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Upgrade! w/Cynthia Beth Rubin and Bob Gluck, Thurs, Feb 23

POSTED BY: Yael Kanarek | Mon Feb 20th, 2006 7:51 a.m.

Cynthia Beth Rubin & Bob Gluck
Eyebeam, Thursday, February 23, 7:30 PM
540-548 west 21st street (bet 10 & 11 Ave)

Dear all,

Join us for a conversation with Cynthia Beth Rubin and Bob Gluck at Eyebeam.

Cynthia Beth Rubin and Bob Gluck will discuss their conception and construction of "Layered Histories" and converse about the joys and pains of collaboration between a visual artist and a composer in a work that required a complex meshing of skills and concepts. They will also
describe their respective previous works incorporating themes of Jewish cultural heritage, and explore how their ideas about the underpinnings of culture informed this collaboration, as well as the 1998 animation Inherited Memories, by Rubin, with music by Gluck (to be shown at the upcoming LA Jewish Film Festival).

"Layered Histories" is an interactive work weaving sounds and images associated with the wanderings of a 13th century Spanish illuminated Hebrew Bible. Using a stylus as a reading pointer, the viewer explores the surface of a "book", triggering short moving "paintings" and layered sounds, ranging from representational to abstract. Pointer movements influence the choice of material and the speed and direction of playback, opening space for personal reflection and association.

"Layered Histories: the Wandering Bible of Marseilles" is currently on exhibit at the Fine Family Gallery of the Atlanta JCC, through April 23.

::URLs::
http://CBRubin.net/layered\_histories
http://www.electricsongs.com

::Bios::
Bob Gluck is a composer and performer of interactive sound installation and performance. His work includes 'Sounds of a Community' (2001

Link:
http://CBRubin

b. 1967, United States; raised in Israel Lives and works in New York City Yael Kanarek’s creative practice centers on the evolution of the Modern Self to the Networked Self. She works in many media including net art, silicone and videoclocks. She often works with multiple languages, shuffling their physical properties (matter, shape, sound) and creating videoclocks. Selected for the 2002 Whitney Biennial, exhibitions of Kanarek's work also include The Drawing Center, New York; Beral Madra Contemporary Art, Istanbul; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens; CU Museum, Boulder; Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University; The Jewish Museum, New York; Exit Art; The Kitchen; American Museum of the Moving Image, New York; LIMN Gallery, San Francisco; Holster Projects, London; Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh; bitforms gallery, New York; Nelly Aman, Tel Aviv; Boston CyberArts Festival; HVCCA, Peekskill; Arena 1, Santa Monica; California College of the Arts, San Francisco; Orsini Palace, Bomarzo; and Sala Uno Gallery, Rome. Kanarek’s work has also been shown in New York at Kenny Schachter Contemporary, Silverstein Gallery, Ronald Feldman Gallery, Derek Eller Gallery, A.I.R Gallery, 303 Gallery, and Schroeder Romero Gallery. Kanarek is represented by bitforms gallery. In addition to a Rockefeller New Media Fellowship and an Eyebeam Honorary Fellowship, Kanarek is the recipient of grants from the Jerome Foundation Media Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts; commissions from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Turbulence.org, and The Alternative Museum; Kanarek’s distinctions also include a Harvestworks residency. In 1999, she founded Upgrade! International. She holds an MFA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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