Particutale @ Vox Pupuli

EXHIBITION DATES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2– SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2 OPENING RECEPTION: FIRST FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2 FROM 6-11 PM IN THE VIDEO LOUNGE Particulate is a show of ten diverse and internationally known artists who have packaged their visual inspections for playback on micro players. These mp4 players, often illegally labeled as ipods range from 1" to 2.5" diagonal, offer very affordable and intimate venues for these introspective works. These thirteen particulate samples were gathered from across the US and Canada to settle briefly in Philadelphia. Packets blown about in the passing traffic of the tubes abandoned by DARPA. The dust of dangerous bodies and cultures are collected, appropriated, examined, codecs have been applied, solid state storage units feed Chinese liquid crystal micro displays, photons are filtered and scattered. To ensure public safety, all specimens are simulated in small form, isolated, and displayed behind glass. Artist included in the show are Laleh Mehran , dNASAb , GARhodes & Chris Ernst of The Buffalo Super Friends, Adriane Little , Tom Bendtsen, Adam Weekley, Alexander Reyna , Colin Ives, Christopher Borkowski , and James Humphrey .

ABOUT VOX POPULI Founded in 1988, Vox Populi is a nonprofit artist collective that supports the work of emerging artists with monthly exhibitions, gallery talks, performances and lectures. For nearly 20 years, Vox has played a unique role in the cultural life of Philadelphia by bringing our audience cutting-edge contemporary art and a diverse range of programming, while at the same time providing a supportive environment in which artists can experiment, take risks and gain valuable experience in launching their professional careers. Vox is located on the 3rd Floor on 319 North 11th Street, in Philadelphia. Artists receptions are free and open to the public, and take place on the first Friday of each month, from 6 - 11pm. For more info please visit: http://www.voxpopuligallery.org

ALSO OPENING IN THE GALLERY Amy Adams: But Nature More In But Nature More, Amy Adams continues her exploration of infinite landscapes and foreboding densities that record a history of activity and an exponential growth of want and production. But Nature More is an animation of clouds gone wild projected against a rhinestone horizon that obstructs clarity and the wide open, simple vistas, for which the artist longs. Andrew Suggs: Table Turning Andrew Suggs presents new works in sculpture, video installation, and painting/drawing that serve as commemorations of or communications with the dead in playful acts of otherworldly revelation. These works consider and/or mimic acts of mystical and spiritual invocation and their dependence on the unconscious, memory, and real and imagined histories. Jonathan Prull: providence # 709 providence # 709, Jonathan Prull’s first solo exhibition as a member of Vox Populi, showcases new characters, from a fantastic narrative, born of divine wisdom. Jonathan’s new sculptures capture moments from the bizarre and archaic setting of this story. GUEST ARTIST Stephanie Dotson: Drift-a-Weight Drift-a-Weight deals with the dichotomy between stability and change. Dotson's visual strategy is rooted in a graphic, illustrative, and design-oriented style installed to challenge the static nature of the graphic image. For Drift-a Weight Dotson sources ornamental patterns and natural materials which knit the fabric of a familiar order, de and re-composes them to out of order. For this installation Dotson revealing a new environment which is simultaneously more aggressive, dark and beautiful than it's source. Also on view: AT SCREENING Takeshi Murata: Untitled (Pink Dot) Screening is very proud to present Takeshi Murata's Untitled (Pink Dot) in the artist’s first solo exhibition in Philadelphia. Building on a keen knowledge of avant-garde film history (including a particular affinity for psychedelic auteurs Jordan Belson, the Whitney Brothers and Stan Brakhage) and a staggering command of digital video techniques, Murata creates vivid, lysergic videos that oscillate between damaged representation and pure abstraction. Untitled (Pink Dot) employs action-hero imagery from Sylvester Stallone's 1982 cult/camp/classic First Blood as fodder for an eye-popping electronic meltdown in which images of our war hero John Rambo collapse under their own weight, transmuted to the point of obliteration, leaving an American icon reduced to a puddle of rainbow pixels.

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