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Mar
2
Fri
Spaceness 2018
Mar 2 @ 7:00 pm – Mar 4 @ 12:00 pm

SPACENESS is a celebration of time, space and the unknown through experimental art, media and performance. Each year SPACENESS takes over the Sou’Wester Lodge in Seaview, WA, as well as the adjacent forest, seashore and wild spaces.

The next celebration of Spaceness is MARCH 2-4, 2018. Spaceness is FREE and welcoming to people of all ages. We recommend attendees secure lodging at one of the many comfortable establishments in the nearby towns of Astoria (OR), Ilwaco, Seaview, and Long Beach (WA) to enjoy the entire weekend of programming.

Follow @spacenesss ( ⏎ 3 s’) on Instagram for updates and special information about the event.

SPACENESS 2018 SCHEDULE

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Spaceness begins at 7pm Friday March 2nd and winds down at noon on Sunday March 4th. The event is comprised of performances and ongoing installations.

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Printed schedules and merchandise can be found at CABIN 8 during the event.

See the ARTIST ROSTER for project descriptions.

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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

FRIDAY MARCH 2ND, 2018

Sunset 6:04pm

7pm: Spaceness begins! Ongoing installations are open. (See ONGOING list below)

8pm: Earth Babies perform in the Lodge

9pm: Space Karaoke at Rod’s Lamplighter

SATURDAY MARCH 3RD, 2018

Sunrise 6:49am

11am: rise x fall // jaleesa johnston, rubén garcía marrufo & maximiliano perform in the Pavilion

1pm: Imprint // Sarah Brahim in collaboration with Brett Van Patten in the Pavilion

3pm: War of the Worlds // Spaceness Radio FM listening party in the Murphy Room in the Lodge

Sunset 6:06pm

6:30pm: Space Champion III opens;
I am every age I ever was by Julia Barbee will be on view

7pm: Old Unconscious play DestinationMusic in the Lodge

8pm: STATIC PASSENGER // Michelle Kline, Nick Bindeman, Matt Henderson, Kathy Duffy, Sara Paradis & William Rihel
Pavilion

9pm: Space Kareoke Rod’s Lamplighter

SUNDAY MARCH 4TH, 2018

Sunrise 6:49am

10am: Coffee Jazz in the Lodge

ONGOING INSTALLATIONS

The Cosmic Labyrinth // David Worthington, Cabin 10

Body in a Coma Riding on Beasts // Shay Myerson, Cabin 7

Infinity Hole // Sam Wildman, Trailer Courtyard

Spaceness Radio FM // William Rihel, frequency TBA, based in the Murphy Room

The Healing Machine // Earth Babies, the Woods

Manifesto 4: A Signpost | A Warning | A Way Home // Daniel Glendening, the Woods

TDRS-B // Matt Emmons, the Lodge

Untitled (the sound of a motor, running) // Lisa Ward, **limited capacity, sign up required, occurs in Art gallery Trailer

EncounterZ // DaVideo Tape, Cabin 9

Conspiracy Theories About Conspiracy Theories // Lauren Moran & Derrick Spotts, Typewriter Room in the lodge

UFOregon // Dominic Brown, jin camou, Sara Schultz, & Dana Weiss, location TBA

I am every age I ever was // Julia Barbee, upper balcony of lodge after sunset

Space Champion III // Samuel Farrell, Cory Gray, Nicky Kriara, Jason Tschimperle, recording studio trailer

SPACENESS RADIO FM // William Rihel, radio station based out of Murphy Room in the Lodge, frequency TBA

Open Signal student animations, Cabin 8

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Spaceness was founded by Portland artists Julia Barbee, Matt Suplee, and Alison Jean Cole and has been awarded funding by the Precipice Fund, Calligram Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the Portland chapter of the Awesome Foundation.

 

SPACENESS 2018 will be accepting proposals from Sept 20, 2017 to Nov 1, 2017.

CALL TO ARTISTS

Entering the twenty-first century we have myriad human theories and logical arguments that explain the existence of our galaxy, the heavens, and the universe; however, that pool of knowledge is insufficient in addressing what we still do not know – the things that baffle and confound our species – truths that may evade us for eternity. These are the concepts that fall under the definition of “spaceness’.

 

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Apr
14
Sat
Exhibit: Larry Yes
Apr 14 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Opening Reception Saturday April 14th, 5pm-7pm

for exhibition

what the world needs now is LOVE

by Larry Yes

April 14 – June 24, 2018

This show is installed in the Art Trailer Gallery, a vintage travel trailer, at The Sou’wester Lodge. Free and open to the public.

 
Larry Yes is an artist, songwriter and musician whose focus is on positivity, humor and heartfelt emotion. He loves using art to turn strangers into friends. His social engagement projects include, “Free Art in the Park”, a public party/art therapy session; and Positive Words, a community-sourced installation of uplifting language. His visual art has been shown at PDX Contemporary Art Window Project and the Portland Building, and he has collaborated with the Portland Museum of Modern Art. In his nearly 30-year musical career, he has toured Europe, performed with Michael Hurley; Sonny and the Sunsets; and Elliot Smith; and has played the Quiet Music Festival and SXSW. He describes his current musical style as “positive cosmic folk.” A native Oregonian, he lives in Portland.
 
 
2014 to present Studio to School (Portland, Or.) various art collaborations with Julie Keefe and the Peninsula Elementary School Community, Including the Fruit Tree Project in collaboration with Caldera and the Artists of Fallen Fruit
2006 to 2016 Free Art in the Park (Portland, Or.) “Free Art in the Park” is an extension of artist and social practitioner Larry Yes’ long-term community engagement event series. Part block party and part creative free-for-all, this free, inclusive event invites people of all ages to paint, socialize and enjoy live music by local musicians. Intended for people from all walks of life, it aims to transcend the barriers that separate artist from audience, and to create human connection using art. Yes has facilitated this event at NoPo’s Albina Green Park, and recently at Pioneer Square in partnership with Portland Museum of Modern Art’s (PMOMA) Houseguest residency.
2006 to 2016 Art and Culture Curator at Cherry Sprout Produce (Portland, OR) With a focus on local community artists and musicians and universal freethinkers featuring installations and performances by Chris Johanson, Vanessa Renwick, Jefferson High school, Cynthia Star, Ural Thomas, Michael Hurley, Pierced Arrows, Edna Vazquez, Lonnie Holley, August Lipp, Victoria Williams….
2005 to 2008 Artist Assistant for Jacob Hashimoto (New York/Italy) Fabrication and installation for shows in New York and Italy including shows at Studio La Città Verona, IT; Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL; Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
2004 to 2005 The ArcTisTics (Taos, New Mexico) Acting and collaborative member of an amazing theater troupe that brought together artists from the community to perform along with adults with disabilities from Taos County Arc.
 
2017 RACC Professional Development Grant
 
Curriculum Vitae
ART
At Paragon Gallery, Portland Community College, Cascade, “Making Change” May 2017
At Cascade Gallery, “What the World Needs Now is Love” September 2017
At Hello Goodmorning, “Pink Show” Group-Show January 2017
At Splendorporium, “For all the Creatures of the Universe” July 2016
At the Tall Skinny, “Radical Positivity” May 2016
At the Portland Building, “Positive Words” September 2015 At PDX Contemporary
At ROCA, “Positive Mountain and Positive Heart” 2016
At Marigold, “108 Positive Words” May 2015
At Cherry Sprout, “Positive Words For All the People” September 2014
At PMOMA, “SUN/LIGHT” group-show February 2013
At The Fresh Pot, “Ice Cream Ghosts and Other Fun Ideas” 2009
At Cherry Sprout, “24 Cones of Ice Cream and the Ghosts who Love Them” 2009
At Taos Diner, “Mind Flowers” 2006
MUSIC Solo and Band Albums
“Love Vibes For All the Creatures of the Universe” 2017
“The Next Wave of Omni Galactic Peace Warriors” 2012
“The New You” 2010
“Seal in the Sunshine” 2008
“Take Me to Your Spaceship” 2006
“Whole Lotta Skeletons” 2003
“Sad Silly Story” 2002
“Love Is” 2001
“All Numbers are Mystical”1999
“Alone in the House of Love” 1997
“Full on Toast” 1996
 
The Art Trailer Gallery lives in a 1960’s Aloha made in Aloha, Oregon! It was rescued from a neglected RV park in the northern part of the Long Beach Peninsula. After lots of TLC, it has transformed into a bright and beautiful open space to reflect a traditional gallery. It is now part of the Artist Residency Program and our non-profit organization, Sou’wester Arts.

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Jul
19
Thu
Opening Reception “Pillow Talk”
Jul 19 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Opening Reception Thursday July 19th, 6pm-9pm 

for exhibition

Pillow Talk”

by Amanda Manitach

July 3 – September 23, 2018

This show is installed in the Art Trailer Gallery, a vintage travel trailer, at The Sou’wester Lodge. Free and open to the public.

upper left photo credit Bruce Clayton Tom

Artist Statement:
My work revolves around drawing, specifically making marks with the body. It’s about the process and physicality involved in embroidering marks to make a statement that vacillates between the poles of vulgar, violent, gorgeous. The texts come from personal musings, found internet memes and aphorisms, fragments of forgotten poetry, or the banal, pithy, heartbroken musings of cultural icons and the unknown alike.

The practice of my drawing is largely intuitive and physically demanding. In drawings up to 30 feet long, text melts into a vibrating, hallucinatory design sourced from a 1885 French wallpaper sample, which harkens to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper.” In creating them I invoke a similar physicality to the story’s protagonist, often on my hands and knees for hours and weeks at a time, using a 0.5 mm mechanical pencil to make marks. Drawings are smudged, worn and covered with fingerprints. Many drawings comprise a palimpsest of sketches where masked figures, erased words, or traces of knotted and tangled fabric bleed through.

In installations like “Pillow Talk”, fragments of text gleaned from found sources or original writings literally pile up in soft heaps offering immersive, intimate exploration by visitors who are invited to physically embed themselves amongst the murmurings of forgotten poets and others.

photo credit Linda Derschang

Artist Biography:
I am a self-taught artist and the daughter of a Charismatic Christian minister who grew up in rural Kansas and Texas before moving to Seattle in my early 20’s. I see my work as a task of both consciously and subliminally sorting out the experience of a female trying to make expressive marks—a task that has found uncanny resonance for me with the history of female hysteria. I am fascinated by history, art, the politics surrounding the female body, and by art that borders on obsessive, meditative devotion. I sometimes have a dirty sense of humor. 

Manitach’s work has been exhibited at venues including Tacoma Art Museum, Frye Art Museum, Bellevue Arts Museum, Winston Wächter Gallery, Bryan Ohno Gallery, Roq la Rue and Lawrimore Project. She is represented by Winston Wächter Gallery. From 2012-2015 she served as curator of Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University. She co-founded and co-directed multiple mixed-use arts spaces in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, including TMRW Party (2014) and The Factory (2015-16). She holds a BA in Literature (2001) from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK. Her work is included in the permanent collection of Tacoma Art Museum.


The Art Trailer Gallery lives in a 1960’s Aloha made in Aloha, Oregon! It was rescued from a neglected RV park in the northern part of the Long Beach Peninsula. After lots of TLC, it has transformed into a bright and beautiful open space to reflect a traditional gallery. It is now part of the Artist Residency Program and our non-profit organization, Sou’wester Arts.

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