The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University have announced a new exhibition that opens October 13. It is titled PolyVectral Extensions: Collaborations with Andrew Deutsch and it will be on view until November 17, 2011.
Andrew Deutsch is known best for his experimental work with John Cage and on-going sonic explorations with Pauline Oliveros, Stephen Vitiello and Tony Conrad. From New York, the artist identifies himself as a composer, graphic artist and video-maker. As this group exhibition demonstrates, “collaboration” is also quite integral to his practice.
“PolyVectral is my neologism,” as Andrew Deutsch explains. “In my life, I have had many artistic carriers. I’ve had some partners (like my wife Jennifer Dworak), some mentors (like Peer Bode), some waves (like Pauline Oliveros), some lightning rods (like Tony Conrad), some vanishing (like Tetsu Inoue), some dopants (like John Cage), some shaman (like Ann Hamilton), some catalysts (like Stephen Vitiello and Jade Dellinger), some long time friends (like Don Metz), and some new friends (like Yoya Uta), and some strangers (like the participants in The First Line).”
According to Deutsch, “All of the works exhibited here at FGCU took place between 1995 and 2011, and almost all of them are on-going (in one-way, two- or three-...).”
The exhibition is being curated by Jade Dellinger, who points out, “While most of Andrew’s ‘carriers’ or collaborators and the work they’ve produced together or inspired are represented in this exhibition at FGCU, the central component is The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) – an interactive installation by Andrew Deutsch and MacArthur ‘Genius Award’ Fellow Ann Hamilton.”
The culmination of a decade-long exchange between the two artists; a forum for public participation; and an experimental drawing project, The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) was initially conceived for the Burchfield-Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College (and was most recently presented at The Tampa Museum of Art and Cuchifritos Art Space in NYC).
“Inspired by an observation Ann Hamilton made that the soothing, sweeping sounds of her pencil and hand moving across the surface of the paper while drawing seemed akin to the lyrical cadences of overlapping whispering voices, Andrew Deutsch positioned microphones close to her body as she chanted almost unintelligibly and drew the graphite work exhibited above the drafting table.” According to Dellinger: “Now the focus of this interactive kiosk, the original recordings were filtered and remixed to create soundtracks for drawing. Intended to function as a richly immersive experience, The First Line (Sounds for Drawing) encourages visitors to take a ‘hands-on’ role by contributing a drawing in response to a series of audio selections.”
As Andrew Deutsch adds: “I decided long ago that art would never make me miserable, and part of not being miserable is sharing… This is both the impetus for the wide-ranging or ‘polyvectral’ directions my work has taken over the years, and for this exhibition in Ft. Myers, Florida.”
The Art Galleries of Florida Gulf Coast University are part of the Department of Visual & Performing Arts and are inside the Arts Complex on FGCU's main campus. The University is located off Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, east of I-75 between exits 123 and 128. Parking is available in Lot 7 for Art Gallery visitors, and parking passes can be obtained from the parking kiosk located at the University's entrance.
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