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NOVEMBER 2012 NEWSLETTER

Exhibitions Art & Technology This wide-ranging selection of works from the Museum’s permanent collection highlights contemporary artists, from Nam June Paik to Dan Collins, who are using or commenting on technology.  During the course of the exhibition, the museum is showing a series of video works in the gallery. Up through Nov. 24 is Ross Birrell's Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying, in which a Palestinian violist and an Israeli violist perform Birrell’s musical composition “Lift Me Up For I Am Dying,” in the Spiegelsaal of the Clärchens Ballhaus, separately and at their own tempo. The resulting two parts are put back together in a continuous installation, Duet. Approaching harmony continually falls into dissonance, which evokes the possibility of harmony to come. Learn more... Still from Ross Birrell's Duet: Lift Me Up For I Am Dying. COMING UP NEXT MONTH: Tafoya: Born of Fire Opening Dec. 22, 2012-April 20, 2013 This unprecedented exhibition provides collectors, students and the public with a unique overview of Margaret Tafoya (1904-2001), a matriarch of Santa Clara Pueblo potters and one of the most accomplished potters of the 20th century. Also on view will be Re:Generation: A Survey of Margaret Tafoya’s Descendants. Four Winds, by Margaret Tafoya. Image courtesy of the Ceramics Research Center. Events & Programs First Saturdays for Families / Dec. 2 Join us for First Saturdays for Families! This free program takes place on the first Saturday of every month and invites children 4-12 and their families to make a creative project in conjunction with exhibitions. No registration required. All materials provided, and families get to bring home their artwork. Photo by Tim Trumble. Ant Farm Media Van v.08 [Time Capsule]  at the CRC If you haven't already, come and contribute to the Ant Farm Media Van v.08 [Time Capsule], by Chip Lord, Curtis Schreier and Bruce Tomb. (Lord and Schreier were partners in the legendary art and technology cooperative Ant Farm, active from 1968-1978.)   The Media Van is a repurposed 1972 Chevy with interior modifications including vintage Ant Farm videos, a conversation pit and a media HUQQUH. The HUQQUH creates a digital time capsule of images and music randomly donated by the public (that means YOU) through the process of plugging in a personal digital device such as a camera, MP3 player or Smartphone.   Also on view are remnants from the original Truckstop Tour, 1970, and a previous digital Time Capsule, the SFMOMA Time Capsule Triptych. For some rich background on Ant Farm and the era from which they emerged, we recommend the show West of Center: Art and the Counterculture Experiment in America, 1965-1977, on view now at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Learn more... Ant Farm Media Van v.08 [Time Capsule], a project by Chip Lord, Curtis Schreier and Bruce Tomb, 2008. Photo by Sean Deckert. In Our Store Holiday Sale starts Dec. 4! It's that time of year again -- holiday shopping time -- and you can make a big difference to our community by shopping local. The ASU Art Museum Store has a wide selection of thoughtful and distinctive gifts for everyone on your list, and every purchase you make supports the programs and exhibitions you value and helps keep the museum free for everyone. Plus, we feature local jewelers and ceramicists, including ASU alumni. Come by during the sale Dec. 4-Dec. 22 and save a whopping 20 percent off all merchandise -- 30 percent off if you're a museum member! Necklace and box by Mimi Jardine. Ceramics by Tom Budzak. Photo by Sean Deckert.

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