photos

Thanks for another great opening everyone! We had a very international crowd and went through more refreshments than ever!

Noble & Superior Projects presents IN DEFINITE SPACE, 2/19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

IN DEFINITE SPACE:
Featuring the work of Markus Hahn and Sean Ward

February 19-March 23, 2010

Noble & Superior Projects

1418 W. Superior Chicago IL

Opening Reception: Friday, February 19 (6-10pm)

Noble & Superior Projects is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition IN DEFINITE SPACE, opening Friday, February 19, featuring the work of Markus Hahn and Sean Ward. Viennese artist Markus Hahn’s installation 14th, Delta Industries is an abstract architectural model that explores the possibilities of form using everyday materials. It is a figurative representation of Hahn’s unique practice which breaks with the conceptual tradition of his formal education and instead relies on an intuitive and material-based creative process. Allowing the inherent nature of recycled, found, and everyday materials to dictate the character of this reconstructed space, Hahn creates a sublime environment constructed from the mundane. In its finished form, the object supersedes any specific context or field of architectural knowledge; it asserts its presence as a utopian creation.

Sean Ward’s installation, Room for the Work, is a meditation on creative practices, making contemplation visible through the ordering of objects. Ward improvises based on the materials of each space, utilizing them both as inspiration but also as a set of creative tools. Ward surrenders to his surroundings in a thorough investigation of his own practice. Examination of the physical remnants of this process allows the viewer to feel a quality of “living in” rather than just merely looking.

also, check out The Chicago Tribune's review of our current show M155 4m3r1c4, exhibiting for 2 more Saturdays and by appointment!!!

M155 4m3r1c4: more installation photos

Just a few more photos of the installation, up until February 16th!

We're open 12-6 on Saturdays or by appointment.

Our next show, featuring Markus Hahn (Vienna) and Sean Ward (NY) opens February 19th!