Impossible Conversations

2012

September 20 – October 13

LNC Gallery

 

Contributing Artists

Meghan Moe Beitiks, Sabri Reed, Jason Friedes, Lindsey French

Exhibition Statement as Preserved in the SUGS/SITE Archives:

Conversations often regarded as impossible are intrinsic and unavoidable. Through evolutionary based performances, this exhibition seeks to amplify incredible dialogues that encompass concepts of progress, air pollution, trees, and the gallery space itself. Whether through Meghan Moe Beitiks’ (MFA 2013) “Car-E-Oke,” a series of videos that alter the sounds of car exhausts into sing-a-longs, or Lindsey French’s (MFA 2013) exercise in producing a novel from a conversation with an oak tree, Impossible Conversations attempts to breach subjects that are otherwise foreign and unavailable.

Programs

Novel Written by an Oak Tree (seductiveness: the which issued by the whole person)

October 4, 2012, 11am – 5:30pm, by Lindsey French

Description: oak tree, vibration sensor, electronis, novel

Car-E-Oke

September 20, 2012, 12:15-6 PM, and on even days between September 22 – October 4, 2012, 12:15 PM, by Meghan Moe Beitiks

Description: windstream bike generator, sound system, creative commons licensed YouTube videos, digital media

A Caveat: The Biscuit’s Mother was a Lamp

September 27, 2012, 8:30am – 6pm, by Sabri Reed

Description: assembled objects

How to Become a Phoenix

Community Demolitions on odd days between September 20 – October 5, 2012, 12:15 PM, by Jason Friedes

Description: wood, cinder blocks, hardware

 

September 20, 4:00-6:00 PM

LNC Gallery

Exhibition Material

In October 2012, SAIC’s student-run fnews Magazine covered Impossible Conversations.

https://fnewsmagazine.com/2012/10/37260/  

 

Impossible Conversations was featured in SAIC’s Events + Disruptions Fall 2012 newsletters.

This newsletter is stored in SAIC’s digital collection.