WEXNER CENTER FOR THE ARTS | THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | 1871 NORTH HIGH STREET | COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210-1393
03+04 2015
NON-PROFIT ORG U S POSTAGE P A I D COLUMBUS OHIO PERMIT NO 711
MARCH+APRIL 2015 EVENTS
wexner center for the arts
ANN HAMILTON SITI COMPANY
the theater is a blank page artist residency award project | world premiere
onStage WORLD PREMIERE
ANN HAMILTON SITI COMPANY
wexner center artist residency award project
the theater is a blank page
THU–SAT, APR 23–25 | 7:30 pm SUN, APR 26 | 2 pm MERSHON AUDITORIUM $17 members $20 general public $10 students LIMITED-CAPACITY EVENT WITH 120 SEATS PER SHOW Be among the first to experience this immersive performance created by theater innovators SITI Company and renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton—one of the signature moments of the Wexner Center’s 25th Anniversary Season and the culmination of their 2014–15 Artist Residency Award.
INSET: Anne Bogart of SITI Company (left) and Ann Hamilton (right) ABOVE AND RIGHT: Images courtesy of Ann Hamilton and SITI Company
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WEXNER CENTER ARTIST RESIDENCY AWARD
Hamilton met SITI Company through their repeat visits and residencies at the Wexner Center (see story at right), which led to her inviting SITI actors and designers to take part in her acclaimed installation the event of a thread at New York’s Park Avenue Armory in late 2012. Their first full collaboration, the theater is a blank page, is a new performance installation work that will be finalized here in residence for its April debut. Hamilton will work on every phase of the collaboration with SITI Company’s co-artistic directors for this project: Anne Bogart, Leon Ingulsrud, and Ellen Lauren. Hamilton has a long history of including performative elements in her installation work, and the theater is a blank page brings to the fore her interest in shaping performance from a conceptual, visual art–based perspective. At the same time, the project draws on SITI Company’s consummate skills as theater-makers while pushing their aesthetic into fresh experimental territory.
The work’s title metaphorically refers to the simultaneously solitary and immersive, sensory yet imaginative experience of reading. As an extension of this idea, Hamilton and SITI will focus their performance, in part, on the apparatus of the theater—its architecture, mechanics, and tools—as well as the transformative process of artists discovering what can be conjured there together with an audience. The new work will also utilize text from Virginia Woolf’s pivotal modernist novel To the Lighthouse (1927), whose evocative language and inventive narrative make it a fertile point of departure. 25th Anniversary Season event support is provided by the Ohio Arts Council. Residency and related events are made possible through the support of the Wexner Center Artist Residency Award program and the National Endowment for the Arts.
SUPPORTING THE VISION
Over the course of our 25th Anniversary Season, we’ve showcased innovative artists who have longstanding relationships with the Wex, and in particular artists who have developed new work supported by the center’s Artist Residency Award. Ann Hamilton and SITI Company’s the theater is a blank page is the latest in this series of signature anniversary programs. Hamilton (1994–95 award recipient in visual arts), who lives and works in Columbus while also teaching at Ohio State, has developed projects with Wexner Center support in all of our program areas: from her 1996 midcareer survey exhibition the body and the object and video created in our Film/Video Studio to her first collaborations with Meg Stuart and Meredith Monk, coproduced by our performing arts program. Favorites of Wex theater followers for years, SITI Company has also benefited from multiple creative residencies at the center that resulted in the premieres here of Bob (1998), Alice’s Adventures (1998), Room (2000), Score (2002), and Death and the Ploughman (2004), among other productions seen on our stages.
Perfume Genius with
Jenny Hval
MON, MAR 16 | 8 pm BLACK BOX ON MERSHON STAGE $15 all audiences
“Glittered with transcendent brilliance, gilded shadows do not hide the empowered dramatic turn of Perfume Genius’s Too Bright.” —POPMATTERS
Over the course of their careers, both Hamilton and SITI have been keen advocates of the Wexner Center. When asked why she chooses to live in Columbus, Hamilton has noted that her “answer is simple: #1 = family. #2 = the Wexner Center for the Arts.” Speaking of their relationship with the Wex, Bogart of SITI remarks “The magic happens over time … with the Wexner what’s happened is there’s an interest about how we’re developing, a curiosity about where we’re going.” Bringing together artists of different disciplines who have found deep kinship here, the theater is a blank page underscores our mission to serve as both a laboratory for creative exploration and a place where audiences can witness the creative process as it unfolds.
With his incandescent new release Too Bright (Matador Records), Seattle-based singer-songwriter Mike Hadreas (who performs as Perfume Genius) has truly arrived with an album that’s a turning point in his career. Portishead’s Adrian Utley, acting here as producer, has fleshed out Too Bright’s songs with synths and organic instrumental textures, pushing the tracks to darker corners and hyperreal heights to support Hadreas’s raw-yetdefiant lyrics. Not shying away from the complexities of his queerness, he delivers sly lines like “No family is safe when I sashay” with an air of winning mischief that will brighten up your night. The proceedings begin with Norwegian singer-songwriter Jenny Hval, known for her own transgressive thrusts at the sonic and societal status quo. Note: This show is standing room only. PERFUME GENIUS Photo: Luke Gilford Image courtesy of the artist
The Mountain Goats with
Ides of Gemini
WED, APR 22 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $20 all audiences Limit 4 tickets per order
“This is literary rock as it should be.” —ROBERT CHRISTGAU ON THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
Led by singer/songwriter John Darnielle, The Mountain Goats return to the Wex in support of their upcoming release Beat the Champ (Merge Records), a collection of songs about professional wrestling due out April 7. “I wrote these songs to re-immerse myself in the blood and fire of the visions that spoke to me as a child,” Darnielle notes, “and to see what more there might be in them now that I’m grown.” Author of the New York Times bestselling novel Wolf in White Van, Darnielle’s dark, wry wit and literate approach guarantees his many fans will savor his latest songs, as well as enjoy hearing past favorites played live. LA trio Ides of Gemini will open the evening with a set of their hypnotic, darkedged sonic dreamscapes. This show’s sure to sell out, so don’t delay in getting your tickets. Note: This show is standing room only.
onStage Samita Sinha Cipher “Mesmerizing. This is fusion… in the best sense.”—TIME OUT FRI–SAT, MAR 27–28 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE $16 members $18 general public $10 students Enter a unique sonic and theatrical world drawn from composer and vocalist Samita Sinha’s North Indian musical roots. A staged performance work for solo voice and electronics, Cipher utilizes Sinha’s practice of “body-sound”—a way of singing that unites voice, physical gesture, language, and space into potent articulations that range from raw guttural bursts and speech to beautiful song. Channeling mythological goddesses from the Hindu and Buddhist pantheons, Sinha creates multilayered soundscapes by mixing her vocalizations with loops and electronic samples of classical Indian instruments to evoke centuries-old traditions as well as today’s futuristic digital realms. Performed in a sculptural environment designed by collaborator Dani Leventhal (an assistant professor in Ohio State’s Department of Art), Cipher is a beguiling and otherworldly experience that will transport you. Cipher is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art in partnership with Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech; Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University; RedCat, California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles; and NPN. For more information: www.npnweb.org. This project is made possible in part by support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the NPN Performance Residency Program. SAMITA SINHA Photo © Paula Court
Vijay Iyer Trio “The Vijay Iyer Trio has the potential to alter the scope, ambition and language of jazz piano forever.”—JAZZWISE THU, APR 16 | 8 pm PERFORMANCE SPACE
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Adventuresome jazz piano artist Vijay Iyer’s musical interests are many and varied. All along, however, Iyer’s musical home base and foundation has been his jazz trio—the acutely attuned players with whom he cleanly articulates his intricate yet accessible compositional ideas and dynamic playing. Now with ECM Records, Iyer will tour in support of his latest trio release, Break Stuff, which features his colleagues Marcus Gilmore on drums and Stephan Crump on bass as they further stretch the parameters of the classic jazz piano trio. Together they create powerful new music that is not only firmly grounded in groove and pulse, but also rhythmically advanced, fluidly improvisational, emotionally compelling, and innovative in form. A review on NPR.org perhaps said it best, calling the group “truly astonishing … they make challenging music sound immediately enjoyable.”
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onScreen Essential Essential 3D 3D Directed by some of the cinema’s greatest filmmakers, past and present, the six films in Essential 3D provide wonderful examples of 3D technology creatively used to fulfill an artist’s aesthetic vision.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Hugo
Dial M for Murder
(Werner Herzog, 2010)
SAT, MAR 14 | 2 pm
SAT, MAR 21 | 7 pm
THU, MAR 5 | 7 pm
FREE (tickets required)
Werner Herzog received special permission from the French government to film inside of Chauvet Cave in southern France, site of the oldest known images created by humans. Once a skeptic of 3D filmmaking, Herzog believed that only the 3D effect would give the viewer a satisfactory experience of the fragile cave paintings. (89 mins., 3D DCP)
The enchanting Hugo follows a young boy who secretly lives in Paris’s Montparnasse train station and maintains the station’s clocks while keeping alive his father’s dream of repairing a mysterious automaton. Eventually the boy crosses paths with the fantasy film pioneer Georges Méliès, whom he enlists to help repair the mechanical man. Scorsese’s first use of 3D is a moving elegy to the cinema’s mechanical past as it moves into the digital era. (126 mins., 3D DCP)
Pina
(Wim Wenders, 2011)
THU, MAR 12 | 7 pm The great contemporary choreographer Pina Bausch died just as Wim Wenders was preparing a documentary on her incredible life and career. Convinced to proceed with the film by Bausch’s company, Wenders records a selection of some of her best-known pieces in vivid 3D while also capturing moving remembrances by her dancers. (106 mins., 3D DCP)
(Martin Scorsese, 2011)
(Alfred Hitchcock, 1954)
“Seen in 3D, it’s a revelation!” —VILLAGE VOICE
Dial M for Murder was the only film Hitchcock shot in 3D, and this digital 4K restoration allows for the most accurate (and readily available) 3D presentation of it in decades. The quintessential cool blonde, Grace Kelly stars as a society woman married to an exceedingly jealous husband (Ray Milland). His plans to dispatch her with a perfect murder disintegrate thanks to a well-placed pair of scissors. (105 mins., 3D 4K DCP)
Gravity
(Alfonso Cuarón, 2013)
THU, MAR 19 | 7 pm Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Director, Cinematography, and Visual Effects, Gravity stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as astronauts who become stranded in space after their shuttle becomes damaged. Few scenes in recent cinema have provided such a visceral thrill as the 3D-enhanced debris field that plagues the astronauts as they attempt to survive their aborted mission. (91 mins., 3D DCP)
Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard, 2014)
WED, MAR 25 | 7 pm
“At age 83, Godard has given us one of his most glorious works.” —JAMES QUANDT, NATIONAL POST (CANADA)
Jean-Luc Godard has altered the entire trajectory of cinema countless times, and now, in his 43rd feature, he pushes the boundaries of 3D filmmaking. A plot summary is impossible for this film, which is more concerned with the immediate moment in front of the camera, swirling ideas about the state of the world, and exploding the possibilities of the cinematic form. As Variety notes, the film reaffirms Godard’s risk-taking genius with “69 densely packed minutes that feel like an adrenaline shot to the brain.” (70 mins., 3D DCP)
FROM TOP: GRAVITY Image courtesy of Warner Bros. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS Image courtesy of IFC Films HUGO Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures DIAL M FOR MURDER Image courtesy of Warner Bros. GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE Image courtesy of Kino Lorber Films HUGO Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FILM/VIDEO
ROHAUER COLLECTION FOUNDATION SUPPORT FOR CINEMA REVIVAL
Our five-day celebration of film restoration concludes with a program of beloved classic cartoons from the Disney Archive and a rediscovered jazz-era classic starring Colleen Moore. Visit wexarts.org/cinemarevival for complete film descriptions and tickets. Presented with support from Susan Tomasky and Ron Ungvarsky and Robert Gray Palmer and Susan Lee Simms.
Milestones in Disney Animation SUN, MAR 1 | 11:30 am
Why Be Good? (William A. Seiter, 1929)
SUN, MAR 1 | 1:30 pm
SUSAN TOMASK Y AND RON UNGVARSK Y ROBERT GR AY PALMER AND SUSAN LEE SIMMS SUPPORT FOR FREE AND LOW-COST PROGRAMS
onScreen VISITING FILMMAKERS
Josephine Decker “Josephine Decker throws herself into the urgency, the infinite promise, and the danger of the cinema—and she seems to thrive, on the edge of that danger.”—RICHARD BRODY, NEW YORKER With the recent release of her first two features, actor/writer/ director Josephine Decker is being hailed as a strong and original new voice in American independent cinema. Already a familiar screen presence in indie film circles, Decker is receiving accolades anew for her behind-the-camera talents, even prompting the New Yorker to declare “a star is born” on the strength of her first directorial efforts. Join us as Decker introduces both features during her visit.
Matías Piñeiro “Piñeiro is possessed of one of the most idiosyncratic, quietly confident sensibilities in contemporary cinema.” –ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES
Among the filmmaking talents to recently emerge from Argentina, Matías Piñeiro has quickly become one of the most acclaimed directors in the international film community. His delicate films capture bohemian life in Buenos Aires through the artistic and romantic pursuits of his young, endearing casts. Piñeiro’s latest films have been centered around Shakespeare’s comedies in ways that integrate life and art—and ingeniously make the playwright’s familiar works feel new again.
Rosalinda (2010) Viola (2012) WED, APR 8 | 7 pm 2ND FILM 7:55 pm A beguiling variation on As You Like It, Rosalinda follows a troupe of young actors rehearsing their production of the classic farce. After the lead actress receives a troubling phone call, the boundaries between life and theater blur as both she and her character become the cast’s shared object of desire. (45 mins., DCP) In Viola, Piñeiro’s breakthrough film and a delightfully inventive meditation on Twelfth Night, the title character meets a group of young women rehearsing a mash-up of Shakespeare’s plays. The film then blossoms into a dreamlike, intimate narrative of romantic intrigue. (65 mins., DCP)
Matías Piñeiro
introduces
The Princess of France (2014) WED, APR 15 | 7 pm Full of clever wordplay and moments of sheer cinematic bliss, The Princess of France is Piñeiro’s most ambitious film yet. After the death of his father, Victor returns to Buenos Aires and rekindles his artistic pursuits and romantic foibles. While staging a radio play of Love’s Labour’s Lost, Victor and the cast—which includes a number of his former, current, and potential lovers—become increasingly enmeshed with the fiction they’re reworking. (70 mins., DCP) VIOLA Image courtesy of Cinema Guild
Josephine Decker
Josephine Decker
introduces
introduces
Butter on the Latch (2013)
FRI, MAR 27 | 7 pm The often dreamlike Butter on the Latch follows two fairly unstable women who reunite at a Balkan folk music camp in northern California. Rifts in their longtime friendship appear as one of them becomes attracted to a man in camp. Emphasizing elliptical moments of heightened emotion over conventional storytelling, Decker displays a highly poetic approach to filmmaking that is both original and liberating. (70 mins., DCP)
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014) SAT, MAR 28 | 7 pm
Evoking John Steinbeck’s classic novel East of Eden and the films of Terrence Malick, Thou Wast Mild and Lovely is a simmering erotic thriller that follows an alcoholic farmer, his adult daughter, and a hired hand (Joe Swanberg) who starts up a romance with the vulnerable daughter, but fails to mention his wife and child back home. (79 mins., DCP) BUTTER ON THE LATCH Image courtesy of Cinelicious Pics
Sam Green The Measure of All Things (2014) with live music by the Quavers SAT, APR 18 | 7 pm $10 members, students, seniors $12 general public Audience favorite Sam Green returns for his third “live documentary” event (following the unforgettable Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller with Yo La Tengo in 2012). The Measure of All Things is a meditation on fate, time, and the outer regions of the human experience that’s inspired by the Guinness Book of Records. Green narrates the film live while the Quavers (Todd Griffin and Catherine McRae with Fugazi’s Brendan Canty) perform its soundtrack. It’s an experience you’ll only find here at the Wex, on this specific night, so don’t miss out! (65 mins., video)
Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden
introduce
Almost There (2014) FRI, APR 3 | 7 pm
“A strong and original film, and one you will respond to.” —STEVE JAMES (LIFE ITSELF, HOOP DREAMS)
The engrossing documentary Almost There follows the twists and turns Chicago filmmakers Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden encounter after befriending octogenarian outsider artist Peter Anton. Fascinated by Anton’s paintings and elaborate collage diaries, the filmmakers help him mount his first gallery exhibition. But revelations about Anton's past emerge, raising complex questions that test the limits of their participation and altruism. Rybicky and Wickenden visited the center's Film/Video Studio to finish the film, and we're thrilled to have them back for what is sure to be a lively screening and discussion. (93 mins., video) THE MEASURE OF ALL THINGS Photo: Sam Green
COSPONSORED TALKS
CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
2014 Sundance Film Festival Animated Shorts WED, MAR 4 | 7 pm Take a rambunctious ride with some of the world’s most creative animators! The Sundance Film Festival Animated Shorts program features a diverse array of styles, techniques, and genres from recent editions of the festival. Among the highlights are Chris Landreth’s Subconscious Password (2013), Don Hertzfeldt’s It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2011), Julia Pott’s Belly (2011), and Bernardo Britto’s Yearbook (2014), winner of the fest’s Short Film Jury Award for animation. (90 mins., DCP) Note: some content may not be suitable for children. Visit wexarts.org/film-video for a complete lineup.
Interstellar
Human Capital
FRI–SAT, MAR 6–7 | 7 pm
FRI, APR 17 | 7 pm
(Christopher Nolan, 2014)
ONLY OHIO 70MM SCREENINGS! Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Original Score, Production Design, and Visual Effects, Interstellar follows a team of astronauts as they travel through a wormhole in search of habitable worlds in an attempt to save humanity trapped on a nearly depleted Earth. Nolan is one of today’s leading (and last) proponents of filming on actual celluloid, and we’re thrilled to present Ohio’s lone screenings of Interstellar in his preferred 70mm format. (169 mins., 70mm)
(Paolo Virzì, 2013)
“Human Capital confirms Paolo Virzì as one of the more dynamic directors … blending biting commentary with expert narrational skills.”—VARIETY Italy’s submission for this year’s Academy Awards, Human Capital is both a stylish whodunit and a subtle social critique. The film revolves around two well-to-do families and their possible involvement in a serious accident involving a bicyclist and an SUV. Valeria Bruni Tedeschi received the Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her performance. (109 mins., DCP)
INSET FROM LEFT: BELLY (Julia Pott, 2011) Image courtesy of Sundance Institute INTERSTELLAR Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures HUMAN CAPITAL Image courtesy of Film Movement RIGHT: INTERSTELLAR Image courtesy of Paramount Pictures
FILM/VIDEO TICKET INFO
$6 members, students, senior citizens $8 general public $3 children under 12
The Box is back and better than ever! In honor of our 25th anniversary, we're dedicating the entire year to work generated with the support of the Wexner Center’s Film/Video Studio Program. See works from the early 1990s, the past year, and everything in between! DISGRACED MONUMENTS Image courtesy of the artist COLD STORAGE Image courtesy of the artist
MARCH Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis
Disgraced Monuments (1991–93) In Disgraced Monuments, filmmakers Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis use rare archival footage and interviews with artists, art historians, and museum directors to examine the fate of Soviet-era monuments during successive political regimes, from the Russian Revolution through the collapse of communism. Mulvey (also a notable film theorist) and Lewis highlight both the social relevance of these relics and the cyclical nature of history. (48 mins., video)
APRIL Erik Levine
Cold Storage (2014) Continuing his exploration of male identity and masculinity in contemporary society, New York–based artist Erik Levine trains his lens on an Argentinian slaughterhouse in his newest work, Cold Storage. The violent nature of the setting is only suggested as Levine chooses instead to focus on the details of the space and the ritualistic moments that precede and follow the slaughter. (19 mins., HD video)
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. SCREENINGS
All events are in the Film/Video Theater, unless otherwise indicated. Non-English language films have English subtitles, unless otherwise indicated. All programs are subject to change.
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Milestones in Disney Animation | 11:30 am Why Be Good? | 1:30 pm Film/Video Theater
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Super Sunday: FiberFull Everywhere at the Wexner Center | noon–5 pm
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Double Take: Ryan Skinner and Denise Noble on Hassan Hajjaj
Galleries | 12:30 pm
Inaugurated in 1989 as a bold experiment in presenting and supporting the creation of contemporary art in a university setting, the Wexner Center celebrates its 25th Anniversary Season this year. Our incredible programming continues this spring. Don’t delay in purchasing your tickets for this season’s signature events, including the world premiere of Ann Hamilton and SITI Company’s the theater is a blank page.
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Perfume Genius with Jenny Hval
Black Box on Mershon Stage 8 pm
23 PP COSPONSORED EVENT
I’m Not Racist… Am I?
onView IN THE GALLERIES THROUGH APRIL 12
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1
The Box MARCH
Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis Disgraced Monuments
Mar Reception | 5 pm Film/Video Theater | 5:30 pm
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Wings of the Morning
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
24 EX EXHIBITION-RELATED EVENT
Artist’s Talk: Beryl Korot
Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
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Banff Mountain Film Festival
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Erik Levine Cold Storage
Store Be ready for April showers with a Wex umbrella, or put a spring in your step by stocking up on new music, like the deluxe vinyl box set of Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, from upcoming Next@Wex Fest headliners Belle and Sebastian. Members receive discounts in store and online at store.wexarts.org, including on Herman Miller furniture. Your purchases help support all the Wexner Center’s programs.
13 FV COSPONSORED TALK
Francesco Pitassio Transnational Neorealism Film/Video Theater | 4:30 pm
Heirloom Café Enjoy the fresh taste of spring with Heirloom’s salads and wraps, featuring locally grown veggies and herbs, along with their all-day breakfast fare, sandwiches, baked goods, and more. Heirloom will be open noon–4 pm to fuel your explorations during Super Sunday: FiberFull (March 1), and until 7 pm before both Banff Mountain Film Festival screenings (March 31 & April 1).
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SAMITA SINHA Photo © Paula Court
the theater is a blank page Mershon Auditorium | 2 pm
14 FV CLASSICS
El Mariachi introduced by Frederick Luis Aldama Film/Video Theater | 7 pm Book Signing | 6:30 pm
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4 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
2014 Sundance Film Festival Animated Shorts
5 FV ESSENTIAL 3D
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
11 Artist’s Talk: Kurt Hentschläger
6 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Interstellar
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Pina
Interstellar
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Actress
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 4 pm
7 FV CONTEMPORARY SCREEN
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Hugo
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Gravity
Dial M for Murder
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Goodbye to Language
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day introduced by Ron Magliozzi, MoMA Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Josephine Decker introduces Butter on the Latch Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
PA SAMITA SINHA
Cipher
Performance Space | 8 pm
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Banff Mountain Film Festival
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Maidan
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden introduce Almost There Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Josephine Decker introduces Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Cipher
Performance Space | 8 pm
4 PP FOR TEENS
WexLab Crafty Fiber Jam with Rebecca Morton, Jean Pitman, and Friends Performance Space | 11 am–4 pm
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Rosalinda Viola
Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater 7 pm | second film 7:55 pm
11 PP COSPONSORED EVENT
Weinland Park Billboard Project Celebration
Godman Guild | 2–4 pm 303 East Sixth Avenue FV SPECIAL EVENT
Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
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Matías Piñeiro introduces The Princess of France
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Vijay Iyer Trio Performance Space | 8 pm
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Human Capital
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
22 Stations of the Elevated preceded by Daybreak Express and The Wonder Ring Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA NEXT@WEX
Mountain Goats with Ides of Gemini
Performance Space | 8 pm
Sam Green & the Quavers The Measure of All Things Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm
FV CLASSICS
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the theater is a blank page Mershon Auditorium | 7:30 pm
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Secret Cinema
Film/Video Theater | 7 pm PA ANN HAMILTON AND SITI COMPANY
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Ohio Shorts: Adult and Youth Division Screening Film/Video Theater | 7 pm Reception follows in café
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Mershon Auditorium | 7:30 pm
PA ANN HAMILTON AND SITI COMPANY
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Mershon Auditorium | 7:30 pm
onScreen NEW DOCUMENTARY Actress
Maidan
FRI, MAR 13 | 7 pm
THU, APR 2 | 7 pm
(Robert Greene, 2014)
“One of the greatest documentaries I’ve ever seen.”
FROM TOP: ACTRESS Pictured: Brandy Burre Image courtesy of Cinema Guild STATIONS OF THE ELEVATED Image courtesy of Artists Public Domain/ Cinema Conservancy WINGS OF THE MORNING Image courtesy of Cohen Film Collection
(Sergei Loznitsa, 2014)
“Easily the most rigorous, vital and powerful movie of 2014.”
—BILGE EBIRI, NEW YORK MAGAZINE
—VILLAGE VOICE
Sandusky, Ohio, native Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire when she gave up her career to start a family. When she decides to reclaim her life as an actor, the domestic world she’s carefully created crumbles around her. This compelling-yet-unnerving documentary begins to feel like an intimate melodrama as it never becomes clear whether Burre is being herself or playing her next role. (86 mins., DCP)
Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, the urgent Maidan chronicles the civil uprising that toppled the government of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and subsequently developed into an international crisis. Filmed in stunning long takes, and presented without commentary, Maidan is a record of a momentous historical event and an extraordinary study of the uprising as a social, cultural, and philosophical phenomenon. (128 mins., DCP)
EL MARIACHI Image courtesy of Sony Pictures DAYBREAK EXPRESS Image courtesy of the artist
CLASSICS Wings of the Morning (Harold D. Schuster, 1937)
TUE, MAR 17 | 7 pm Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a new digital restoration of this sparkling romantic adventure. Filmed in stunning locations across Ireland and England, Wings of the Morning follows a beautiful young girl who must marry a nobleman to fulfill a prophecy, but decides to defy destiny after meeting a Canadian horse trainer (Henry Fonda). Wings of the Morning was the first British film to be shot in full Technicolor and remains one of the most spectacularly photographed early color films. (89 mins., DCP)
El Mariachi (Robert Rodriguez, 1992)
introduced by Frederick Luis Aldama TUE, APR 14 | 7 pm BOOK SIGNING | 6:30 pm Shot on a shoestring budget in northern Mexico, El Mariachi became a surprise hit and helped launch Robert Rodriguez’s career. The first of his Mexico Trilogy (with Desperado and Once Upon a Time in Mexico), El Mariachi follows a traveling musician who is mistaken for a violent criminal and then targeted by a local drug lord and his henchmen. (81 mins., 35mm) Ohio State’s Frederick Luis Aldama (Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of English) signs copies of his new book The Cinema of Robert Rodriguez (2014, University of Texas Press) at 6:30 pm in the Wexner Center Store.
Stations of the Elevated
(Manfred Kirchheimer, 1981)
preceded by Daybreak Express (D. A. Pennebaker, 1953) and The Wonder Ring (Stan Brakhage, 1955) WED, APR 22 | 7 pm An obscure 1981 cult masterpiece, Stations of the Elevated finally enjoys a wide release with this new restoration. Dedicated to the extravagant graffiti on New York City’s MTA trains and set to music by jazz giant Charles Mingus, the film celebrates an urban art form during one of its most fertile moments. (45 mins., DCP) Preceded by D. A. Pennebaker’s marvelous Daybreak Express, with beautiful footage of packed, filthy trains set to Duke Ellington’s music (5 mins., 35mm) and Stan Brakhage’s The Wonder Ring, a documentary of the Third Avenue El before it was torn down. (6 mins., 16mm)
SPECIAL EVENTS
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913)
introduced by
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Rare Baseball Films: The Newsreels
FRI, APR 24 | 7 pm
TUE–WED, MAR 31–APR 1 | 7 pm
FRI–SAT, APR 10–11 | 7 pm
$3 all audiences
Just in time for baseball season, Rare Baseball Films returns for its 12th year. Again drawing on newsreels from the Hearst Metrotone News Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive, tonight’s screening lets you relive some of the best moments in the history of the game. Come out and see such greats as Babe Ruth; Willie Mays; Jackie, Brooks, and Frank Robinson; and baseball played by Little Leaguers, on donkeys, in canoes, and more! (approx. 120 mins., video)
Each Secret Cinema features a new film never released in Columbus, a new or restored print of a selected classic, or something so rare or unusual it deserves to be screened. Throw caution to the wind and see what we have in store for you! Our last Secret Cinema screening was the documentary The American Dreamer (1971), about Dennis Hopper, in December 2014.
Consposored by Ohio State's Department of Recreational Sports.
SAT, APR 25 | 7 pm
Special thanks to the UCLA Film & Television Archive for its assistance with this program. Thanks also to Paul Gordon, Library and Archives Canada; the Dawson City Museum and Historical Society Collection; and Bill Morrison.
PUBLIC RECEPTION FOLLOWS IN THE CAFÉ $3 all audiences
Ron Magliozzi, Museum of Modern Art, New York
$10 members, students, seniors $13 general public
Live musical accompaniment by Derek DiCenzo
Each year, the Banff Mountain Film Festival presents the world’s most creative and inspiring outdoor adventure films—and, like last year, we’ve got twice the excitement, with two nights and two separate programs. See award-winning selections from last fall’s festival that focus on snowboarding, skiing, mountain biking, climbing, BASE jumping, and other high-altitude activities. (approx. 150 mins., video) Visit wexarts.org in March for a complete lineup of each night. Heirloom will stay open until 7 pm both nights so you can grab dinner before the films.
THU, MAR 26 | 7 pm Headlined by Bert Williams, the first great black star on Broadway, Lime Kiln Club Field Day is thought to be the oldest surviving feature film with an African American cast. Discovered in MoMA’s film vault and restored 100 years later, the seven reels of film presented here were intended for a romantic comedy that was never completed and include compelling footage that shows “offscreen” interactions between the actors and directors. MoMA Associate Curator of Film Ron Magliozzi, who oversaw the restoration, discusses the project before tonight’s screening. (Program approx. 100 mins., 35mm)
Cosponsored by Ohio State's Department of Recreational Sports Outdoor Adventure Center.
Preserved by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, with support from the Lillian Gish Trust for Film Preservation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation.
TOP: ARCTIC SWELL: SURFING THE ENDS OF THE EARTH Photo: Chris Burkard
Secret Cinema
Ohio Shorts
Join us for the 20th anniversary of our popular Ohio Shorts program! This year you’ll see the best in Ohio-produced short films in both the adult and youth (18 and under) divisions at the same screening. Audience members will be able to vote for their favorite film, and cash prizes will be awarded to filmmakers selected by the audience and jury. Meet the filmmakers and fellow film fans in the Wexner Center Café at a reception after the screening.
INSET FROM LEFT: BERT WILLIAMS: LIME KILN CLUB FIELD DAY Image courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art, New York ARCTIC SWELL Photo: Chris Burkard RARE BASEBALL FILMS Pictured: Robin Roberts RIGHT: RARE BASEBALL FILMS Pictured: Carl Hubbell
COSPONSORED TALKS ARTIST’S TALK
Kurt Hentschläger
LECTURE
Francesco Pitassio
WED, MAR 11 | 4 pm
Transnational Neorealism
FREE for all audiences
MON, APR 13 | 4:30 pm
Chicago-based, Austrian-born artist Kurt Hentschläger creates audiovisual performances and installations. Speaking in Columbus for the first time, he’ll present his Image courtesy of the artist intriguing sound- and installation-based work, the immersive nature of which reflects on metaphors of the sublime and the human condition, as well as the impact of new technologies on both individual and collective consciousness. Hentschläger’s work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and MoMA PS1, New York, among other international venues. He is currently a visiting artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of Art’s Art & Technology program.
FREE for all audiences Film scholar Francesco Pitassio discusses the Italian films of a host of international directors—Max Neufeld, Géza von Radványi, René Clément, Wilhelm Dieterle, Michał Waszyński, and Joseph Losey—positioning neorealism as a transnational (and not just uniquely Italian) film style. Dr. Pitassio is associate professor of the History of Cinema at the University of Udine, Italy. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Department of French and Italian and Film Studies Program.
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THROUGH APRIL 12, 2015
Hassan Hajjaj
My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1
Experience the vibrant sights and sounds of Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1, a threechannel video installation now on view in our galleries. For this piece, Moroccan-born artist Hassan Hajjaj (b. 1961) recorded performances from an international array of musicians whom he outfitted in boldly colorful costumes that combine high-end couture and traditional Moroccan fabrics. You’ll see these dynamic players performing in front of patterned textiles in this HASSAN HAJJAJ My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1, 2012 Three-channel HD video projection Color, sound; 29 min., 56 sec. Courtesy of Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
innovative work that interweaves high fashion and vernacular style, as well as local craftsmanship and contemporary art, ultimately forming a new dialogue between the global and the local. Our presentation of the installation is accompanied by a Hajjaj-created viewing environment, Le Salon, which combines native Moroccan fabric and furniture fashioned from found objects. Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1 is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts with help from Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York. The production of the work was generously supported by Rose Issa.
ABOVE FROM LEFT: Mandisa Dumezweni; Boubacar Kafando; Simo Lagnawi; Poetic Pilgrimage (Muneera Rashida and Sukina Abdul Noor); Luzmira Zerpa; José James; Toca Feliciano; The Venus Bushfires (Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor); Marques Toliver
OPPOSITE PAGE: The Venus Bushfires (Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor)
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present “A major achievement, giving an under-recognized sculptural history its due.”—ART IN AMERICA Don’t miss the first exhibition in four decades to broadly examine the development and diversity of fiber-based contemporary art. Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present features 32 artists whose boundary-pushing works explore abstraction, materiality, and the blurred lines between art and craft. Following the shift in fiber art from wall hanging to sculpture that began in the 1960s (and was informed by that era’s many movements), the exhibition revels in both the diversity of fiber itself and its application in a dizzying variety of scales. You’ll encounter colorful and immersive works that range from the intimate to the architectural and that incorporate other media such as video and sound. And you’ll see significant examples of fiber art by early innovators, including Ohio natives Robert Rohm, Lenore Tawney, and Claire Zeisler, and such notable contemporary artists as Alexandre da Cunha, Ernesto Neto, and Haegue Yang.
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston and curated by Jenelle Porter, Mannion Family Senior Curator. Major support for the exhibition is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; The Coby Foundation, Ltd.; Kate and Chuck Brizius; Robert and Jane Burke; Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser; Karen and Brian Conway; Bridgitt and Bruce Evans; Jim and Audrey Foster; Allison and Edward Johnson; Barbara Lee; Tristin and Martin Mannion; Mark and Marie Schwartz; and Anonymous. Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present Installation view at the Wexner Center Photo: Brandon Ballog LEFT: NAOMI KOBAYASHI Ito wa ito, 1980 Cotton, 12 1/4 x 160 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
SUPPORT FOR FIBER: SCULPTURE 1960–PRESENT
RIGHT: ELSI GIAUQUE Élément spatial (Spatial Element), 1979 Linen, silk, wool, and metal 20 frames, each 35 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 1/4 in. Mudac–Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland
SUPPORT FOR FREE ADMISSION DAYS
FREE RELATED EVENTS Super Sunday: FiberFull SUN, MAR 1 | noon–5 pm EVERYWHERE AT THE WEXNER CENTER Come out of the cold and explore our winter exhibitions with free admission to the galleries, free exhibition tours, and a variety of interactive experiences for all ages, including weaving and knitting activities. Heirloom Café will be open noon–4 pm to fuel your explorations with their all-day breakfast fare, sandwiches, baked goods, and more.
DOUBLE TAKE
Ryan Skinner and Denise Noble on Hassan Hajjaj THU, MAR 5 | 12:30 pm MEET AT THE GALLERY ENTRANCE FREE with gallery admission Ohio State faculty Ryan Skinner, an expert in African popular culture and music with a joint appointment in Music and African American and African Studies, and Denise Noble, a professor of African American and African Studies specializing in the cultural politics of the African diaspora, discuss the many influences at play in My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume 1.
Walk-in Tours SAT, MAR 14 | 1 pm THU, MAR 19 | 6 pm SAT, MAR 28 | 1 pm THU, APR 2 | 6 pm SUN, APR 12 | 1 pm MEET AT THE GALLERY ENTRANCE FREE with gallery admission Get the most out of your visit to the galleries with a Walk-in Tour. Tours are free with gallery admission, which is free on Thursday evenings. No registration is required. Extend your tour with a visit to the expanded Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum led by Wexner Center docents. Contact (614) 292-6493 or edweb@wexarts.org for details.
ARTIST’S TALK
Photo: Alice Arnold
Beryl Korot
TUE, MAR 24 | 4:30 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER Hear from multimedia artist Beryl Korot, whose pioneering Text and Commentary (1976–77) is featured in Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present. In this early multichannel work—one of the first to integrate video art into an installation setting— she presents weaving, writing, and video-making as parallel activities. An internationally exhibited artist, Korot is a Guggenheim Fellow (1994) and has collaborated with her husband, composer Steve Reich, on two multimedia theater works.
EXHIBITIONS TICKET INFO
FREE members, college students (with valid ID), under 18 $8 general public $6 senior citizens (65 and older) Ohio State faculty and staff (with BuckID) FREE ADMISSION DAYS
Every Thursday 4–8 pm and on the first Sunday of each month
inSight
COSPONSORED EVENT
I’m Not Racist… Am I?
Screening and Discussion (Catherine Wigginton Greene, 2014)
MON, MAR 23 | 5:30 pm RECEPTION | 5 pm
FOR TEENS
Wex Lab
Crafty Fiber Jam With Rebecca Morton, Jean Pitman, and Friends SAT, APR 4 | 11 am–4 pm
FILM/VIDEO THEATER Join us for the feature-length documentary I’m Not Racist… Am I?, followed by an engaging discussion with filmmaker Catherine Wigginton Greene. The film follows 12 teenagers from New York City who come together for one school year to talk about race and privilege, both with each other and with friends and family. While none of the teens think that the racial rules of their parents’ generation apply to them today, we see how these difficult conversations challenge them to look within. By the end of their time together, these courageous young people arrive at a more significant definition of racism—one that’s bigger, perhaps, than any of us have ever imagined. Cosponsored by Ohio State’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion; Department of English; College of Education and Human Ecology’s Department of Teaching and Learning and Office of Equity and Diversity; Department of African American and African Studies; Department of Comparative Studies; Humanities Institute; Diversity and Identity Studies Collective (DISCO); Asian American Studies Program; Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies; and Latino/a Studies Program. ABOVE FROM LEFT: I’M NOT RACIST… AM I? Image courtesy of Point Made Films REBECCA MORTON Photo: Lotte Brewer
COSPONSORED EVENT
Weinland Park Billboard Project Celebration SAT, APR 11 | 2–4 pm GODMAN GUILD ASSOCIATION 303 EAST 6TH AVENUE Please join us to celebrate the unveiling of the Weinland Park Billboard Project, the result of a partnership between the Wexner Center and the R.I.S.E. Youth Club. For this project (which follows the successful Weinland Park Story Book project), Weinland Park youth worked with local artists, designers, and educators to “take back” a billboard at North 4th Street and 5th Avenue, at the gateway of their community. Truly a city-wide effort, this unique project engages a variety of nonprofit and for-profit partners through the Weinland Park Collaborative, with all parties coming together to support the community and its residents. Visit wexarts.org for celebration details and more about the project. The Weinland Park Billboard Project represents a collaboration between the Wexner Center and R.I.S.E. Youth Club. R.I.S.E. (Resilience, Integrity, Strength, and Excellence) is a partnership between Boys & Girls Clubs of Columbus and Godman Guild Association to provide a year-round, drop-in, after-school program for middle- and high-school youth living in Weinland Park. This project is made possible by the Weinland Park Collaborative, a consortium of stakeholders focused on improving and sustaining the quality of life in Columbus’s Weinland Park neighborhood. WEINLAND PARK BILLBOARD PROJECT TEAM AT R.I.S.E. Photo: April Martin
PERFORMANCE SPACE FREE (registration required at tickets.wexarts.org) Youth ages 13–18 are invited to join us for an intensive one-day fiber workshop that includes a tour of the exhibition Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present, a free pizza lunch, snacks, and a reception for families at 3:30 pm. Come explore new fiber materials and techniques, or bring your own to teach and share as long as it’s part of the fiber realm. Knitting, weaving, sewing, macramé, crocheting, soft sculpture, costume creation, performance and conceptual work: you name it, all are welcome. Register at tickets.wexarts.org, space is limited. Email edweb@wexarts.org or call (614) 292-6493 with questions.
SAT, APR 25 | 7 pm FILM/VIDEO THEATER AND CAFÉ $3 all audiences Fans of homegrown film and video, join us for the 20th anniversary edition of our popular Ohio Shorts program. This year you’ll see the best in Ohio-produced short works in both the adult and youth (18 and under) divisions at the same screening. Vote for your favorite and meet the filmmakers (and fellow film fans) in a public reception after the screening.
A COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
PROFESSIONAL ONLINE COURSE FOR TEACHERS
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2015
CONTENT OPEN JUNE–AUG 2015
Eco-conscious and interested in contemporary art? Entering 11th or 12th grade this fall? Here’s your chance to learn about the intersections of art and environmental issues at Ohio State while earning high school credit through your own school. Blending extensive online coursework and diverse field trip excursions, this course also gives you the opportunity to exhibit your own environmentally informed art at the Wexner Center. The course meets most Wednesdays, 3–5 pm, August 19, 2015–January 6, 2016, and it’s free, with supplies provided along with transportation assistance. Find applications and more information at wexartenvironment.wordpress.com.
SUPPORT FOR YOUTH AND FAMILY PROGRAMS
SUPPORT FOR TEACHER AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS
INGRAM-WHITE CASTLE FOUNDATION
Ohio Shorts: Youth Division Screening and Reception
Art & Environment
Art & Environment is presented with major support from American Electric Power. SUPPORT FOR FREE AND LOW-COST EDUCATION PROGRAMS
FOR TEENS
MILTON & SALLY AVERY ARTS FOUNDATION
$75 course fee; Ohio State graduate credit available with additional fee Designed primarily for K–12 art teachers, Art & Environment is an online-only course designed to provide educators with an in-depth introduction to the field of Eco Art as well as a basic introduction to environmentalism. With 12 years of experience teaching Eco Art, Director of Education Shelly Casto has wideranging resources to share with teachers around the world. Teachers will leave the course with an extensive online curriculum packet and an array of ideas from fellow participants. General classroom (grades K–5), humanities (6–12), and science teachers (6–12) will also find the course of interest. Teachers may schedule their time flexibly while content is available. For more information, go to wexartenvironment.wordpress.com. Register now at tickets.wexarts.org.
Member News & Events A Winning Season The Columbus Foundation Award, EXPY, and Other Accolades
Nancy Kramer
Woman of Achievement We are thrilled to raise a glass to Nancy Kramer—digital marketing pioneer, Wexner Center Foundation trustee, and one of this year’s YWCA Women of Achievement. A proud Columbus native and effervescent entrepreneur, Nancy founded (and still chairs) Resource/ Ammirati (formerly Resource Interactive), a company that was “born digital” in 1981 with Apple as its very first client. The Resource/ Ammirati team has since grown to over 400 associates in five cities helping companies build powerful brands. Nancy has been recognized by Advertising Age magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Advertising.” We at the Wex think of her as one of the most influential women in Columbus, with a strong commitment to the city’s civic, economic, and cultural advancement. We were fortunate to recruit her to the Wexner Center board six years ago, and she’s been highly engaged and invested in the institution’s growth and success. As co-chair of the board’s Advancement Committee, Nancy used her branding expertise to help us articulate the center’s core values in a resonant and compelling way, particularly as we prepared for our 25th anniversary campaign.
But long before that, Nancy had embraced the center and its mission, generously contributing the expertise of the Resource/Ammirati staff to help us realize several important projects. These include a CD-ROM insert for Ann Hamilton’s 1996 the body and the object catalogue; a bold refresh of the center’s website wexarts.org; an innovative microsite accompanying Mark Bradford’s 2010 retrospective, and a brief video montage of memorable Wex moments over the years—spanning visual, performing, and media arts programs. Speaking of memories, Nancy takes pride (as we all do) in “the way our company and the Wexner Center grew up together.” In fall 2014, Resource/Ammirati received a Greater Columbus Arts Council Community Arts Partnership Award for its vital commitment to the arts. Nancy will soon take the stage to accept another award, joining an impressive cadre of community leaders recognized by the YWCA as Women of Achievement. And she was recently celebrated by Equality Ohio for her fierce commitment to a fair and just workplace environment for all. Please join us in saluting Nancy Kramer for her extraordinary leadership, philanthropy, and dedicated service to Columbus and the world at large.
Watch a short video interview with Nancy Kramer at wexarts.org/25th Nancy Kramer with husband Christopher Celeste at the Wexner Center Anniversary Party and Transfigurations opening Photo: Scott Cunningham
During our 25th Anniversary Season we’ve been honored (and humbled) to receive several accolades from our home city and state. On September 17, the center was recognized with a Columbus Foundation Award, given to organizations that have “made a significant difference in the quality of life in our community.” Accompanied by a generous $25,000 grant from the foundation, the accolade was echoed this fall by a proclamation from US Senator Rob Portman’s office and a Columbus City Council resolution. On March 10, the center will receive a 2015 EXPY Award from Experience Columbus for Transfigurations: Modern Masters from the Wexner Family Collection. The EXPY recognizes businesses, organizations, or individuals who have created a vibrant and distinctive experience for Columbus visitors and residents and, in so doing, propelled Columbus into the national spotlight. To our delight, the exhibition was warmly received, garnering national press and drawing nearly 120,000 visitors from near and far. We share these honors with our members, patrons, advocates, artists, and friends, who make our work and these achievements possible.
Photo: Danielle Petrosa
COMING SOON
GenWex Presents
Off the Grid
SAT, MAY 30 EVERYWHERE AT THE WEX Tickets on sale March 20 $50 until May 15 | $60 after May 15 $70 day-of-event $100 VIP tickets ($10 member discount on any ticket!) The contemporary art party of the season returns for its sixth incarnation in May, and this year we’ll celebrate 25 years of the Wex. Help us look back to our beginnings in 1989 and look forward to a night of fun with delicious bites from local restaurants and music from Brooklynbased DJ/songwriter/producer Lauren Flax. Proceeds benefit Wexner Center education programs for children and youth. Get your tickets now before they’re gone! THIS EVENT IS 21 AND OVER Presented with lead support from EXPRESS.
25 Years. 25 Stories. Share Yours. To help commemorate our 25th Anniversary Season, we asked a few of our most stalwart members, supporters, and fans to talk about what the Wex means to them—and to reminisce about their favorite moments at the center. We hope the short, lively videos (created with local studio Kinopicz American) trigger a few memories of your own. Watch the videos at wexarts.org/25th Share your own stories at wexarts.org/yourstory Images courtesy of Kinopicz American
FIBER: SCULPTURE 1960–PRESENT Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
WOOD GLOBE TREE BRANCH MAGNETS Kikkerland Design
LIMITED EDITION “YEAH” SHIRT David Shrigley for Young Projects Gallery
BY HASSAN HAJJAJ: PHOTOGRAPHY, FASHION, FILM, DESIGN Rose Issa Projects
EAMES WIRE BASE LOW TABLE EAMES MOLDED WOOD SIDE CHAIR EAMES HANG-IT-ALL Herman Miller
GIRLS IN PEACETIME WANT TO DANCE 4 LP BOX SET Belle and Sebastian on Matador Records
“CHIP” MAGNETIC PAPER CLIP HOLDER Rodrigo Torres for Alessi
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Belle and Sebastian with
Jungle and Son Lux
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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. Very 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.
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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 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. g e n e r a l O p e r at i n g S u p p o rt for the Wexner Center
Leslie H. Wexner Chair Michael V. Drake, MD Vice Chair James Lyski President Trustees Nicholas K. Akins David M. Aronowitz Jeni Britton Bauer Shelley Bird Michael J. Canter Adam Flatto Sherri Geldin Ann Gilbert Getty Michael Glimcher Elizabeth P. Kessler C. Robert Kidder Nancy Kramer James E. Kunk Mark D. Kvamme Bill Lambert Ronald A. Pizzuti Janet B. Reid, PhD Joyce Shenk Alex Shumate A. Alfred Taubman Abigail S. Wexner John F. Wolfe Ex Officio Mark Shanda Bruce A. Soll Joseph E. Steinmetz 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 Ryan Shafer Editor Brandon Ballog Graphic Designer Barret Hoster Graphic Designer