WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | 1871 NORTH HIGH STREET | COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210-1393
03+04 2013
NON-PROFIT ORG U S POSTAGE P A I D COLUMBUS OHIO PERMIT NO 711
MARCH+APRIL 2013 EVENTS
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Christian Marclay The Clock
THROUGH APRIL 7
“A beguiling dream of eternal cinema and also a startling wake-up call.” —new york times
Christian Marclay’s acclaimed 24-hour production The Clock is a stunning visual timepiece, a moving history of film, and a provocative inquiry into the nature of time and its role in our daily lives. Dazzling in its artistic and technical virtuosity, the project brings together thousands of film fragments spanning genres and eras, each clip capturing references to time from cinematic and television productions. And you’ll watch them unfold precisely synced to our local time, with opportunities to
view The Clock in its complete 24-hour duration on March 2 and April 6. The New York Times calls it “a beguiling dream of eternal cinema and also a startling wakeup call,” and the New Yorker writes, “It’s one of those things you have to see.” See it here before time runs out!
See renowned Farm Security Administration photographs, taken between 1934 and 1944, juxtaposed with newly commissioned photographs of 21st-century America by 12 contemporary photographers. During the 1930s, the Farm Security Administration conceived a program employing photographers to travel throughout the country,
documenting the “third of a nation” that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt defined as “ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished.” More than 80 years later, this project sent renowned contemporary photographers across the United States to document the country as we know it today.
visitors to the clock are admitted on a first-come, first-served basis. since space in the gallery is limited, you may need to wait to enter the gallery.
Organized by the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco.
MORE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS INSTALLATION VIEWS OF THE CLOCK, MORE AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHS, AND TOWARDS A LIGHT CLUB Photos: Kevin Fitzsimons
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY, The Clock, 2010, singlechannel video, duration: 24 hours, courtesy the artist, White Cube, London; and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
DOROTHEA LANGE Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California, 1936, inkjet print, courtesy the Library of Congress, Washington DC
WILLIAM E. JONES Restaurant, Canton, Ohio, 2011, hand coated pigment print, courtesy the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
COMING SOON
On view May 4–Aug 4
Paul Sietsema Paul Sietsema creates in-depth multimedia-based investigations into specific bodies of knowledge. This exhibition presents the most comprehensive account of the artist’s work to date and includes a new body of work that is the end result of his Wexner Center Artist Residency Award for 2010–11. The exhibition features five of Sietsema’s films along with related drawings, paintings, and other works on paper that display his ongoing examinations of culturally and temporally specific aesthetics. Exhibition and residency made possible with support from the Teiger Foundation and the Nimoy Foundation.
Shimon Attie: MetroPAL.IS. See Shimon Attie’s MetroPAL.IS., an immersive video installation that seeks to reconfigure the complex, intensely problematic Middle East conflict in a personal, tangible way. Characters appear alone on eight screens and read from a hybrid of the Israeli Declaration of Independence (1948) and the Palestinian Declaration of Independence (1988). The complex editing and post-production work required by this project was completed during Attie’s 2010 residency in the Wex’s Film/Video Studio Program. MetroPAL.IS., a video installation by Shimon Attie, with Vale Bruck, was commissioned by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.
Former residency artist Josiah McElheny explores the history of modernist utopias in a series of kaleidoscopic projections, narrative films, stunning illuminated sculptures, and humorous performances. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the “genius” grant), McElheny investigates and visualizes complex concepts ranging from philosophy to physics. He constructs dazzling sculptures and installations but also films, performances, curatorial projects, and even “parties,” all as part of his work about the history of aesthetics. A highlight of this exhibition is McElheny’s most recent film, The Light Club of Vizcaya: A Women’s Picture (2012), an evocative and stylized adaptation
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of “The Light Club of Batavia,” a 1912 novella by German expressionist writer Paul Scheerbart. “The Light Club” functions as a hub from which ideas extend to and connect nearly all the works in the exhibition. You’ll also experience Three Screens for Looking at Abstraction (2012), which features classic abstract films projected on mirrored sculptures, and a set of recent performance-based pieces, Walking Mirror 1 and 2 (both 2012). Performances of Walking Mirrors are scheduled for 2:30 pm on Tuesdays and 2:30 and 6:30 pm on Thursdays.
WALK-IN TOURS
Walk-in Tours are scheduled at 5:30 pm on Thursdays March 7, March 21, and March 28; and 1 pm on Saturdays March 16 and April 6. Tours are free with gallery admission, which is free on Thursdays. No registration required.
Made possible with support from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Register in advance at wexarts. org for a special midnight tour as part of the all-night viewing of The Clock on Saturday, March 2– Sunday, March 3.
Additional support provided by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.
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The Cave of Light: A Dark Symposium
SUN, MAR 3 | 12–5 pm
MON, APR 1 | 4 pm
FREE
FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE, Reception follows
Designed to engage all ages, Super Sundays take place once during each set of exhibitions at the Wex. This time our open house invites you on a jaunt through time and history. Consider how past generations thought about the future with Josiah McElheny’s films and sculptures. See the changing faces and landscapes of America, along with the impact of the Great Depression and the “Great Recession,” in More American Photographs. And lose yourself in Christian Marclay’s The Clock, a working timepiece composed of thousands of film clips. The day also features free gallery admission for everyone plus fun, hands-on activities for young people and adults alike. Stop by Heirloom from 11 am–5 pm for breakfast or lunch.
TICKET INFO
Don’t miss an afternoon spectacle of sights, sounds, a séance, and a performance—all inspired by Josiah McElheny’s art and influences. A collaboration between McElheny, Ohio State Classics Professor Richard Fletcher, and Pablo Helguera, an artist known for his socially engaged art and performances, this is truly an event like no other. The program begins with Helguera’s live performance of a new version of The Glass Lawyer, a comic short story by Miguel de Cervantes (the author of Don Quixote). Next is a fictional “séance” that imagines architect Peter Eisenman (at home in the Wexner Center building he designed) communing with the spirits of philosophers Jacques Derrida and Walter Benjamin. Finally, you’ll experience a bilingual (German and English) performance of The Light Club of Batavia, the “Ladies’ Novelette” by Paul Scheerbart that inspired much of the work on view in McElheny’s Towards a Light Club.
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Wexner Center members can visit the exhibitions as many times as they like, with free admission every time. Join when you come to the show, and we’ll credit your admission toward your membership. Join online 24/7 at wexarts.org/join.
FREE members, college students (with valid ID), under 18 $6
senior citizens (65 and older) Ohio State faculty and staff (with BUCK ID)
$8
general public
FREE ADMISSION
Every Thursday from 4 to 8 pm and on the first Sunday of each month. IN THE STORE
Pick up the Wexner Center’s own catalogue of Josiah McElheny’s Towards a Light Club, along with the publication accompanying More American Photographs, in the Wexner Center Store.
JOSIAH McELHENY BOTTOM LEFT The Light Club of Vizcaya: A Women’s Picture, still, 2012, high-definition video (color, sound); 30 minutes, courtesy the artist; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York; and White Cube, London, © Josiah McElheny
BOTTOM RIGHT Yellow Czech Modernism and Red Finnish Modernism, 2010, handblown glass objects with flashed color, extruded colored glass filters, LED electric lighting, painted wood display structure, 21 x 65 x 18 inches, partial and promised gift, Adele and Leonard Leight Collection, Collection of the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
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Find out why medical students and practitioners are turning to the humanities (especially narrative studies of literature, film, and comix), and see how the arts and humanities have often honed in on stories of patients, doctors, and other health care practitioners. This series of screenings and events illuminates an exciting new “narrative medicine” movement based on the premise that narrative competence enhances medical competence even as medical experiences reshape narrative forms. The series complements a two-day multidisciplinary conference.
Dark Victory (Edmund Goulding, 1939) The Snake Pit (Anatole Litvak, 1948) WED, MAR 6 | 7 pm 2nd film | 8:55 pm Dark Victory stars Bette Davis as a spoiled heiress diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor. Her doctor (George Brent) decides to keep her prognosis a secret, offering many opportunities for drama and melodrama. Also with Humphrey Bogart. (104 mins., 35mm) Responsible for many reforms in the mental health field (due to its portrayal of troubling hospital conditions), The Snake Pit features Olivia de Havilland as a young woman confined to an insane asylum with no memory of how she got there. (108 mins., 35mm)
Upgrade Soul Comix and Live Music with Ezra Claytan Daniels and Alexis Gideon THU, MAR 28 | 7 pm This format-busting digital comic follows two wealthy science buffs who decide to fund a risky, experimental genetic therapy designed to rejuvenate the human body. There’s only one condition: They must be the first in line to receive it. When dangerous complications develop, the battle for psychological dominance begins. The interactive presentation features live musical accompaniment by Alexis Gideon. (app. 70 mins., digital projection)
David Small’s Stitches: A Memoir
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel, 2007)
THU, APR 4 | 4 pm
WED, MAR 20 | 7 pm
Join David Small as he discusses his awardwinning graphic novel Stitches (2009), a harrowing memoir of the botched childhood surgery that left him virtually mute. Stitches follows Small’s journey through adolescent hell, from the circumstances that necessitated the surgery to the unbelievable recovery he achieved through his art. Jared Gardner, a professor of English and film studies at Ohio State, joins Small for the conversation.
This moving adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir stars Mathieu Amalric as the editor-in-chief of French Elle who suffered near total paralysis after a stroke and coma. Though only capable of minor head and eye movements, Bauby used technological assistance and a transcriber to compose this story of his life with locked-in syndrome—using little more than eye-blinks to convey his words. (112 mins., 35mm)
PETER NICKS INTRODUCES
BOOK SIGNING FOLLOWS
Safe (Todd Haynes, 1995)
The Waiting Room
FRI, APR 5 | 7 pm
(Peter Nicks, 2012)
Voted “Best Film of the Decade” in a 1999 Village Voice Film Poll, Safe details a wealthy suburban housewife’s physical and psychological breakdown as she develops multiple chemical sensitivities. Through a masterfully ambiguous and unsettling tone, the film upends the conventions of both “disease of the week” and psychological/environmental horror movies. Julianne Moore stars, in a defining performance. Director of Film/Video David Filipi and Brad Prestwich, MD candidate in Ohio State’s College of Medicine, lead a discussion after the screening. (119 mins., 35mm)
THU, MAR 21 | 7 pm “This subtle, compassionate tableau lifts the veil on a world often described in terms of squalor and despair, finding the inherent dignity and perseverance therein.”—WASHINGTON POST Equal parts inspiring and sobering, The Waiting Room goes behind the scenes at Oakland’s safetynet facility, Highland Hospital, to chronicle the frustrations of patients, practitioners, and staff as they collectively attempt to mediate the limits of our health care system. (81 mins., HDCAM)
TICKET INFO
$6 members, students, senior citizens $8 general public $3 children under 12 All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated.
Film/Video tickets are on sale at tickets.wexarts.org and the Patron Services Desk on the entrance level of the building. In-person ticket sales continue until a half-hour after show times or until the start of the second film of double features.
GREGG BORDOWITZ INTRODUCES
Fast Trip, Long Drop
(Gregg Bordowitz, 1994)
Habit (Gregg Bordowitz, 2002) TUE, APR 9 | 7 pm In the landmark autobiographical documentary Fast Trip, Long Drop, videomaker/activist Gregg Bordowitz sets out to examine the cultural climate surrounding three major life events: testing positive for HIV antibodies, coming out to his parents, and getting sober. But when, during filming, a close friend is diagnosed with breast cancer and his grandparents are killed in a car accident, Bordowitz finds himself questioning his sense of identity, the way he understands his diagnosis, and the relationship between illness and history. (54 mins., video) Habit, a loose follow-up to Fast Trip, features autobiographical segments and an exploration of South Africa’s AIDS crisis. (53 mins., video)
Murmur of the Heart (Louis Malle, 1971) TUE, APR 16 | 7 pm Beloved French filmmaker Louis Malle combines comedy, drama, and autobiography in this candid coming-of-age story about a boy’s sexual maturation. Murmur of the Heart follows a precocious adolescent as he’s diagnosed with a heart murmur and (thanks to a booking accident) forced to room with his mother at the sanatorium. (118 mins., 35mm)
Narrative Medicine in the 21st Century: A Multidisciplinary Conference APRIL 5–6 | 8:30 am This gathering promises to help shape the future course of the still-emerging field of narrative medicine, with perspectives from leaders of the movement including Rita Charon, Arthur Frank, and Elizabeth Leake. For more information, visit frit.osu.edu/narrative-medicine. Sponsored by Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center, College of Medicine, Student Health Services, Wexner Center for the Arts, Department of Classics, Department of English and its Project Narrative, Department of French and Italian, Humanities Institute, Digital Storytelling Program (a cooperative effort of the Digital Union and University Libraries), Film Studies Program, Popular Culture Studies, Disability Studies (a program of DISCO, the Disability & Identity Studies Cooperative), and Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Support provided by an Ohio State University Arts and Humanities Research Enhancement Grant.
Non–English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change.
VISITING FILMMAKERS Images courtesy of artist
Swirl (Clarissa Campolina, Helvécio Marins Jr., 2011) THU, MAR 14 | 7 pm
Wu Tsang INTRODUCES
This beautiful portrait of rural life in Brazil fuses fiction and documentary as it centers on Batsu, an 81-year-old woman trying to start over after her husband’s death. Swirl uses the lives of its nonprofessional cast and the histories of their village as starting points for an entrancing exploration of tradition and contemporary life, reality and dream, and life and death. (90 mins., 35mm)
WILDNESS (Wu Tsang, 2012)
FRI, MAR 8 | 7 pm This tribute to community, creativity, and dignity documents (with magic realist touches) Los Angeles’s historic Silver Platter, an LGBT-friendly bar that has catered to Latino immigrants since 1963. Centered on the group of young, queer artists of color (including Tsang and DJs Nguzunguzu and Total Freedom) who organize the bar’s weekly performanceart party, Wildness examines what happens when the party’s popularity raises issues of safety and belonging and shows how difference can be a catalyst for both strife and growth. Produced with support from the Wex’s Film/Video Studio program and featured in the Whitney Biennial and MoMA’s Documentary Fortnight series. (74 mins., HDCAM)
Memories of Prison (1984)
A Tribute to Nelson Pereira dos Santos
THU, APR 11 | 7 pm
Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of English and Asian American Studies, Sexuality Studies, and Film Studies Programs. Community Partners: Stonewall Columbus and Outlook Columbus
(Michael Robinson, 2012)
MON, MAR 18 | 7 pm Join Laida Lertxundi and Michael Robinson—recipients of the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s first-ever award to experimental filmmakers (the Kazuko Trust Scholarship Award Grant)—for a screening of their rigorous and emotional films. Lertxundi (“the 2012 Whitney Biennial’s most significant discovery,” according to the Nation) starts the evening with five shorts exploring languor and yearning against the backdrop of Los Angeles and its environs. Robinson follows with Circle in the Sand, the project he completed as a Wexner Center Artist Residency Award recipient for 2011–12. His most ambitious film to date, it chronicles a band of female prisoners rummaging through leftovers of American culture in the aftermath of a civil war. (app. 100 mins., video)
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Music According to Tom Jobim (2011) WED, APR 17 | 7 pm
Rio, 100 Degrees F. (1955)
RECEPTION FOLLOWS Composer/musician Antonio Carlos “Tom” Jobim introduced Brazil and bossa nova to the world with “The Girl from Ipanema.” He went on to write countless classic songs recorded by the international royalty of popular music. For his latest film (and his second documentary on Jobim), dos Santos has created a loving, tuneful tribute to Jobim, building the entire film around his music with extraordinary renditions of Jobim standards by artists including Judy Garland, Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ella Fitzgerald, Caetano Veloso, Gal Costa, Chico Buarque, and Jobim himself. (84 mins., video) Dos Santos answers questions after the screening and joins in the festivities at the reception.
SAT, APR 6 | 7 pm “As important to Latin American cinema as [Jean-Luc Godard´s] Breathless is to European film.”
Image courtesy Arquivo Nacional
SHORT FILMS (Laida Lertxundi) CIRCLE IN THE SAND
INTRODUCED BY NELSON PEREIRA DOS SANTOS
Image courtesy Arquivo Nacional
CIRCLE IN THE SAND, courtesy the artist
Laida Lertxundi and Michael Robinson INTRODUCE
In this universally acclaimed film, dos Santos recreates the memoirs of Graciliano Ramos, a celebrated Brazilian author (of Barren Lives, among other works). The left-leaning intellectual is arrested during a sweep of dissidents under the Getúlio Vargas dictatorship of the 1930s. As Ramos is taken on a journey through Brazilian prisons—and, consequently, on a tour of underground political histories and ideologies— he discovers how imprisonment can turn him into a more committed human being. (185 mins., 35mm)
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to honor a titan of international filmmaking, whose work constitutes “the most important and coherent body of work in the history of Brazilian and, arguably, Latin American cinema,” according to the Film Society of Lincoln Center. As the father of Brazil’s socially progressive and aesthetically daring Cinema Novo movement, Nelson Pereira dos Santos attempted to define a Brazilian national cinema through his politically engaged (and populist) body of work. This small retrospective welcomes the artist himself for two events and brings you five of his most important films.
—TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
With his wildly influential debut, dos Santos brought to Brazil an unprecedented neo-realist look at class, race, and poverty—and dramatically launched his career as a revolutionary director when his film was abruptly suppressed by the Brazilian government. Rio, 100 Degrees F. follows a day in the lives of young, black peanut vendors as they move through Rio’s cityscape and social strata, from their homes in the favelas (portrayed honestly for the first time) to the city’s most affluent and tourist-filled neighborhoods. (100 mins., 35mm)
Barren Lives (1963) Nelson Pereira dos Santos in Conversation with Darlene J. Sadlier
How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971)
THU, APR 18 | 7 pm
SAT, APR 6 | 8:45 pm How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman was dos Santos’s biggest international hit and a defining work of Cinema Novo’s tropicália phase. Set in the 16th century, the film tells the subversive story of a Frenchman captured by the native Tupinambá tribe and forced to live among them before being killed and eaten. Using a prologue that recalls Luis Buñuel, cinema verité camerawork, and historical texts, dos Santos creates an allegorical examination of savagery, anthropology, and colonialism that is as funny and erotic as it is radical. (84 mins., 35mm)
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This masterpiece of world cinema demonstrates why dos Santos is renowned for adapting literature to screen. Based on a novel by Graciliano Ramos, Barren Lives is searing vision of a family’s struggle for survival in the extreme conditions of the Brazilian desert. Notable for its shifting point of view (including, famously, that of the family’s loyal dog) and groundbreaking use of light, this film is considered to be, in many ways, the Brazilian Grapes of Wrath. (103 mins., 35mm) Join us after the screening as dos Santos discusses the film and his career with Darlene J. Sadlier, author of Contemporary Film Directors: Nelson Pereira dos Santos.
OPPOSITE PAGE TOP: WAITING ROOM Image courtesy International Film Circuit
OPPOSITE PAGE INSET FROM LEFT: DARK VICTORY Image courtesy Warner Bros.
UPGRADE SOUL Image courtesy the artist FAST TRIP, LONG DROP
THIS PAGE TOP: SWIRL Image courtesy Urban Distribution
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CONTEMPORARY SCREEN Caesar Must Die (Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, 2012)
FRI–SAT, MAR 1–2 | 7 pm Somewhere between documentary and fictional drama, Caesar Must Die takes us inside the maximum security block of Rome’s Rebibba prison, where a theater director is holding auditions for Julius Caesar. The film captures transcendence as prisoners serving long sentences for murder, drug trafficking, and Mafia-related activities—men who value power above all else—encounter great art. Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival. (76 mins., DCP) Image courtesy Cinema Guild
SPECIAL EVENTS
Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels FRI & SAT, APR 12–13 | 7 pm
INTRODUCED BY FILM FORUM’S BRUCE GOLDSTEIN
A Tribute to the Nicholas Brothers THU, MAR 7 | 7 pm
Bruce Goldstein, who compiled and introduces this event, is the repertory program director at New York’s Film Forum and the founder of Rialto Pictures. He wrote and coproduced the documentary The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance (1992). (app. 105 mins., video)
Banff Mountain Film Festival TUE–WED, APR 2–3 | 7 pm $10 members, students, seniors $12 general public Every year, the incredibly popular Banff Mountain Film Festival presents the world’s most creative and inspiring outdoor adventure films—and this year, we’ve got twice the excitement with two nights and two separate programs. In addition to this year’s gems, you’ll see award-winning selections from last fall’s festival, focusing on activities like BASE jumping, skiing, mountain biking, and snowboarding. Visit wexarts.org for a complete lineup of each evening’s program. (app. 150 mins., video) Stop by Heirloom before the films for dinner, or grab a drink at our cash bar. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Center.
THIS PAGE FROM TOP: RARE BASEBALL FILMS: THE NEWSREELS NICHOLAS BROTHERS Image courtesy 20th Century Fox
CROSSING THE ICE Image courtesy Banff Mountain Film Festival
Special thanks to Todd Wiener and Steven Hill of the UCLA Film & Television Archive for their assistance with this program. Mark your calendars for another baseball-focused program on May 16, when we’ll screen vintage This Is Your Life episodes featuring Roy Campanella, Casey Stengel, and Satchel Paige. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Center.
Ohio Shorts SAT, APR 20 | 7 pm
FRI–SAT, MAR 22–23 | 7 pm Both primal and state-of-the-art, Leviathan turns anthropological filmmaking into pure sensory experience. Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel took numerous cameras aboard commercial fishing boats headed for the North Atlantic Ocean, capturing haunting, visceral images of a harsh, unforgiving world from mesmerizing perspectives: those of the filmmakers themselves, but also, seemingly, of the ship, the birds overhead, and even the ocean. (87 mins., DCP)
9 Intervals (Aurélien Froment, 2012) WED, MAR 27 | 7 pm This series of shorts uses the viewer’s seated position as their starting point. French artist Aurélien Froment creates a parody-like, minimalist look at the ergonomics of cinema chairs. 9 Intervals examines their construction and offers commentary from film enthusiasts, yoga instructors, and osteopaths. The series was designed to be screened before feature films; we’ll be showing the shorts as one program, along with a taped introduction by esteemed film scholar Tom Gunning. (app. 75 mins., DCP) Image courtesy Cinema Guild
This dazzling program pays tribute to two of the 20th century’s greatest dancers and entertainers: the fabulous and impossible to categorize Nicholas Brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000). Overcoming racial hurdles to headline on Broadway, radio, and television— as well as in vaudeville and nightclubs—the self-taught dancers were beloved for showstopping numbers, performed with consummate grace and a sly sense of humor, in such movies as Down Argentine, Sun Valley Serenade, and Stormy Weather. Their effortless balletic moves, elegant tap dancing, and jaw-dropping leaps, flips, and splits garnered them innumerable fans and collaborators from Bob Fosse and Fred Astaire (who called their famous staircase number in Stormy Weather the greatest of all musical sequences) to Michael Jackson and Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Just in time for baseball season, Rare Baseball Films returns for its 10th year. This year, like in 2012, the program draws on newsreels from the Hearst Metrotone News Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Before televisions became a fixture in homes, these newsreels allowed fans to actually watch players from around the country in action. Come out and see such greats as Joe DiMaggio, Christy Mathewson, Willie Mays, and Roger Maris, footage from the Negro and Japanese Leagues, elephants playing baseball, and more. (app. 120 mins, video)
Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012)
RECEPTION FOLLOWS Come see the best in Ohio-produced short films—documentary, animation, dramatic narrative, or something in-between. For the first time, audiences for the Ohio Shorts adult division will be able to vote for their favorite film and cash prizes will be awarded to adult filmmakers selected by the audience and jury. Meet the filmmakers and fellow film fans at a reception after the screening. Look for complete program info on wexarts.org in April. See more creative short films at the Ohio Shorts Youth Division Screening Party on Monday, April 15. Find details on the inSight page.
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz, 2012)
THU, APR 25 | 7 pm Cinema lost a trailblazer when Raoul Ruiz died in 2011, and this film was his final gift. The playful, elegiac Night Across the Street follows an elderly postal worker on the verge of forced retirement as he relives memories both real and imagined, like a trip to the movies with Beethoven and a chat with Long John Silver. It’s one last look at Ruiz’s favorite themes: fiction, history, and life itself. (107 mins., DCP)
56 Up (Michael Apted, 2012) FRI–SAT, APR 26–27 | 7 pm “Give me the child when he is seven and I will give you the man.” Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, the “Up” series has explored this Jesuit maxim and become one of the towering achievements in the history of documentary film. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted (Coal Miner’s Daughter) has been back to talk to them, examining the progression of their lives. Life-changing decisions and surprising developments are revealed when we visit cab driver Tony, schoolmates Jackie, Lynn, and Susan, and the heart-breaking Neil, as they turn 56. (144 mins., DCP)
KALPANA, Image courtesy World Cinema Foundation
FILM HISTORY 101
CLASSICS Image courtesy Warner Bros.
The Taming of the Shrew (Sam Taylor, 1929) INTRODUCED BY CHRISTEL SCHMIDT
TUE, MAR 26 | 7 pm BOOK SIGNING FOLLOWS Recently restored by MoMA, this classic film features Hollywood’s first power couple, United Artists cofounders Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, sharing the screen for the first time. The Taming of the Shrew is a lavish and at times hilarious showcase for the legendary couple. Christel Schmidt, editor of the recent book Mary Pickford: Queen of the Movies, introduces the film and signs books afterward. (66 mins., 35mm)
NEW 3D DIGITAL RESTORATION
Dial M for Murder (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954) Image courtesy APD/Cinema Conservancy
FRI & SAT, MAR 15 & 16 | 7 pm “Seen in 3D, it’s a revelation!”—VILL AGE VOICE
TUE, APR 23 | 7 pm
Kalpana (Uday Shankar, 1948)
An Artists Public Domain/Cinema Conservancy Release of a Cinedigm/New Video Film. Restored by LIbrary of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation.
Fans of Indian dance won’t want to miss Shantala Shivalingappa’s Namasya on Tuesday, April 9. See the onStage pages for info.
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Animation-3: Jennings’s and Turing’s Machines
TUE, MAR 5 | 4 pm Ohio State History of Art Professor Ron Green discusses cinematic animation from the perspective of evolving machines, specifically through the work of British documentarian Humphrey Jennings and WWII code breaker Alan Turing. Green’s talk draws on his ongoing examination of the film/video loop.
Giancarlo Lombardi VIA SKYPE Quality Television and The Sopranos FRI, MAR 22 | 11 am Giancarlo Lombardi, professor of world languages and literatures at the College of Staten Island, discusses audience expectations in relation to the final episode of the hit HBO series The Sopranos. His talk is presented via Skype.
A pioneer of Brazilian video art, Eder Santos has pushed the medium’s limits since the early 1980s, creating elaborate installations and singlechannel works grounded in Brazil’s rich and diverse cultural history. In Cinema, Santos edits images from the landscape of his home state, Minas Gerais, to create a poetic journey through time and space. With a score by sound artist Stephen Vitiello, a frequent collaborator with Santos. (13 mins., HD video)
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FRI–SAT, MAR 29–30 | 7 pm Uday Shankar, the brother of the great Indian musician Ravi Shankar, was one of the central figures in the history of Indian dance, combining classical forms with Western techniques. The largely autobiographical Kalpana tells the story of a dancer who dreams of forming his own academy in the Himalayas. The film serves as a virtual encyclopedia of Indian dance with sequence after sequence of eye-popping musical numbers tracing the country’s rich and diverse musical and dance traditions. Presented by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation. (155 mins, DCP)
Join us for these free lectures and events cosponsored with Ohio State’s Film Studies Program and Department of French and Italian.
Cinema (2009)
NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION
A true landmark of American cinema and AfricanAmerican screen representation, Nothing But a Man portrays the poignant relationship between a preacher’s daughter (jazz singer Abbey Lincoln) and a railroad man and single dad (Ivan Dixon). The story of their marriage unfolds against a detailed backdrop of racism, school integration, unemployment, and family conflict. The film’s complex, contradictory, and fully realized black characters were rare achievements in films of the time. (95 mins., 35mm)
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Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see Dial M for Murder as Alfred Hitchcock intended. In this new restoration designed to create the film’s most accurate 3D experience in decades, Grace Kelly stars as a society woman with an exceedingly jealous husband (Ray Milland). But thanks to a well-placed pair of scissors, his plans for her perfect murder go to shreds. (105 mins., 4K DCP)
NEW 35MM PRINT
Nothing But a Man (Michael Roemer, 1964)
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FILM STUDIES STUDENT CHOICE AWARD
Meghan Hoffman INTRODUCES
Yojimbo (Akira Kurosawa, 1961) WED, MAR 27 | 4 pm Each year, the faculty of Ohio State’s Film Studies Program selects an exemplary piece of film criticism from entries submitted by undergraduate students. In addition to a monetary award, the winner is invited to select and introduce a film at the Wexner Center. This year’s winner, Meghan Hoffman, selected Akira Kurosawa’s samurai classic Yojimbo (1961). (110 mins, 35mm)
David Pettersen
The Gangster Suicides FRI, MAR 29 | 4 pm David Pettersen, assistant professor of French and associate director of film studies at the University of Pittsburgh, traces the transatlantic crosspollination of French and American crime and gangster cinema through three key moments of French film history: 1930s poetic realism, the French New Wave, and early banlieue cinema (concentrating on the immigrant communities of the suburbs) in the 1990s.
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Barbara Bickart WHEN: Memphis (2011) This first film in a series focused on national memorials offers a unique perspective on memory, movement, and the significance of place. Filmed outside the hotel where Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, WHEN: Memphis documents the seemingly mundane flow of visitors to the memorial site—and the varied responses each individual brings to the space. (20 mins., video)
Kris Paulsen
In the Beginning... There Was the Electron WED, APR 10 | 4 pm In 1967, a team of young painters, poets, musicians, and electrical engineers took up residence in San Francisco television station KQED-TV and began work on some of the earliest video art, rethinking what video was and could be in the process. Kris Paulsen, assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of History of Art, explores the creation of the landmark National Center for Experiments in Television (NCET), focusing attention on an influential but long-neglected body of work.
Catherine O’Rawe
Music, Montage, and Italian Retro Masculinity
TUE, APR 16 | 4:30 pm Catherine O’Rawe, senior lecturer at the University of Bristol, examines the construction of contemporary Italian masculinity on screen through a nostalgic return to the violence of the 1970s, focusing specific attention on the retro style of Michele Placido’s 2005 gangster film Romanzo criminale and its 2008 TV sequel. Alan O’Leary, associate professor at the University of Leeds, provides a response after the talk.
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onStage Naseer Shamma and Al-Oyoun Ensemble SAT, MAR 16 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members, $13 students, $18 public
“His technical prowess is bewitching…it transforms listening into a mystical experience.”—Al-Ahram Weekly
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Iraqi composer and musician Naseer Shamma has had a tremendous impact on how the lute-like oud is approached throughout the world of Arab music, in his own work and as director of the Cairo Opera House’s Bayt Al-Oud (House of the Oud). In addition to developing new techniques and expanding tonal possibilities by designing an eight- (rather than six- ) stringed instrument, he utilizes new forms and elements from various cultures. This innovative approach is evident in the adventurous eightpiece Al-Oyoun Ensemble, which draws on tradition and classical forms as a launching pad for keen musical exploration. Please join us in welcoming Shamma on his first United States tour in over a decade. He hopes the passion and virtuosic precision of his music will serve as a bridge between cultures and spur empathy, respect, and mutual understanding. US tour organized by Alwan for the Arts.
FAYE DRISCOLL You’re Me THU–FRI, MAR 21–22 | 8 pm SAT, MAR 23 | 2 & 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members, $10 students, $18 public Choreographer Faye Driscoll’s new evening-length duet You’re Me (co-commissioned by the Wexner Center) highlights how we are constantly made up and undone by each other. Together, Driscoll and performer Jesse Zaritt take on the inescapable nature of relationships as the archetypal, fantastical, and personal crash into each other with witty force. Warping these cross-currents with a shrug, quarrel, or evocative twist, they serve up a disturbing and deeply funny battle with the dualism they face: male/female, director/ performer, and performer/audience. Together they ask: What do you see when you see us on stage? How does our desire to be more than we are transform us? How do our fantasies of ourselves and each other create new possibilities but still give birth to friction, failure, and loss? It’s not exactly a tidy form of discourse—things get downright messy in the midst of their constantly evolving back and forth, all to your delight. You’re Me co-commissioned by the Wexner Center and the Kitchen in New York City. You’re Me created, in part, through a New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) National Dance Project production grant, which is generously supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This presentation made possible by the NEFA National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
“It’s characteristic of Ms. Driscoll’s choreography that the seeming anarchy is built into a tight structure of recurrence.... [She] can be proud of the mess she’s made.”—NEW YORK TIMES
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SHANTALA SHIVALINGAPPA NAMASYA “Divinely gifted.”
—NEW YORK TIMES
TUE, APR 9 | 8 pm
Come early, at 7 pm, for an introductory talk by John Griffin, professor emeritus of dance at Ohio State and a former dancer with the Wuppertal Dance Theater directed by Pina Bausch.
SOUTHERN THEATRE, 21 E. MAIN STREET $18 members, $10 students, $22 public plus $3 CAPA Facility Fee on all tickets Born in India and raised in Paris, Shantala Shivalingappa’s exquisite solo dance program Namasya combines a contemporary dance sensibility with elements from the flowing lines and intricate footwork she honed during her training in traditional Southern Indian dance forms. This celebration of her diverse choreographic influences consists of four solos, including one choreographed during a residency with famed dance master Pina Bausch and another created by Ushio Amagatsu, artistic director of butoh standardbearers Sankai Juku. The elegance that characterizes each piece illuminates Shivalingappa’s intimate interior world and reinforces her presence as one of the most intriguing dance artists on the international scene.
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“Mostly Other People Do the Killing should rightly be famous, or possibly infamous, for their live shows.”—JAZZ MANN You read it right: Mostly Other People Do the Killing is the name of a jazz band…and a killer jazz band at that. This freewheeling, high-energy quartet slays the crowd with an immediately infectious sense of fun too often missing in the jazz scene. Spearheaded by bassist/composer Moppa Elliott, the band features A-list talents including Jon Irabagon (who played here with the Mary Halvorson Quintet in December) on sax, Peter Evans on trumpet, and thoroughly unbridled drummer Kevin Shea. All find a special thrill in upending expectations with a grin, mixing in rapid-fire, affectionate swipes at classic jazz styles while keeping the forward-thinking momentum in overdrive.
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing $16 members, $13 students, $18 public
Public tickets for this event are available on ticketmaster.com, at Ticketmaster outlets, and from the CAPA ticket office (614 469-0939). All ticket types are available at the Southern Theatre box office on the evening of the show.
Members at the Sponsor ($250) or Fellow ($500) level or of the Donor Circles ($1000+) are eligible for two complimentary tickets to this performance (if you did not choose to receive tickets to S20/Hiroaki Umeda on Feb 19). You must reserve your tickets by April 2 by calling our ticket desk at (614) 292-3535 or stopping by the ticket desk on your next visit to the center. Please have your member number or member card available.
Christian Howes Quartet
with special guest Richard Galliano SAT, APR 13 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE
“A striking example of the future, today.”—ALL ABOUT JAZZ Jazz drummer and composer Hollenbeck is involved with several outstanding bands, but the all-star 20-member JHLE demonstrates the full scope of his vision. The group is an audacious example of the power of big band jazz to tap into today’s pulse from well beyond swing-era clichés. Hollenbeck’s daring mix of heart-on-sleeve lyricism with a wide-ranging palette of tonal colors, evocative atmospheres, and robust rhythmic propulsion is sure to thrill all who hear them. As the New York Times noted, “drummer John Hollenbeck inhabits a world of gleaming modernity, and Eternal Interlude, the second album featuring his Large Ensemble, reflects both the clarity and brightness of his vision.” This concert is presented by the Wexner Center in conjunction with the 36th annual OSU School of Music Jazz Festival.
$16 members, $13 students, $18 public
“Richard Galliano [has]... rigor and virtuosic flair in his extraordinary playing.”—JAZZTIMES Columbus’s own jazz violin star Christian Howes regularly shares the spotlight with major talents, but this time he’s outdone himself. French jazz accordion ace Richard Galliano (who thrilled us in 2006 leading his own band) returns to join up with Howes, pianist Josh Nelson, and a solid rhythm section to support their dynamic interplay. Drawing on songs from Southern Exposure, Howes’s new recording that features Galliano, they’ll play originals by Howes and Galliano, as well as personal takes on compositions with a Latin jazz flavor, including Argentine tango and Brazilian favorites. This is sure to be a fantastic night of jazz fireworks—be there when Howes and Galliano light the fuse.
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Craig Taborn Trio SAT, APR 27 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members, $13 students, $18 public
“A band that reveals how much the keyboardist and his partners are both inside and on the edge of the jazz tradition.” —GUARDIAN (UK)
Expect the unexpected when the Craig Taborn Trio take our stage. Quietly amassing a reputation as a player’s player on the New York scene (and garnering attention with last year’s austerely beautiful Avenging Angel), this innovative jazz pianist and composer infuses his work with influences ranging from jazz to the vanguard of electronica and classical. This may be the first time we’ve had the pleasure of presenting Taborn as the leader of his own band, but he’s wowed us previously as a sideman for talents like James Carter, Chris Potter, David Torn, and Tim Berne—we know you’re in for something special.
DANCE ON SCREEN
Dance fans, check out the onScreen pages for info about film programs featuring a tribute to the sensational Nicholas Brothers and Kalpana, a historical documentary on classical Indian dance by Uday Shankar (brother of musician Ravi Shankar).
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“A macabre masterpiece of invention and skill.” —WHAT’S ON STAGE
1927
The Animals and Children Took to the Streets THU–SAT, APR 18–20 | 8 pm SUN, APR 21 | 2 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members, $10 students, $18 public
Images courtesy of Nick Flintoff
Fans of the Tiger Lillies, Tim Burton, and the Quay Brothers will delight in the black humor and inventive stagecraft of British theater ensemble 1927. Described by the Guardian (UK) as “a jaw-droppingly clever and gloriously subversive parable,” their eyepopping production The Animals and Children Took to the Streets was a standout hit at the Edinburgh Festival, thrilling packed houses with a blend of song, stage action, and stunning animation—like a graphic novel come to life. This twisted tale submerges you in a dystopian netherworld slum called the Bayou and its infamous Bayou Mansions: a sprawling, rotting tenement block where curtain twitchers and peeping toms live side by side, and the wolf is always at the door. When poor Agnes Eaves and her young daughter arrive late one night seeking refuge, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun? Anything’s possible in 1927‘s darkly charming world.
VALGEIR SIGURÐSSON SUN, MAR 17 | 7 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $13 members, $13 students, $15 public
“[Architecture of Loss] is, quite simply, beautiful, heartwarming and a masterpiece.” —POPMATTERS Don’t miss this rare appearance by Iceland’s Valgeir Sigurðsson—composer, producer, and founder of the record label and artists collective Bedroom Community—as he tours to support his third solo effort, Architecture of Loss. Known for chillingly beautiful compositions (and collaborations with such artists as Björk and CocoRosie), Sigurðsson is dedicated to advancing music at the intersection of the new chamber and indie scenes. Nadia Sirota on viola teams up with Sigurðsson on piano and electronics to present a show that’s sure to delight fans who first saw such Icelandic artists as Sigur Rós, múm, and Ólöf Arnalds here.
Image courtesy of Samantha West
ZAMMUTO with Snowblink
FRI, APRIL 12 | 8 pm BLACK BOX ON MERSHON STAGE $12 all audiences
“As brilliant as the Books could be, he was only scratching the surface of his own musical interests within the group.”—CMJ Avant-pop artist Nick Zammuto is one of the indie scene’s most brilliant and experimental songsmiths. This fourpiece group—assembled after he dissolved the Books—showcases him creatively refreshed, replete with varied rhythms, electronic effects, and confident vocals that feel like a quantum leap from the near-whispers he’s previously employed. Toronto-based dream-pop duo Snowblink open the show. Image courtesy of the artist
VALGEIR SIGURÐSSON AND ZAMMUTO ARE STANDING-ONLY SHOWS.
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SUN, APR 7 | 2 pm MERSHON AUDITORIUM FREE Join us for a conversation with renowned artist Maya Lin as we celebrate the restoration of Groundswell, her iconic sculpture at the Wexner Center. Lin has maintained a careful balance of art and architecture throughout her remarkable career and created a body of work that includes large-scale site-specific installations, intimate studio artworks, architecture, and memorials. Current endeavors include an earthwork in New Zealand, a medical research center in Cambridge, MA, a park in Newport, RI, a multisite artwork intended to raise awareness about the crises of biodiversity and habitat loss, and exhibitions in New York and London in spring 2013. We’re delighted to welcome Lin back for a discussion of her work, past, present, and future.
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The Art of Resistance: An Inter-Generational Dialogue between the Civil Rights & Hip-Hop Generations
Mira Schor
TUE, MAR 19 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Noted for her advocacy of painting in today’s “post-medium” visual culture—and her contributions to feminist art history—artist and writer Mira Schor balances theoretical and political concerns with formalist and material passions. She’ll discuss her artistic practice, including recent works that meditate on the visual artist as a thinker, the place of painting in contemporary culture, and the ways painting is a uniquely sensual space for the visualization of thought itself. Schor is the author of the books A Decade of Negative Thinking: Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life and Wet: On Painting, Feminism, and Art Culture and the blog A Year of Positive Thinking.
SAT, MAR 9 | 9:30 pm–2 am MERSHON AUDITORIUM AND WEXNER CENTER $100 VIP $60 through Mar 8 $70 day-of-event
Cosponsored by the Ohio State’s Graduate Student Painting Club and Department of Art.
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Sammy Bananas (Brooklyn/Fools Gold) George Brazil, Jenny Arcade, C. J. Townsend
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Step into the light! The party of the year returns as the Wexner Center transforms into an all-night moveable feast for the eyes, taste buds, and, of course, booty. We’ll dance all night to deep grooves by renowned Brooklyn-based DJ/remixer Sammy Bananas, enjoy scrumptious delights from a dozen Dine Originals Columbus restaurants plus Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, and take in the three dazzling exhibitions in our galleries: Christian Marclay’s The Clock (which will screen until the wee hours), Josiah McElheny’s Towards a Light Club, and More American Photographs.
FRI, APR 12 | 4 pm
The VIP party in Mershon lobby starts the evening at 8 pm, with first crack at food, drink (plus a couple of complimentary ones), and making the scene. By the way, this event is 21 and over. Proceeds benefit Wexner Center education programs for children and youth. Presented with lead support from Big Lots and Dine Originals Columbus. Additional support provided by Crane Group, Heidelberg Distributing, OYO, and Portfolio Creative. Promotional support provided by alive! and CD102.5.
Nina Katchadourian
FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE Multimedia conceptual artist Nina Katchadourian talks about her work exploring the relationship of humans to the animal world and the process of collecting, sorting, translating, and mistranslating. Her projects include the Sorted Book series, Talking Popcorn, Natural Car Alarm, and the recent Seat Assignment. She is currently working on a permanent public piece for a border crossing station between the United States and Canada and has exhibited at venues including PS1/MoMA and the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, with solo exhibitions at the Tang Museum (at Skidmore College) and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art and the Living Culture Initiative.
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MON, MAR 4 | 7 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE, TICKETS REQUIRED How can we empower a new generation to advance a political agenda around issues that affect daily lives? What kind of new institutions can speak to the challenges facing young Americans in this post-election, post-recession moment? At his visit to the Wexner Center last October, Harry Belafonte issued a powerful call for intergenerational dialogue as a way to confront today’s challenges. The Art of Resistance brings together acclaimed contemporary artists in dialogue with artist/ activists of the black arts and civil rights movements, pioneers of hip-hop culture, and members of the next generation. Together, we’ll examine past alliances between art and social movements, with an eye on defining what political art and artful politics look like in today’s changing and polarized America. This town hall–style discussion explores the major civil rights issues of our time and encourages us all to find ways to work for the changes we believe in. For more information and a complete list of panelists, visit wexarts.org.
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Especially for Families
Terrapin Puppet Theatre Written by Finegan Kruckemeyer Directed by Frank Newman FRI, MAY 3 | 7:30 pm SAT–SUN, MAY 4–5 | 1 & 3 pm STUDIO ONE, RIFFE CENTER 77 SOUTH HIGH STREET $20 general public plus $4.15 Ticketmaster fee on all tickets
This astonishing maritime tale comes from Australia’s Terrapin Puppet Theatre, which has entertained kids internationally for 30 years. Boats takes you on a watery adventure with Nic and Job, seafaring sailors who share a love for the ocean. The story unfolds with actors, props, puppets, acrobatics, and live sound effects—including some from an underwater microphone!
Presented in partnership with CATCO. Terrapin Puppet Theatre and the tour of Boats assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and through Arts Tasmania by the Minister for the Arts.
Photo: Peter Mathew
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Super Sunday: It’s About Time SUN, MAR 3 | 12–5 pm FREE Designed for all ages, this Super Sunday open house invites you on a jaunt through time and history with activities and explorations suggested by Christian Marclay’s The Clock, Josiah McElheny’s Towards a Light Club, and the images in More American Photographs. See the exhibitions page for more info.
Wex Lab: Girlz Rock
in partnership with Girlz Rhythm N Rock Camp
FRI, APR 5 | 11 am–4 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $30 members, $40 general public Calling all girl rockers! Get into the swing of spring break at this workshop designed to teach you all about starting a band. We’ll show you the ins and outs of percussion, guitar, vocals, and writing music and lyrics, then let you collaborate on and perform a group piece in our Performance Space—one of the hottest venues in town. Grab a friend and your instruments (or just use ours), and come learn everything you need to know about playing, rehearsing, performing...and even a little of the business stuff, too. Lunch is included. Parents are invited to attend the final performance at 3:30 pm. Register online at tickets.wexarts.org.
Ohio Shorts: Youth Division ENTRY DEADLINE: FRI, MAR 22 SCREENING PARTY MON, APR 15 | 6–8:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER AND CAFÉ $2 all audiences Hey, there’s still time to submit your short film/ video (5 mins. or less) for the Ohio Shorts Youth Division competition for ages 18 and under. Find details, submission instructions, and info about prizes and jurors at wexarts.org/ohioshorts.
The Cave of Light: A Dark Symposium MON, APR 1 | 4 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER FREE, Reception follows A collaboration between artist Josiah McElheny, Ohio State Classics Professor Richard Fletcher, and Pablo Helguera, an artist known for his socially engaged art and performances, this event features two live performances and a “séance” inspired by McElheny’s inspirations for Towards a Light Club. A reception follows.
Then get ready for one of the coolest gatherings of the year, our screening party. Enjoy an evening of food, music, and amazing original videos produced by Ohio youth. You’re sure to be inspired and entertained, plus you can cheer on your peers and friends and meet new like-minded people. Vote for your favorite film, and you could help it win the Audience Choice Award. What could be a better way to spend a Monday night?
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Conversation with Chris Bradley and Jason Bradley-Krauss Chris Bradley and Jason Bradley-Krauss, two of our newest Donor Circles members, have already become frequent visitors to Wex events. Chris is the chief meteorologist at WBNS 10TV, and Jason is the creative director at House of Krauss, a graphic design agency. The couple lives in Worthington with their two children. They recently chatted with Senior Development Officer Katy Reis about their experiences so far and what they are looking forward to later this year.
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The Ohio State University’s Wexner Center for the Arts and STAR Program of the Wexner Medical Center PRESENT
A N U N F O RGE TTABLE E VE NING WI TH
Natalie Cole Special Opening Set by the Harmony Project
THU, APR 25 | 7:30 pm MERSHON AUDITORIUM $100 | $50 | $25 general public Don’t miss this memorable evening of songs filled with joy, heart, and soul. Grammy Award–winning singer, actress, and author Natalie Cole and her band share her inimitable take on the Great American Songbook. Columbus’s own Harmony Project kicks off the night with a mix of song and inspiration from its “200 strong” choir. Daughter of the legendary Nat “King” Cole, Natalie Cole has won multiple Grammy Awards and earned enduring fame with such hits as “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)” and the “Unforgettable” duet with her late father. While recording 2008’s Still Unforgettable (another Grammy winner), she was diagnosed with hepatitis C, and the following years saw her undergo extensive chemotherapy, dialysis, and, eventually, a kidney transplant. In her 2010 memoir, Love Brought Me Back, Cole told her own story of loss and recovery, sorrow and joy, success and despair, and, finally, success again. She is releasing an album of brand new material in spring 2013. Proceeds benefit the Wexner Center for the Arts and Ohio State’s Harding Behavioral Health’s STAR (Stress, Trauma, and Resilience) Program of the Wexner Medical Center. honorary event chairs: irene adams and trish cadwallader Visit wexarts.org/wexstarbenefit for more information about sponsorship packages for individuals, corporations, and foundations.
NOT A ME M B ER ? H ER E’ S H O W TO J O IN
Online: wexarts.org/join On site: Visit the Patron Services Desk or Wexner Center Store By phone: Call (614) 292-1777
Katy Reis: Tell us a little bit about why you joined the Wexner Center Donor Circles? Chis Bradley and Jason Bradley-Krauss: We both have enjoyed many wonderful exhibitions at the Wexner Center but wanted to take greater advantage of this gem in our city. After attending the Wexner Center Anniversary Gala in 2011, we were excited to explore more of the programming for our entire family. The Wex encourages us to celebrate our passion for the arts and meet others who share this commitment. KR: As new Donor Circles members, what benefit do you find most worthwhile and why? CB and JBK: We have really enjoyed the docent-led tours of the exhibitions. (Thank you, Jeri Sutton!) These tours have helped us gain greater insights and appreciation of the works of art. Meeting Annie Leibovitz and attending the preview party last fall was a thrill we will not soon forget. KR: What programs are you most looking forward to this spring and beyond? CB and JBK: The Clock sounds fascinating. We are planning a midnight visit with the kids to experience the Wex in a whole new way. The Anniversary Gala in the fall is also always something to look forward to. (We will arrange for a baby-sitter!) Head to the Wexblog to read more from this conversation (and find out Chris and Jason’s favorite dish at Heirloom).
Save the Date! Mark your calendars now for Friday, May 3, the evening we’ll celebrate the debut of our next set of exhibitions, which feature works by Paul Sietsema and Shimon Attie.
Enjoy benefits including free gallery admission, members-only films, special events, discounts, and much more. For additional information click the “Join” tab on our website wexarts.org, call (614) 292-1777, or email membership@wexarts.org.
TRACKS HEADPHONES AiAiAi
Break into Spring
Mary Jo Bole
artist’s book talk WED, APR 17 | 4 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER Celebrate the completion of sculptor, printmaker, and book artist Mary Jo Bole’s latest publications. Hear about Combing Columbus, a bicentennial project (and part of the city’s Finding Time public art series) that offers Bole’s idiosyncratic vision of the city she calls home, and Toilet Worship, Bole’s tribute to her ongoing fascination with plumbing. She’ll sign books in the Store after the talk.
OVAL BEACH T-SHIRT IN EXCLUSIVE COLORWAYS Columbus Urban Threads
GROW WATCH Andrea Morgante for Alessi
IPOD SHUFFLE Apple
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THE BOOKMAN BICYCLE LIGHT Bookman
Calendar of Events Published 6 times a year Volume 25, Number 2 March+April 2013 Store
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Information Visiting the Wexner Center L o c at i o n The Wexner Center for the Arts is located on the campus of Ohio State University at the corner of High Street and 15th Avenue. Off-site locations for other Wexner Center events are noted throughout this calendar/newsletter. Parking Parking is available in the Ohio Union Garages on campus and at the South Campus Gateway Garage, located one block east of North High Street between 9th and 11th Avenues. Limited, shortterm parking is available at the parking meters in front of Mershon Auditorium. c h e c k f o r u p d at e s Check wexarts.org or call (614) 292-3535 for updates. All programs are subject to change. Galleries Please note that the Wexner Center galleries are closed Mondays and between exhibitions. See the exhibitions pages for a current schedule.
General Support Tickets Purchase tickets at tickets.wexarts.org or from the Patron Services Desk (614 292-3535) on the entrance level of the Wexner Center. Ticketing services for sales and pickup of prepaid tickets are available at event locations one hour prior to showtimes. Film/Video tickets are available until a half-hour after showtimes or until the start of the second film of double features. (Sorry, no refunds or exchanges for Wexner Center tickets, unless an event is canceled.) osu students All Ohio State University students receive benefits including discounts in the Wexner Center Store and on films and performing arts events. Check out the schedules in the calendar and on the website! r e n ta l s Mershon Auditorium and selected Wexner Center spaces are available for corporate meetings or gatherings. See wexarts.org for details.
Tours group tours Prearranged group tours are available to school, youth, and college/university audiences, as well as adult community groups. These hour-long tours can be tailored to many different interests. Please make reservations for all group tours at least three weeks in advance. Call the education department at (614) 292-6493.
walk-in tours Walk-in Tours require no advance reservations. These tours feature highlights of the current exhibitions. See the current schedule inside this calendar.
The Wexner Center for the Arts is part of The Ohio State University and receives major public institutional support from the university. Major support is also provided through the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation and by Wexner Center members. The foundation is a private, nonprofit partner of the university’s Board of Trustees, established to provide trustee guidance and financial support for the Wexner Center.
Wexner Center Foundation Leslie H. Wexner Chair E. Gordon Gee Vice Chair James Lyski President Trustees Nicholas K. Akins David M. Aronowitz Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird Michael J. Canter Adam R. Flatto Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael P. Glimcher Elizabeth Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer James E. Kunk Bill Lambert Ronald A. Pizzuti Janet B. Reid Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Barbara Trueman Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Joseph A. Alutto Mark Shanda Bruce A. Soll Mark E. Vannatta
Senior Programming Staff Sherri Geldin Director Jack Jackson Deputy Director Shelly Casto Director of Education Jill Davis Director of Exhibitions Management David Filipi Director of Film/Video Charles R. Helm Director of Performing Arts Bill Horrigan Curator at Large Jennifer Lange Curator of Film/Video Studio Program Calendar of Events Staff Ann Bremner Editor Erica Anderson Senior Graphic Designer Michael Greenler Graphic Designer