February 28th - March 25th, 2011
Heather Freeman: Digital and Traditional Media at Coker College in Hartsville, SC
Reception: Monday, February 28th at 7:00pm
Reception: Monday, February 28th at 7:00pm
January 22nd - March 6th 2011
Taking Part at Athica in Athens, GA
Curator: Brigette Thomas
Assistant Curator: Sheena Varghese
Participating Artists:
Lori Hepner (Pittsburgh, PA), Heather Freeman (Charlotte, NC), Rosemary Kate Jesionowski (Richmond, VA), Hope Hilton (Winterville, GA), Brian Hitselberger (Athens, GA).
From Athica's press release:
"ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art announces Taking Part, an exhibit of participatory art by six artists who employ a range of approaches to bring their projects to fruition. While all of the artists incorporate input from the public, some request input from their non-artist collaborators before the work is finalized, while others incorporate participation during the exhibition. However, for all the projects the artist’s involvement remains essential to the final outcome. The exhibit runs from Saturday, January 22nd to Sunday, March 6th, 2011, with a number of affiliated events enhancing the discussion of this contemporary art-making methodology.
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Heather Freeman’s Personal Demons is also created using digital media, but her final products are in a more traditional form than Hepner’s abstractions. Freeman’s fantastical prints and videos feature hybrid creatures and timeless architectural elements that are inspired by images of saints and martyrs, and resemble the phantasmagorical creatures of Hieronymous Bosch more than binary code. The text in each work is a participant’s response to the artist’s concise prompt -- “describe your personal demon.” From this response Freeman builds a portrait that relies as much on centuries old sciences such as animism and humoral theory as it does on the new technology used for its creation."
Curator: Brigette Thomas
Assistant Curator: Sheena Varghese
Participating Artists:
Lori Hepner (Pittsburgh, PA), Heather Freeman (Charlotte, NC), Rosemary Kate Jesionowski (Richmond, VA), Hope Hilton (Winterville, GA), Brian Hitselberger (Athens, GA).
From Athica's press release:
"ATHICA: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art announces Taking Part, an exhibit of participatory art by six artists who employ a range of approaches to bring their projects to fruition. While all of the artists incorporate input from the public, some request input from their non-artist collaborators before the work is finalized, while others incorporate participation during the exhibition. However, for all the projects the artist’s involvement remains essential to the final outcome. The exhibit runs from Saturday, January 22nd to Sunday, March 6th, 2011, with a number of affiliated events enhancing the discussion of this contemporary art-making methodology.
....
Heather Freeman’s Personal Demons is also created using digital media, but her final products are in a more traditional form than Hepner’s abstractions. Freeman’s fantastical prints and videos feature hybrid creatures and timeless architectural elements that are inspired by images of saints and martyrs, and resemble the phantasmagorical creatures of Hieronymous Bosch more than binary code. The text in each work is a participant’s response to the artist’s concise prompt -- “describe your personal demon.” From this response Freeman builds a portrait that relies as much on centuries old sciences such as animism and humoral theory as it does on the new technology used for its creation."
