“Hello and Happy New Year! I represent IFC Films in Philadelphia. You have probably heard about their highly anticipated film, 45 Years. The film opens at the Ritz Five on January 22nd. We thought that your followers might be interested in seeing this remarkable and beautiful film.” – Hannah
SYNOPSIS:
The winner of the Silver Bear for Best Actress (Charlotte Rampling) and Best Actor (Tom Courtenay) at the Berlin International Film Festival, Andrew Haigh’s (Weekend, Looking) film is a moving and profound look at marriage and the secrets we keep.
There is just one week until Kate Mercer’s (Rampling) 45th wedding anniversary and the planning for the party is going well. But then a letter arrives for her husband (Courtenay). The body of his first love has been discovered, frozen and preserved in the icy glaciers of the Swiss Alps. By the time the party is upon them, five days later, there may not be a marriage left to celebrate.
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“lapses in Thinking By the person i Am”, Josephine Pryde at the Institute for Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania
Recently, on the day after Christmas, I was lucky enough to catch Josephine Pryde‘s exhibit, “lapses in Thinking By the person i Am” just one day shy of its closing at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at the University of Pennsylvania.
This clean yet incredibly rich and interactive exhibit consisted of a series of photographs which focusses primarily on hands in various states of touch, from both the inanimate to the poetic. The sensory journey was enhanced by the opportunity to ride a miniature train, a 1:10 scale model Union Pacific two-car freight train running at 2 m.p.h. along the exhibit to view the images from the beginning to the end, and then back to the beginning. As I gazed upon the images, I wondered if this experience was metaphorical for seeing life’s moments flash before one’s eyes? Or was it analogous to memory? Did this action of movement add significance to what we may consider to be the mundane?
These beautiful portraits are visually pleasing in their color and choice of object under manipulation, such as a touch-sensitive lamp base, smartphone screen, sweater, zipper, and pine cone. Because these images were photographed using a macro lens, the viewer is instantly transported into the moment. The visions of touch are felt as cold, smooth, itchy, prickly, jagged. Josephine Pryde, lapses in Thinking By the person i Am,ICA, photograph byLaura Storck, view from model train
“In the context of the gallery, it could be said that the composition, lighting, and general style of Josephine Pryde’s photographs recall fashion and portrait photography, but this would ignore the fact that fashion and portrait photography refer to art photographs, snapshots, documentary footage, and more…Curator Jamie Stevens writes of this series, “These images act as a potential record of how hands are being used today and become a close analysis of a new body semiotics that has arrived with ‘smart’ technologies.” We have always thought with our hands — building, gesturing, inventing. What is new, and what Pryde has turned her lens onto in these images, is the way our mental processes can now be extended and broadcast via our fingertips. There is a responsive potential from anytime and anywhere to anytime and anywhere.” — Anthony Elms, Chief Curator
Josephine Pryde (born 1967, Alnwick, UK; lives in Berlin and London) is Professor of Contemporary Art and Photography at the University of the Arts, Berlin.
The ICA at the University of Pennsylvania is free for all. Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898-7108http://icaphila.org
“Brian Dickerson is an artist who knows how to wander, and how to make his way through uncertainty. Seeing the stone cairns of rural Ireland, he recognized them for what they were: mediators of mysterious places, markers for the lost, messages from the past. In Cairns, his new series of constructed paintings, he brings this understanding into a new form.” –Miriam Seidel
Underland; Senior Thesis Photography Exhibition, Lucy Helena Van Ellis,
Tyler School of Art
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, 2001 N. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122.
November 30 – December 9, 2015.
Opening Reception: Friday, December 4th, 6:00 – 9:00pm
“A series created by graduating senior photography major, Lucy Helena Van Ellis will be exhibited at the Tyler School of Art in the lower atrium from November 30th, through December 9th. You are invited to join Van Ellis in her opening reception on December 4th from 6 – 9PM.
The series includes nine 45 x 30 inch prints paired with a video element. Van Ellis has been working on her series ‘Underland’ for the past year by experimenting with the use of fabric, projections and movement in her images to create scenes that appear to be manipulated with post-processing, but are not. Her images stray far from a traditional black and white photograph but are sure to entice the viewer with the world in which she created. The series is an enchanting and whimsical take on a place that does not exist, a place that can not be right or wrong.
Lucy Helena Van Ellis is primarily known for her presence throughout social media, her features with MTV, Teen Vogue and her collaborations with Lilly Pulitzer, BooHoo.com, Daniel Wellington and more. Along with her being a photographer, she utilizes her networking and marketing skills to establish her brand as an influencer and blogger. Her final thesis show demonstrates her ability to push the limits while practicing her fine art photography.” – Lucy Helena Van Ellis
World-Class Festival Showcases Groundbreaking Work from
International Artists and Local Partners for a Curated Exploration of the
Performing and Visual Arts
The Kimmel Centerfor the Performing Arts announces the return of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), taking place across the venues of the Kimmel Center’s campus, as well as select locations throughout the city, from April 8 through April 23, 2016. A 15-day celebration of art and community, PIFA showcases innovation and a breadth of local and international performances and installations, all curated by The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. With more than 60 events across genres and art forms, PIFA is bookended by the Article 13 – a grand-scale fire and sand installation that tells the story of immigrants around the world – which serves as the grand opening of the Festival and culminates with the celebrated PIFA Street Fair.
In this third installment of PIFA, the curatorial vision illustrates the concept “We Are What We Make.” The Festival will explore how our humanity is shaped, changed, inspired, and challenged by the world we create, all displayed through a variety of performing and visual arts. A massive installation by Mimi Lien – recipient of a 2015 MacArthur Genius Award – will consume the lobby of The Kimmel Center, bringing this vision to life and will be on display throughout the Festival.
“We are thrilled to once again produce PIFA, the perfect manifestation of The Kimmel Center’s mission to introduce broad and diverse audiences to world-class, ground-breaking programming,” said Kimmel Center President and CEO, Anne Ewers. “To see our local arts organizations coming together in collaboration with one another, as well as with the renowned international artists joining us from around the world, is sure to be an extraordinary experience for the hundreds of thousands touched by PIFA.”
“‘We Are What We Make’ is the unifying thread and audiences will see it represented in countless ways through the art they’ll experience this year,” said Kimmel Center Artistic Director Jay Wahl. “The works were meant to challenge not only the artists but those who appreciate art to look deeper and get something unique from this experience, which will last long after the Festival is over.”
Tickets
Multi-event ticket packages are available now and include the PIFA Sampler Pass (three shows), PIFA Immersion Pass (five shows), or the PIFA All-Access Pass; all come with a wide range of added benefits including access to exclusive events. Single tickets for PIFA events will go on sale to the public beginning December 7, 2015. Tickets can be purchased by visiting kimmelcenter.org or calling 215-893-1999.
Full event details can be found below and a calendar of events is available at www.kimmelcenter.org/PIFA.
Thank you to Laura Krebs Miller for the content of this post.
