San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art

Bernie Lubell, Conservation of Intimacy, detail, 2005-2010, Pine, latex, music wire, copper, nylon line, paper, pens and video surveillance, Image courtesy of the San Jose ICA.

Main Gallery
Jul. 3 - Sep. 19, 2010

Bernie Lubell: Conservation of Intimacy

An interactive installation presented in partnership with the 01SJ Art Biennial

Brian Taylor, Eroded Roots Stevens Creek, detail, 2010, Gum bichromate, Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 291, San Francisco

Focus Gallery
Jul. 17 - Sep. 19, 2010

Exposed: Today’s Photography/Yesterday’s Technology

Inspired by the rich history and alchemic experimentation of obsolete photographic practices, the artists in this exhibition create images using antiquated photographic methods.

Middle East, c. 1870, Albumen print with wet plate collodian, from the collection of Stephen and Connie Wirtz

Cardinale Project Room
Jul. 17 - Sep. 19, 2010

Captured: Photography’s Early Adopters

An exhibition of vintage prints from the collection of Stephen and Connie Wirtz. Guest curated by David Pace.

Liz Steketee, Reconstructed Memories

In the Lounge
Jul. 17 - Sep. 19, 2010

Liz Steketee: Reconstructed Memories

A unique print series that uses the artist’s personal family photographs to rewrite history from her vantage point.

The ICA Celebrates 30 Years at the Annual Art Auction

All Galleries
Oct. 1 - 23, 2010

30th Annual Art Auction

Art is the new 30! And so are we! Don’t miss the Annual Art Exhibition and Auction -- the ICA’s most important fundraising event of the year featuring more than 150 works by some of the hottest contemporary artists in the region.

Mark Your Calendar: 2010 01SJ Biennial: Sept 16-19

The ICA is one of many venues participating in this not-to-be-missed art and technology festival coming to San Jose.

Our 30th Annual Art Auction Purchase Tickets Online.

Art is the new 30! Celebrate with us at the Art Auction. Click image to view online gallery. Image: Mel Prest, Jyu Roku

NEW Online Print Center Workshop Registration

+ much more including a new online print gallery, exciting workshops and programs for every art maker - novices and experts!

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In true Silicon Valley fashion, Lubell has created his low-tech machines in his San Francisco garage for over thirty years. However, instead of working with computers, software, and electronics, the artist collaborates with pine wood and ancient technologies—cranks, pulleys, and springs, for instance—to build the immersive and interactive works. The deliberate handmade aesthetic, along with the ingenuity of the complex designs, give Lubell’s works the appearance of a different era—a time of the master craftsmen and old technology. The creations are in fact deeply rooted in the artist’s research and explorations of historic scientific instruments and obsolete machinery.
Lubell’s Conservation of Intimacy serves as a stage where people are invited to touch and play with the work—an unlikely, but thrilling, proposition in the context of the “do not touch” policy in the gallery and museum environment. As participants crank, rock, and create sounds with the work, they tap into what the artist describes as the “vast reservoir of knowledge stored in each of our bodies,” and become important collaborators in the realization and understanding of this massive installation.
With a background in engineering and psychology, Lubell designs his interactive wood machines through experience. He begins with a question—about intimacy, the nature of being human, the theory of entanglement—and looks to archaic technology to manifest these complicated concepts into a mechanical device. His trial-and-error process results in creations that are fragile-looking yet sturdy, poetic and surreal.
Not until the works come in contact with us, the visitors of the exhibition, do they truly come to life. In Lubell’s world of art making, every person’s participation is significant. The works entice the senses—they look and feel like elaborate playground diversions and are incredibly pleasurable to explore. In Conservation of Intimacy, two people rock on a suspended bench while their motions are recorded as a graph by a pen marking a roll of paper (which is moved by the third participant pedaling on a stationary wooden bicycle). With minimal instruction, visitors intuitively discover and activate the mechanics of the multifaceted machines. As participants are absorbed in the rattle and hum of the work, they delight in being alive and engaged in the wonder of life.
Much of Lubell’s work is inspired by the early medical devices of French physiologist Etienne Jules Marey (1830–1904). A mechanical genius, Marey developed myriad sophisticated pneumatic contraptions in the late nineteenth century to precisely measure movement and make visible what is otherwise invisible, including a machine that simulated a heart beat and a pulse-reading device that was a precursor for medical imaging. The artist writes, “What I like about Marey's early medical apparatus is that while they reflect a naive faith in mechanical models for biology they also embody the evolutionary design necessary to get realistic results. They were designed by experience just as we ourselves are.
Born in Baltimore, MD Lubell is based in San Francisco, CA. His interactive installations have exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at FACT, Liverpool and V2 in Rotterdam. Lubell has received numerous awards including and Award of Distinctio n from Ars Electronica, an Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation grant in 2009 and Pollack Kranser Foundation Grants in 2002 and 1991.

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The introduction of the digital camera over 20 years ago revolutionized photography. For novices and professionals alike, the computer has replaced the darkroom in the 21st century. However, even with the sophisticated advances of the digital age, a growing number of artists are embracing 19th century photographic technologies to make their work.
Paradoxically, technology has greatly contributed to the enthusiasm, interest and renewal of antiquated photographic processes. Many artists utilize digital tools along with historic practices to make hybrid works.
Digital printing enables artists to create large negatives for contact printing and play with scale in ways that were previously unavailable. Active online communities provide a forum to share recipes and practices.
Part chemist, artist, historian and experimentalist, the photographers in this show share an interest in utilizing old technology to create new imagery. Exhibiting artists include: Stephen Berkman, Linda Connor, Binh Danh, Nathaniel Gibbons, Joy Goldkind, Andreas Hablutzel, Rachel Heath, Robin Hill, Kerik Kouklis, Chirs McCaw, Beth Moon, Ben Nixon, Ron Moultrie Saunders, Michael Shindler, and Brian Taylor.

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<a href="detail.html?eid=275" target="_blank">Join us for Talking Art</a> Tintype demo with Michael Shindler Thursday, August 12 7-9pm, ICA Print Center Limited to 20 participants $10 admission Contact Susan 408.283.8155
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjica/sets/72157624326837988/" target="_blank">View Exhibition Images</a>
Artist Websites: <a href="http://www.stephenberkman.com/" target="_blank">Stephen Berkman</a> <a href="http://www.edelmangallery.com/connor.htm" target="_blank">Linda Connor </a><a href="http://www.binhdanh.com/" target="_blank">Binh Danh</a> Nathaniel Gibbons <a href="http://www.johnstevenson-gallery.com/artist.php?file=goldkind.xml" target="_blank">Joy Goldkind</a> Andreas Hablutzel <a href="http://www.rachelheath.com/" target="_blank">Rachel Heath </a><a href="http://www.robin-hill.net/" target="_blank">Robin Hill</a> <a href="http://www.kerik.com/new/" target="_blank">Kerik Kouklis</a> <a href="http://www.chrismccaw.com/Home.html" target="_blank">Chris McCaw</a> <a href="http://www.bethmoon.com/" target="_blank">Beth Moon</a> <a href="http://www.bennixonphotography.com/" target="_blank">Ben Nixon</a> <a href="http://www.ronmsaunders.com/" target="_blank">Ron Moultrie Saunders</a> <a href="http://www.michaelshindler.com/" target="_blank">Michael Shindler</a> <a href="http://www.briantaylorphotography.com/" target="_blank">Brian Taylor</a>

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The ICA presents its signature Annual Art Exhibition and Auction. This comprehensive exhibition presents more than 150 works by the finest contemporary artists in the Bay Area. The exhibition opens on October 1st with a lively reception featuring live music, wine and light cocktail fare. The evening culminates with a Silent Auction of a selection of incredible works in the exhibition that will excite new, novice and long-time art collectors and enthusiasts.  Admittance to the Opening Reception and Silent Auction is free. To bid in the Silent Auction, guests must purchase a $30 bidder card.
The Live Auction Gala Event -- one of the Bay Area's longest standing and anticipated art events of the year will be held on Saturday, October 23rd.  To accompany the Live Auction gala evening,  champagne, wine and savory hors d’oeuvres donated by some of the South Bay’s finest wineries and restaurants will be served.  Admittance to the Live Auction is reserved for ticket holders only.
The Annual Art Auction at the ICA provides a unique opportunity to art lovers and collectors who are looking for world class artwork created by the region’s most established artists and its rising stars whose work reflect the scope of the Bay Area’s vibrant and eclectic styles and interest. Silent and Live Auction goers can bid on a range of work including paintings, photographs, mixed media and installation pieces, and sculpture. All proceeds from the auctions support the ICA’s innovative exhibitions and educational programming.

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Exhibition October 1 - October 23, 2010 Free admission
Opening Reception & Silent Auction Friday, October 1, 2010 6 - 8 PM Free Admission
Live Auction Saturday, October 23, 2010 Doors open at 6 PM Bidding starts promptly at 7 PM Admission to ticket holders only
Featuring complimentary wines and gourmet cocktail fare from the Bay Area's finest wineries and restaurants
Tickets on sale now. Click on link to purchase online. <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/cart/SanJoseInstituteofContempo/default/item.php?ref=4452.0.8643611" target="_blank">$30 /person  to bid in the October 1 Silent Auction</a>
<a href="https://app.etapestry.com/cart/SanJoseInstituteofContempo/default/item.php?ref=4452.0.8644639" target="_blank">$50 /person to bid in both Silent and Live Auctions</a>
$60 /person at the Live Auction door on October 23 - subject to availability
ICA Friend members may reserve <a href="https://app.etapestry.com/cart/SanJoseInstituteofContempo/default/item.php?ref=4452.0.8607791" target="_blank">two complimentary auction tickets </a>(valid for bidding in the Silent and Live Auctions)
To purchase tickets by phone: 408.283.8155 In person: at the gallery <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjica/sets/72157624622326257/" target="_blank">View Auction Gallery</a> Come back often as we continue to add new images to the gallery.
<a href="uploaded/files/auction_faqs.pdf" target="_blank">Auction FAQs</a>
Join the national mobilization campaign to <a href="http://sjicatalkingart.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Get Steve Martin to the ICA!</a>

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Bernie Lubell: Conservation of Intimacy

Exposed: Today’s Photography/Yesterday’s Technology

Captured: Photography’s Early Adopters

Liz Steketee: Reconstructed Memories

30th Annual Art Auction

Mark Your Calendar: 2010 01SJ Biennial: Sept 16-19

Our 30th Annual Art Auction Purchase Tickets Online.

NEW Online Print Center Workshop Registration

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