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.