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The 12th Annual Small Format Art Sale


ARTISTS: Join the fun! Become a part of this open invitational show; further information and the entry form can be downloaded here: Post-Postcard 12 entry form (pdf). Artwork drop off days: November 21-22, 1-6PM.

LAB Members Preview Reception: Friday, December 5, 2008: 5-6pm
Opening Reception: Friday, December 5, 2008: 6-9pm
Sale continues: Saturday, December 6 & Sunday, December 7: 12 - 6 pm
Free admission
 
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Jurors: Steve Dye and Stephanie Syjuco

Featuring: Facundo Arganaraz and Nicole Anne Crescenzi, Tim Armstrong, Taha Belal, Terry Berlier, Jan Blythe, Lauren Dicioccio, Claudio Dicochea, Mark Edwards, Ariel Goldberg, Jason Hanasik, Carrie Hott, I, Daughter of Kong, Ace Lehner, Jennifer Little, Sarah Lockhart, Yuki Maruyama, Naomi McCavitt, Klea McKenna, Ranu Mukherjee, Claire Nereim and Julie Cloutier, Kit Rosenberg, Karen Ruenitz, Eric Sidner, Julia Kim Smith and David Beaudouin, James Pitt, Anna Tsouhlarakis, Adrian Van Allen, Melissa Wyman, Eiko Yamamoto, and Aygul Idiyatullina.


Exhibition runs: Sept 17 - Oct 11, 2008
Opening reception: Friday, September 19, 6-9 PM featuring live music by I, Daughter of Kong
Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat, 1-6 PM
Performance evening: Thursday, October 2nd, 8:30 PM
$5 - $15 sliding scale admission, free for members! Featuring "Pieces of Nine", an original play directed by Mark Edwards and written by Dylan Latimer which makes use of the internet as a stage; "My Egaugnal", an experimental video by Aygul Idiyatullina that investigates a longing to find balance between three languages the artist uses in everyday life; and SL Morse – “No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre”, a morse code music performance by Sarah Lockhart in collaboration with Aurora Josephson and Suki O’Kane.

How are contemporary artists dealing with issues of cultural complexity, multiple allegiances, and hybrid forms? How are they communicating these ideas and addressing their audience? Using the metaphor of “code-switching,” a linguistic term referring to the use of more than one language within a single conversation, this juried exhibition investigates a variety of approaches to cultural and material bilingualisms, (mis)translations, appropriations, and the purposeful misuse of “proper” communication codes.
 
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Jan Anderzen (top), Jim Haynes (bottom)Exhibition runs: October 22 – November 15
Opening reception: Friday, October 24, 6-9 PM
Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat, 1-6 PM
Featuring: Jim Haynes, Dan Nelson and Owen Martell + Simon Proffitt

Performances:
Doors 7:45 PM, all shows at 8 PM
Local shows: $6 admission, touring acts: $8
Saturday, October 25: Desolation Wilderness (WA), Lake (WA), Lazarus, Okay $8 (Curated by The Lab)
Thursday, November 6: Thuja, Tomutonttu (Jan Anderzén) + special guest (Fonal) $8 (Curated by The Lab / Fonal)
Friday, November 7: Howard Stelzer (MA), Jim Kaiser + Angela Hsu, Jon Porras $8 (Curated by 23five)
Saturday, November 8: Robert Millis of Climax Golden Twins (WA), Loren Chasse + Keith Evans $8 (Curated by The LAB / 23five)
Friday, November 14: Pod Blotz, Noel von Harmonson, Temptation, Loachfillet, Raw Jamz $6 (Curated by Club Sandwich)
Saturday, November 15: Common Eider, King Eider, Gregg Kowalsky, Skozey Fetisch, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma  $6 (Curated by Club Sandwich)
Sunday, November 16: Nero's Day at Disneyland, Walt Disney, Hooligan Ship $8 (Curated by Club Sandwich)

Throughout October and November of 2008, The LAB will present a series of performances, events, and screenings by local and international sound artists. This innovative showcase for sonic art will coincide with a gallery exhibition featuring Dan Nelson's 140 Ways to Make a Cassette Tape Unlistenable, Owen Martell and Simon Proffitt's Parallel Wales project, and Jim Haynes' Every Island Fled Away and the Mountains Could Not Be Found. This series is programmed in collaboration with Club Sandwich, Fonal Records (Finland), and 23five, sponsored by Aquarius Records.

This series is made possible by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and FRAME Finnish Fund For Art Exchange.