Chronotopia, 2010

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_ChronotopiaChronotopia: The Past, Present and Future of Queer Histories
June 5 – 26th, 2010
SOMArts Gallery and Cultural Center
San Francisco, California

Chronotopia Curatorial Statement

This exhibition captures the multiple dimensions of queer time and place; locates queer lives in relation to complex communities; and remembers historical moments that are framed and re-framed by the present. It also offers alternative approaches to the historical record that challenge a fixed chronology of events and complicate the idea of memory.

The exhibition’s multidimensional visions of our queer history suggest limitless potentialities and vantage points, where conflicting desires and narratives coexist, where ghosts converse with the living, where we imagine impossible possibilities, and where we record our histories in new and challenging ways–Chronotopia.

Meet and mingle with artists from California and beyond over reception drinks and nosh! Performances during the reception by members of E.G. Crichton’s LINEAGE: Matchmaking in the Archive project sponsored by the the GLBT Historical Society. Exhibition and reception funding by the Zellerbach Family Foundation and the CA LGBT Arts Alliance.

CHRONOTOPIA is presented as part of the SOMArts Affordable Space Program. SOMArts receives funding from the San Francisco Arts Commission with support from Grants for the Arts / Hotel Tax Fund.

Curators: Cheryl Dunye, Tirza True Latimer, Rudy Lemcke, Matt McKinley,  Pamela Peniston and Tina Takemoto
Lineage Curator: EG Crichton
Exhibition Coordinator: Adrienne Skye Roberts
Exhibition Design: Matt McKinley

 

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Bren Ahearn
Sampler #5
Cotton
19.5 x 13.5”
2009

 

Eliot Anderson Unsanitized Found video, 3D animation 9:05 minutes 2009

Eliot Anderson
Unsanitized
Found video, 3D animation
9:05 minutes
2009

 

Mara Baldwin How to remember where you put something Watercolor and pen on wallpaper mounted panel 48 x 60” 2010

Mara Baldwin
How to remember where you put something
Watercolor and pen on wallpaper mounted panel
48 x 60”
2010

 

Terry Berlier NFS Video, wood, MAKE controller, computer, speakers, shutters, sensor, wires MAX programming by Ricardo Rivera “Broken Appointment” from Prelinger Archives 37 x 87 x 14” 2010

Terry Berlier
NFS
Video, mixed media
MAX programming by Ricardo Rivera
“Broken Appointment” from Prelinger Archives
37 x 87 x 14”
2010

 

Sarah Biscarra-Dilley Ramona Mixed media, assemblage 11.5 x 17.5” 2007

Sarah Biscarra-Dilley
Ramona
Mixed media, assemblage
11.5 x 17.5”
2007

 

Tammy Rae Carland Jo Daly Ransom Letter Paper, collage 12 x 9.5” 2010

Tammy Rae Carland
Jo Daly Ransom Letter
Paper, collage
12 x 9.5”
2010

 

Chris Carroll and Alix P. Shedd North Beach Dazzlers #15 Digital print 12 x 16”

Chris Carroll and Alix P. Shedd
North Beach Dazzlers #15
Digital print
12 x 16”

 

EG Crichton Archive Installation 8 plexiglas archive boxes, lights, backlit images from the archive dimensions variable 2010

EG Crichton
Archive Installation
8 plexiglas archive boxes, lights, backlit images from the archive
dimensions variable
2010

 

Jaime Shearn Coan This Form Is Just a Disguise Multimedia installation Dimensions variable 2010

Jaime Shearn Coan
This Form Is Just a Disguise
Multimedia installation
Dimensions variable
2010

 

Sarolta Jane Cump California is an Island 16mm/dv video 19:19 minutes 2009

Sarolta Jane Cump
California is an Island
16mm/dv video
19:19 minutes
2009

 

Flora Darby In/Visible Archival Ink Jet Prints 4 x 8’ 2009

Flora Darby
In/Visible
Archival Ink Jet Prints
4 x 8’
2009

 

Greg Day Ms Africa relaxing at his Charleston apartment Photograph 11 x 14” 1978, Charleston, South Carolina

Greg Day
Ms Africa relaxing at his Charleston apartment
Photograph
11 x 14”
1978, Charleston, South Carolina

 

Bug Davidson Screen Tests 16 mm 2005-Present

Bug Davidson
Screen Tests
16 mm
2005-Present

 

Bill Domonkos Poppy Digital video 2009

Bill Domonkos
Poppy
Digital video
2009

 

Dino Dinco Sweat collected by hand from a lover’s body over an extended period of time A pair of 2 dram vials, sweat Edition of 5 2009 Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Baumet Sultana, Paris

Dino Dinco
Sweat collected by hand from a lover’s body over an extended period of time
A pair of 2 dram vials, sweat
Edition of 5
2009

 

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Miki Foster
Trevor Maps the Castro
Mixed media
2010
Disorientating the Castro
Single channel video
2010

 

Gary Freeman and Frank Melleno Pinch Archival print 20 x 20” 1978/2010

Gary Freeman and Frank Melleno
Pinch
Archival print
20 x 20”
1978/2010

 

Katie Gilmartin The Lex Viscosity linocut 8.25 by 12.75" 2008 (Exhibited at S.F. LGBT Center)

Katie Gilmartin
The Lex
Viscosity linocut
8.25 by 12.75″
2008
(Exhibited at S.F. LGBT Center)

 

Brent Godfrey I Will Be Your Fortress Acrylic on linen 24 x 30” 2010 Courtesy of “A” Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

Brent Godfrey
I Will Be Your Fortress
Acrylic on linen
24 x 30”
2010
Courtesy of “A” Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

 

Mitch Gould This Beginning of Me (still image from rough animation tests) Hybrid 3D, 2D animation 6 minutes 2010

Mitch Gould
This Beginning of Me (still image from rough animation tests)
Hybrid 3D, 2D animation
6 minutes
2010

 

Nicki Green Sex Objects Glazed porcelain with wood hooks Dimensions variable 2009

Nicki Green
Sex Objects
Glazed porcelain with wood hooks
Dimensions variable
2009

 

Debbie Grossman Jean Norris and wife Virginia Norris, homesteaders and town founders Archival inkjet print 14 x 10.5” 2010 Edition 2 of 15

Debbie Grossman
Jean Norris and wife Virginia Norris, homesteaders and town founders
Archival inkjet print
14 x 10.5”
2010
Edition 2 of 15

 

Sailor Holladay CURE AIDS NOW White cotton crochet thread 8 x 5” 2010

Sailor Holladay
CURE AIDS NOW
White cotton crochet thread
8 x 5”
2010

 

John Howard Cruising Ground, St. Valentine’s Day C-print on aluminum 20 x 30” 2010

John Howard
Cruising Ground, St. Valentine’s Day
C-print on aluminum
20 x 30”
2010

 

Bill Hsu Glories, performance trailer Digital video 2:10 minutes 2010

Bill Hsu
Glories, performance trailer
Digital video
2:10 minutes
2010

 

Angela Jimenez Night Stage Raising Crew, Listening Digital C-print 20 x 30” 2006 Edition 1 of 10

Angela Jimenez
Night Stage Raising Crew, Listening
Digital C-print
20 x 30”
2006
Edition 1 of 10

 

Dorian Katz So you wanna do SM, huh? Ink, acrylic and blood on paper 51 x 60” 2010

Dorian Katz
So you wanna do SM, huh?
Ink, acrylic and blood on paper
51 x 60”
2010

 

David King Wandering in the Wilderness Collage 16 x 9” 2008

David King
Wandering in the Wilderness
Collage
16 x 9”
2008

 

Peter Kingstone 100 Stories About My Grandmother (video still) Video, mixed media Dimensions variable Courtesy of Pari Naoimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2007/2008

Peter Kingstone
100 Stories About My Grandmother (video still)
Video, mixed media
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of Pari Naoimi Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2007/2008

 

B. Steadwell and The Lost Bois Reading Rainbow 4:48 minutes 2010

B. Steadwell and The Lost Bois
Reading Rainbow
4:48 minutes
2010

 

Peter Max Lawrence Queer in Kansas High 8, super 8, digital video 17:51 minutes 2008

Peter Max Lawrence
Queer in Kansas
High 8, super 8, digital video
17:51 minutes
2008

 

Nomy Lamm Silvia Kohan & THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD Musical mind-meld with video documentation 2010

Nomy Lamm
Silvia Kohan & THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD
Musical mind-meld with video documentation
2010

 

Ace Lehner K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Digital C-print 44 x 120” 2009

Ace Lehner
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Digital C-print
44 x 120”
2009

 

Ace Lehner K.I.S.S.I.N.G. Digital C-print 44 x 120” 2009

Ace Lehner
K.I.S.S.I.N.G.
Digital C-print
44 x 120”
2009

 

Diana Martin Lepena Not Guilty I, I authorize myself to be free Photograph 20 x 27” 2009

Diana Martin Lepena
Not Guilty I, I authorize myself to be free
Photograph
20 x 27”
2009

 

Ali Liebegott Emily Duckinson Acrylic on canvas 24 x 36” 2009

Ali Liebegott
Emily Duckinson
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 36”
2009

 

Kyle McGuire The Night Stand Digital photograph 22 x 36” 2010 Edition 1 of 5

Kyle McGuire
The Night Stand
Digital photograph
22 x 36”
2010
Edition 1 of 5

 

Joanne Mitchell In Amerika They Call Us Dykes, Revisiting the Lesbian Chapter (1970-2005) Mixed Media 9 x 9’ 2010

Joanne Mitchell
In Amerika They Call Us Dykes, Revisiting the Lesbian Chapter (1970-2005)
Mixed Media
9 x 9’
2010

 

Annie Murphy Truth, Stranger Than Fiction: The Amazing Adventures of Babe Bean 11"x15"

Annie Murphy
Truth, Stranger Than Fiction: The Amazing Adventures of Babe Bean
11″x15″

 

Charissa King-O’Brien Riva and Alison work in progress video

Charissa King-O’Brien
Riva and Alison
work in progress
video

 

John Palatinus Dick Powers Photograph 13 x 19” 1957 Edition 1 of 25

John Palatinus
Dick Powers
Photograph
13 x 19”
1957
Edition 1 of 25

 

Michael Pfleghaar No Foul Terra cotta, underglaze 14 x 15 x 5” 2008

Michael Pfleghaar
No Foul
Terra cotta, underglaze
14 x 15 x 5”
2008

 

Elissa Perry Mouth to Mouth 38" x 74.5" x 12" mixed media bed installation 2010

Elissa Perry
Mouth to Mouth
38″ x 74.5″ x 12″
mixed media bed installation
2010

 

Peter Pizzi Effigy Mixed media video 21 x 21” 2007 Edition 1 of 1

Peter Pizzi
Effigy
Mixed media video
21 x 21”
2007
Edition 1 of 1

 

Paul Baker Prindle Mathew Sheperd. Laramie, WY. 40 x 50” 2009

Paul Baker Prindle
Mathew Sheperd. Laramie, WY.
40 x 50”
2009

 

Andrew Printer Last Seen: Prague, 1992 Pigmented inkjet print 16 x 23” 1992, 2010 Edition of 6

Andrew Printer
Last Seen: Prague, 1992
Pigmented inkjet print
16 x 23”
1992, 2010
Edition of 6

 

Z.A. Martohardjono Five Haikus for the New York City Subway Video 1:33 minute

Z.A. Martohardjono
Five Haikus for the New York City Subway
Video
1:33 minute

 

Rodrigo Cervantes Ramirez Un domingo en la Alameda (A Saturday in Alameda) Photomontage 20 x 16” 2010

Rodrigo Cervantes Ramirez
Un domingo en la Alameda (A Saturday in Alameda)
Photomontage
20 x 16”
2010

 

Jennifer Rarick Familiar Video installation (still image from video) Dimensions variable 2008

Jennifer Rarick
Familiar
Video installation (still image from video)
Dimensions variable
2008

 

Sean Michael Rau Ride Like a Man Lightjet print 40 x 27” 2007

Sean Michael Rau
Ride Like a Man
Lightjet print
40 x 27”
2007

 

Laura Rifkin Jess Unfurling (detail) Mixed media Dimensions variable 2010

Laura Rifkin
Jess Unfurling (detail)
Mixed media
Dimensions variable
2010

 

Silvia Ros Dan Choi at The National Equality March in DC C-Print 24 x 36” 2009

Silvia Ros
Dan Choi at The National Equality March in DC
C-Print
24 x 36”
2009

 

Clio Sady The Get Together (Page 8) Pen and ink 14 x 17”

Clio Sady
The Get Together (Page 8)
Pen and ink
14 x 17”

 

Jeremy Sanders Alternative Life Handwoven cotton, pigmented ink on cotton 24 x 24” 2010

Jeremy Sanders
Alternative Life
Handwoven cotton, pigmented ink on cotton
24 x 24”
2010

 

Hilary Schwartz Untitled Sugar, table, dishes, silverware, napkins, glasses 60" x 36" x 33" 2009

Hilary Schwartz
Untitled
Sugar, table, dishes, silverware, napkins, glasses
60″ x 36″ x 33″
2009

 

Jules Shendelman Bathhouse Poetics 2:33 minutes 2009

Jules Shendelman
Bathhouse Poetics
2:33 minutes
2009

 

Julie Sutherland Jackiejack Kennedy Oil, acrylic and lipstick on canvas 48 x 53” 2009

Julie Sutherland
Jackiejack Kennedy
Oil, acrylic and lipstick on canvas
48 x 53”
2009

 

Glenn Tramantano Surrender Dorothy Graphite on paper 19 x 25.5” 2010

Glenn Tramantano
Surrender Dorothy
Graphite on paper
19 x 25.5”
2010

 

Nathan Vincent Reply To This Post (detail) Craigslist ads, ink on paper, online blog, PDF printout, pins and cardstock Size variable 2010

Nathan Vincent
Reply To This Post (detail)
Craigslist ads, ink on paper, online blog, PDF printout, pins and cardstock
Size variable
2010

 

Chronotopia Artists: (* Lineage Artists)

Bren Ahearn
Elliot Anderson
*
Mara Baldwin
Terry Berlier
*
Sarah Biscarra-Dilley
Tammy Rae Carland
*
Chris Carroll and
Alix P. Shedd
Lenore Chinn
EG Crichton
*
Jaime Shearn Coan
Sarolta Jane Cump
Flora Darby
Greg Day
Bug Davidson
Bill Domonkos
*
Dino Dinco
Miki Foster
*
Gary Freeman &
Frank Melleno

Katie Gilmartin
Brent Godfrey
Mitch Gould
Nicki Green
Debbie Grossman
Jamil Hellu
*
Sailor Holladay
John Howard
Bill Hsu
Angela Jimenez
Dorian Katz
*
David King
Peter Kingstone
B. Steadwell and The Lost Bois
Peter Max Lawrence
Nomy Lamm
*
Ace Lehner
Diana Martin Lepena
Ali Liebegott
Kyle McGuire
Joanne Mitchell
Annie Murphy
Charissa King-O’Brien
John Palatinus
Michael Pfleghaar
Elissa Perry
*
Peter Pizzi
Paul Baker Prindle
Andrew Printer
Z.A. Martohardjono
Rodrigo Cervantes Ramirez
Jennifer Rarick
Sean Michael Rau
Laura Rifkin
*
Silvia Ros
Clio Sady
Jeremy Sanders
Hilary Schwartz
Jules Shendelman
Julie Sutherland
Glenn Tramantano
Nathan Vincent

 

CHRONOTOPIA was funded by The Zellerbach Family Fund and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

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