San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian, Panta Rei, 2010, gouache, ink on paper, Courtesy of the Artist

ICA Front Windows
Dec. 5, 2011 — Jul. 28, 2012

Everything Is In Motion

An installation in the ICA’s Front Windows by San Jose-based artist Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian

Ezra Wube, Hisab, 2011, Animation, acrylic on single surface canvas, Courtesy of the Artist

Cardinale Project Room
Mar. 3 - Jun. 14, 2012

4x4

4 Artists, 4 Videos, 4 Months

Packard Jennings, Business Reply Pamphlet, (detail), 2006, Pigment print, ed. 25, Courtesy of the Artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco

Main Gallery
Mar. 10 - Jun. 2, 2012

The Office

Contemporary office culture examined, deconstructed, rearranged, and critiqued

Focus Gallery
May. 26 - Sep. 16, 2012

City Beneath The City

An exhibition of artifacts from the original excavation of San Jose’s Market Street Chinatown site

Main Gallery & Cardinale Project Room
Jun. 16 - Sep. 16, 2012

Chico & Chang

A look at the Impact of Latino and Asian Cultures on California’s Landscape

Talking Art: The Art of Collecting Art.

Thurs., May 31, 7-9pm. Join us for an exciting evening with artist and collector, Lester Marks.

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As a Romanian immigrant to the United States, Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian lives between two diametrically opposed cultures, from a totalitarian regime to a society in which individuality and information are emphasized. Her large-scale artworks convey a sense of fragmentation and tension which mirror her conflicted sense of identity. Borrowing visual language from Eastern European folklore, architecture and cartography, Harris-Sintamarian considers her graphic and energetic images as personal maps which chart her physical, emotional and intellectual journeys.
San Jose-based artist Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian is an Adjunct Instructor at San Jose State University and San Jose City College. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. She is the recipient of the 2013 Eureka Fellowship from the Fleishhacker Foundation, the 2010 Silicon Valley Arts Council Award and the 2008 ArtShift Award. Harris-Sintamarian has participated in the residency programs at Djerassi, Vermont Studio Center and the San Jose ICA Print Center. She received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Delaware and an MFA in Painting from San Jose State University.

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As part of the ICA’s commitment to create more opportunities to showcase the work of video artists, we are pleased to present stop-motion films by artists: <a title="Kate Nartker" href="http://www.katenartker.com/" target="_blank">Kate Nartker</a>, <a title="Sarah Klein" href="http://www.sarahklein.com/index.html" target="_blank">Sarah Klein</a>, <a title="Vanessa Woods" href="http://vanessawoods.com/home.html" target="_blank">Vanessa Woods</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOK8GN9SGMM" target="_blank">Ezra Wube</a>.
Sarah Klein Housecoat, 2010, 6:55 minutes
Sarah Klein’s humorous films depict a fictional character of a modern day woman. Klein’s simple line drawings animate the woman as she engages in both commonplace and surreal scenarios. In spite of whatever strange, devious or perilous situation she encounters, she remains calm and ambivalent, suggesting an internal struggle within an unseen and private world.
Kate Nartker Ten, 2012, 20 seconds
Kate Nartker converts videos into woven cloth and then back into stop motion animation films. Drawing from her family’s home video collection, Nartker creates still images, which she then weaves line by line on a loom. In reframing everyday moments into a physical form through a time-intensive craft, Nartker reconstructs and abstracts her memories. Ten is comprised of a series of portraits of the artist from different points in her life. By exposing the edges of her woven portraits, Nartker reveals a glimpse into her process.
Vanessa Woods The Mansion of Happiness, 2011, 5:00 minutes
The Mansion of Happiness is inspired by a book of poems of the same name by local poet Robin Eskiss. In her title, Eskiss references a Victorian board game Mansion of Happiness, which was predicated on strict moral standards such as piety, honesty, prudence, and humility. In her film, Vanessa Woods explores the philosophical boundaries between myth and memory and between our inner and outer worlds. Made from original photograms, and hundreds of nineteenth century collage elements, the film includes landscapes of miniatures, dolls and toys, magic acts and mysterious passageways.
Ezra Wube Hisab, 2011, 7:52 minutes
Born and raised in Ethiopia and now living in the United States, Ezra Wube’s artwork conveys his dual sense of identity in straddling two very different worlds. Hisab takes place in a city similar to the artist’s hometown of Addis Ababa, where goats, donkeys and dogs are common residents in the colorful urban environment. Working from memory, imagination and real-life studies, Wube’s process reflects the ever-changing flux of life. After completing a scene made of oil on canvas, he then takes a picture of it. Next, he paints over the image to build the next frame. To make the new scene, he has to recollect the previous frame since it has already been erased and fragmented.

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Exhibiting artists: Fritzie Brown, Alex Clausen, Kirk Crippens, Lauren DiCioccio, Mitra Fabian, Alison Foshee, Jonn Herschend, Packard Jennings, Jill Sylvia, Ian Treasure, and Penny Young. Like its television series namesake, The Office explores the absurdity and artistry of objects, ecosystems, culture and characters familiar to office works everywhere. Jill Sylvia’s meticulously cut ledger paper structures transform a nearly extinct material into elegant sculptures. Penny Young turns her obsession with organizational systems - library card catalogs, rolodexes, office files- into works that are liberated from structure and express chaos and absurdity. Kirk Crippens creates photo portraits of the ubiquitous office plant. Mitra Fabian and Alison Foshee explore the artistic potential of staples and binder clips. Packard Jennings appropriates the standard business reply envelope with his unique interventionist approach, and Jonn Herschend responds with an installation that threatens (or promises) to disrupt the ICA’s own office practices.

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Opening Reception: Friday, March 9, 2012 <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjica/sets/72157629430564396/" target="_blank">View works in show</a> Exhibiting Artists' Websites Fritzie Brown <a title="Alex Clausen" href="http://www.alexclausen.com/" target="_blank">Alex Clausen</a> <a title="Kirk Crippens" href="http://www.kirkcrippens.com/" target="_blank">Kirk Crippens</a> <a title="Lauren DiCioccio" href="http://www.laurendicioccio.com/" target="_blank">Lauren DiCioccio</a> <a title="Mitra Fabian" href="http://www.mitrafabian.com/2010/" target="_blank">Mitra Fabian</a> <a title="Alison Foshee" href="http://www.alisonfoshee.com" target="_blank">Alison Foshee</a> <a title="John Herschend" href="http://jonnherschend.com/" target="_blank">Jonn Herschend</a> <a title="Packard Jennings" href="http://cclarkgallery.com/artists/works/packard-jennings" target="_blank">Packard Jennings</a> <a title="Jill Sylvia" href="http://www.jillsylvia.com/" target="_blank">Jill Sylvia</a> <a title="Ian Treasure" href="http://iantreasure.com/ian_treasure/home.html" target="_blank">Ian Treasure</a> <a title="Penny Young" href="http://www.pennyyoungo.com/" target="_blank">Penny Young</a> "For one of the few times I can remember, I laughed spontaneously and out loud in an art gallery." <a href="http://www.sanjose.com/ae/articles/2012/04/17/review_the_office_at_sj_institute_of_contemporary_art">Read Michael Gant's Review in Metro.</a> . <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjica/sets/72157629059581114/" target="_blank">Send us your mugshot. Find out why and how and view The Office mugshot gallery!</a>

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In response to the ZERO1 art and technology biennial thematic Seeking Silicon Valley, City Beneath The City exposes a history of the valley before it was dubbed Silicon Valley. Linking cultural history and archaeology through visual design, the installation will showcase over 60 artifacts excavated from the site of the 19th century Market Street Chinatown in downtown San Jose. City Beneath the City is designed by artist Rene Yung and presented in partnership with The Chinese Historical and Cultural Project, History San José and Stanford Archaeology Center.  The installation will include a collection of artifacts including ceramic bowls, glassware and vessel fragments that will be presented to render a physical and tactile field. This visual experience seeks to elicit an emotional response, drawing on the viewers’ memories and assumptions about what these domestic, fractured and historic objects may represent in the context of a contemporary art space. Through supporting materials including maps, photography, and wall labels, a surprising narrative of a once thriving Chinatown in downtown San Jose, where these object were once from, will unfold for the viewer. By presenting this installation in a contemporary art space and within the context of the ZER01 biennial’s thematic Seeking Silicon Valley, the project curators aim to inspire dialogue on issues ranging from immigration policies, labor, minority struggles, land and urban development.
"The installation mines the intersection between cultural history and the institutional histories surrounding these artifacts, to let nuanced meaning emerge from their interstices and speak of the layered intermingling of the personal, the political, the cultural and the historical," explains Curator, Rene Yung. "These artifacts are of great importance to the community. Through this installation I want to bring these buried objects to light, by making palpable the fragile thread through time that links the day-to-day lives of the early Chinese settlers in San Jose, and this moment in time in Silicon Valley," notes Yung. At the height of its existence, the Market Street Chinatown, located at the intersections of Market and San Fernando Streets in downtown San José (a ten minute walk from the ICA), was the largest Chinese community anywhere in the U.S. outside of San Francisco. It flourished both economically and culturally from the 1860s until it was destroyed in an arson fire in 1887. Nearly a century later, the site of Market Street Chinatown was redeveloped to build the Fairmont Hotel and the Silicon Valley Financial Center. Archeologists unearthed what was left at the location only to discover one of the most important excavation sites of Overseas Chinese materials in the United States at the time.
As a western territory and wild frontier, the Bay Area has promised opportunity throughout its history, whether in gold, agriculture or technology. Along with these successes, however, are stories of class struggle and racial bias which are often excluded from the mainstream narrative. In presenting artifacts from the Market Street Chinatown, City Beneath the City will provide a space to reflect on the past – including the remarkable lives and struggles of those early settlers and laborers – in order to imagine the future possibilities for the region.

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