Tonight! November 6th at 7pm! Back to the World, an exhibition of new drawings from Sean Alexander opens at psOne! The show will be on display through November but tonight (from 7-9) Sean joins us in introducing his work to the discerning art-going public of Iowa City. Check out the Daily Iowan article here.
This show is the heart of Iowa City Underground (the basement gallery art walk that’s happening this evening, where have you been?) and is really a beautiful thing. But that’s just my opinion. Come check it out for yourself.
Here is the rest of the Underground info:
1st Stop (6-8 pm): 103 E. College St. (basement of old Savings and Loan Bldg): Understanding the Understood: Eric Asboe & John Engelbrecht: multimedia (yeah!) & letter service
2nd Stop (7-9): 129 E. Washington St. (basement of Jefferson Bldg): Back to the World: Sean Alexander: exquisite drawings
3rd stop (9-11): 220 W. Benton St. (basement of Caleb E, Chris R, & Josh Bs): Dia de los Muertos: offerings & celebration
Iowa City Underground • First Friday November
October 23, 2009
Public Space One is pleased to take part in Iowa City Underground, the November 6th basement art gallery excursion. The evening will kick off at 6PM at Arts Iowa City (102 E. College St) with Understanding the Understood, new configurations of old information by Eric Asboe & John Engelbrecht. At 7PM, some kind of psychic, magic tunnel will open and we will take it to PS1 for Sean Alexander’s, Back to the World, a selection of new drawings from this Washington-(state)-based artist. Around 9 (give or take) the excursion will drift westward into the newly fashioned Benton Street Gallery (The BS Gallery: 220 W. Benton St), where the evenings festivities will climax in a belated celebration of Dia de los Muertos. Hope to see you along the way and as always, more information to follow…
Coming Soon
October 20, 2009
November looks great… The beginning of the month will bring on an onslaught of north-westerners, beginning with Sean Alexander (from Washington, image above) who will open his month-long exhibition in our space on Nov. 6th. There are a couple reasons I can think of to come check him and his work out: 1. he’s nice & 2. it’s good. His reception on Nov. 6th at psOne will be part of the as yet untitled “basement gallery train” (followed gatherings at Arts Iowa City & The BS Gallery), so plan on a full evening out (more details to come)… and a few short days later Mt. Eerie, Tara Jane O’Neil, and No Kids will play a show in our space ($5, 9pm, Nov. 9th) which promises to be mind-expanding to say the least.
TONIGHT! The M0+#! 7PM! & Anne E Wilson!
October 17, 2009
That’s right! It’s time for installment #2 in our M0+# series, this month’s prompt is: Terror (and special admiration will be bestowed upon the teller who comes up with the funniest story related, however remotely, to this theme.) And again, a dollar or two donation, can get you a cold soda and a special M0+# print.
While you’re down in the space check out the gallery. The oO0O0Oo Show rolls on in its ever morphing state and has been a beautiful thing to watch unfold. I will have a slide show of its multiple states up soon. The oO0O0Oo Show welcomes Fulbright scholar and Life of Discovery artist Anne E Wilson who has installed a piece from her series “Flowers not Food” in our space (see below).
Thanks for keeping up with us & hope everyone enjoys the stories tonight!
Anne E Wilson installing a piece in psOne from her project "Flowers not Food"
Parade Parading Paraded
October 12, 2009
Gathering the troops
Circling the building
Hitting our stride
Closing shots
Onwards!
oOo0oOo Tomorrow’s Homecoming oOo0oOo
October 8, 2009
Morning: Dropping off of Aquariums
1:00-2:00 Gathering of Personnel
2:00-3:00 Parade of sorts at Studio Arts
3:00-5:00 Free Art School : Letter-writing at psOne
Hereafter: Homecoming
The M0+# • October 17th • 7pm
October 7, 2009
The Appeal
October 6, 2009
A resident of Poetic Village steps out of line. The AOO appeals for further investigation. We aspire to craft a better object. Communication continues outside the village. We ask for reflection or come join us in the wilderness.
WiP wrap-up; Occupation continues only now it is called oO0o0o0Oo (with an indefinte amount of Os)
October 5, 2009
We had a wonderful WiP weekend at psOne. The event was successful in so many ways but most importantly to us, it did a wonderful job of mixing up and bringing together the many cross-disciplined artists, writers, and performers in our city. We would like to thank Andrew Peterson and Richard Wiebe for putting it together and energizing our space with its spirit. We will be using its manifestation as inspiration for future events. We were thankful to be able to hold its gathering masses on both Friday & Saturday night and pleased we could provide such a flexible, accommodating space. There is documentation of the various events on the WiP website and we have our own documentation that will be in the form of a .pdf on its way soon.
The WiP was also the perfect event to kick off our AOO (pronounced: eh-ooooo meaning Artists of the Occupation) show and in conjunction with that we will be offering Free Art School through this week with the culmination being at 5PM on Friday, October 9th, our theme is Homecoming in the traditional sense of the term. We will have more details soon.
Oh… there is so much more. I will pause for now, though. If you haven’t joined our mailing list you can do so and received more elaborate updates right in your inbox. Just send us an email at: pspaceone@gmail.com.
Summon The Faithful to Meet in The Ether
October 2, 2009
Like I wrote on youtube: Adam Roberts’ Poetic Village is now open. Stake your claim at Public Space One. Word con, de, & ob struction now through Sunday (Oct. 4th, 2009) as part of the WiP and October’s AOO (Artist’s of the Occupation).
