29/9/2004
Bill Seaman
At Home Gallery, Samorin
Epiphany. Video Installation and Navigational Text. The project of american artist Bill Seaman deals with the local place, architectural elements and social relations and incorporates poetry texts with music, visual art and media in collaboration with the local people. Inspired by cultural, historical and architectural context of Trnava town, its psychological influence and some details of human body, the artist juxtaposed these elements to the video-work with impressive music and whispered texts in both languages.
Epiphany
Video Installation and Navigational Text
Project "Epiphany" was first shown in the Synagogue - Centre for Contemporary Art in Trnava (Jan Koniarek Gallery) during February 2004, and now is being presented in At Home Gallery in Samorin, also in former synagogue. The project of american artist Bill Seaman deals with the local place, architectural elements and social relations and incorporates poetry texts with music, visual art and media in collaboration with the local people. Inspired by cultural, historical and architectural context of Trnava town, its psychological influence and some details of human body, the artist juxtaposed these elements to the video-work with impressive music and whispered texts in both languages.
Another part of the project is based on exhibiting these poetic texts in Slovak and English version in public spaces of Trnava and Samorin using the classical frame and material of the street signs.
Bill Seaman is a head of Digital Media Department (Graduate division) at Rhode Island School of Design , where the Artslink residency of Viera Jancekova took place in the year 2002.
Supported by
Ministery of Culture of Slovak Republic, Gymnazium Samorin
CEC International Partners Artslink
the Wexner Center Media Arts Program, The Ohio State University
Embassy of the United States of America, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
and
Digital Media Department (Graduate Division), Rhode Island School of Design
Special Thanks
Lora Berg, Cultural Attache, Embassy of the United States of America, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Gregory J. Orr, (Former) Public Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States of America, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Nancy Friese, (Former) Dean of Graduate Studies, Rhode Island School of Design
Fritzie Brown, Director, CEC International Partners Artslink
and Jana Ruzickova, Marcela Lukacova, Dana Pekarikova, Martin Solotruk
Program of Jan Koniarek Gallery, Trnava (Slovakia)
Jan Koniarek Gallery is a non-for profit institution administered by the Self-Governmental Unit in Trnava. It has two exhibition spaces where exhibition of contemporary art take place - Koppel House and the Synagogue - Centre of Contemporary Art.
Curator: Viera Jancekova
Time: Thursday, September 30th, 2004 at 6:30 pm
Duration of the show: October 1 - October 24, 2004
Galeria Jana Koniarka
Zeleny kricek 3, 917 01 Trnava
Tel: 033-55 11 659
Tel/Fax: 033-55 11 391
Gallery hours:
Ut - Pi / Tue - Fri: 9.00 - 17.00
So - Ne / Sat - Sun: 13.00 - 18.00
Place: At Home Gallery (former synagogue), Samorin, Slovak Republic