What a powerful and wonderful event on Saturday. Thanks to Beverly Reed Scott for sharing the first installment of her new book and Eliaz Rodriguez for sharing his film “Beverly” and new film “Tea Man, Steep!”
We were excited to include this reading and screening as one of our AnySquared Residency programs this month at the Hairpin Arts Center!
More programs to come this week! See Schedule:
http://anysquared.com/2014residency.html
STORY FORMS!
Artists Talk & Workshop Exploring Narratives
Sunday, November 1, from 1:30pm to 3pm
AnySquared’s Residency at Hairpin Arts Center
2810 N Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago
Join AnySquared at the last public day of our full exhibit featuring three of “Because Art” exhibiting artists for and artist talk and workshop:
An Art+Community Event!
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This event is part of AnySquared’s Residency at the Hairpin Arts Center where Anysquared is activating the space through Mid-November. See all of our programming: http://anysquared.com/2014residency.html
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Join us for another AnySquared’s Residency event at Hairpin
An Intimate Reading & Screening:
Films by Eliaz Rodriguez &
Reading by Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’)
Saturday October 25
Begins promptly at 7pm and ends at 9pm
Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee
Event is free.
This special event features AnySquared’s Cinema Minima Residency’s “Best-In-Show” filmmaker Eliaz Rodriguez. He will screen his film “Beverly” — based on Beverly Reed Scott’s essay “I Do But Do He” — and his new rough cut film “Tea Man, Steep!.”
We are also excited to showcase our Cinema Minima essay winner and gifted writer Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’) as she reads from her new memoir “My Perilous Journey #1 Vol. 1.”
Please also see our “Because Art” exhibit at the space before the event – doors open at 6:15pm.
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Eliaz Rodriguez is a self-taught filmmaker from Chicago. In 2008 he co-created the comedy group Wood Sugars and over the next five years produced/directed hundreds of films, web series, podcasts, and live comedy shows. In October of 2013 he made his first solo short film, an adaptation of a true story entitled Beverly, which went on to win Best In Show of the Cinema Minima Residency and Best of Fest of the Indie Incubator Film Fest. Eliaz can also be heard weekly on segments of the podcast he engineers, named CinemaJaw – the greatest movies podcast ever.
Beverly Reed Scott (Oye’) is a gifted writer and fierce activist. Her prose, poetry and messages are conjured from her soul and her rhythmic alignment with nature. She is a natural storyteller, trained in Original Voice Technique by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Jungian Analyst and bestselling author. Her voice is colored by her experiences, having been born, raised in Englewood during the 60’s and 70’s, her coming of age tales are wrought with anguish, joy, love and pain. She is publishing her memoir as a serial and will read from My Perilous Journey #1 Vol. 1.
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This event is part of AnySquared’s Cinema Minima programming during our Residency at Hairpin.
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Thanks FLASH ABC and BboyB for the history of art and hip hop in our neighborhood! Plus, seeing ABC’s Project Logan Mural progression through time was great too!
We were excited to include you in AnySquared Residency programs this month at the Hairpin Arts Center!
More programs to come! See Schedule:
http://anysquared.com/2014residency.html
Cinema Minima Residency winners Eliaz Rodriguez and Beverly Reed Scott are featured in our Screening & Reading for AnySquared’s Residency on Saturday October 25th at the Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 N. Milwaukee
Art + Music! An Excellent concert by Renato Anesi for the AnySquared Residency at the Hairpin Arts Center on Oct 18! He sounded great in the space!
Join us this Thursday at the Hairpin Arts Center for an Slideshow presentation by ABC (Artistic Bombing Crew) showing the history of the ever-changing Project Logan Mural at Fullerton and Milwaukee.
Thursday October 23, 6:30pm
ABC’s (Artistic Bombing Crew) presents
History of Chicago Graffiti
and Project Logan Mural Slideshow*
Project Logan, located at Fullerton and Milwaukee, has featured a huge roster of artists that continue to transform the wall on an ongoing basis.
*Also Thursday Gallery Viewing Hours
EVENT
AnySquared Residency “Because Art” Opening Event at the Hairpin Arts Center on October 10. Lot’s of visitors and friends: thanks for all who made it an amazing evening!
Exhibit open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1pm to 4pm through November 2 and during all scheduled events.
See full set of photos from our opening event!
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AnySquared Projects is an all-volunteer collaborative artistic network propelled by a deep sense of cooperation with artists, neighbors and the wider community. Our mission is to support, produce and promote collaborative projects that facilitate arts activities through inclusive participation. Our foundation is built upon the idea that we can do anything as long as we do ourselves and do it together.
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What does it mean to be an artist?
Artists do not create, they restore existing elements to life. Artists are interpreters, translators of emotions, ideas or random thoughts that sometimes are complex to understand or too mundane that we may take it for granted. That said, doctors, lawyers, drivers, teachers, painters, dancers, and any other person can be an artist translating the world around them to connect with other human beings.
What is the function of art?
Catharsis, not by the simple act of doing “art”, but by exercising the technique, challenging or supporting strong statements for ‘artists’ and audience alike.
What is more important to you the process or the result?
Although they are cyclical and with different levels of relevance depending on the project, the part that I enjoy the most is the process. Research, development, planning, exploration, talking to people, improvisation, intuitive procedures and adjustments that build an illustration or a project.
Do you label yourself as an artist?
Artist pursuing a human degree.
Carlos J. Matallana
manualofviolence.org
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Carlos J. Matallana was an Exhibiting Artist in AnySquared’s Fall 2014 Because Art Exhibition.
In the book Rooftop Soliloquy, Roman Payne writes, “…all forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.” To a degree I think this is true, if for no other reason than its acknowledgement that society allows artists to break social norms because it’s understood art will allow us to see things in a new way.
Arts function is to take both extremes as well as the mundane of existence and present it in a way that offers some sort of commentary or inspires new thought. It’s for this reason the “bizarre habits” and “awkwardness” are condoned, understood, and sometimes embraced.
While it’s easy to romanticize the value of the process – embracing the journey rather than the destination – for me the essential factor in art is about the actual creation of something and that goal is not reached until the end. The process becomes an important factor over a period of time of the development after many different pieces – recognizing how that has changed to reach finalized goals.
I don’t label myself an artists but rather as a creative person who associates with other creative people. I’m sure in using the word “goals” would rub some the wrong way, but all the art I create – in music, photography, etc. – is not tangible until something is complete – until there is something to show. Prior to that, it’s only an idea. Because my friends and I are artists (if we consider ourselves such or not) we do everything we can to see our ideas into realization.
Joseph Mietus
goldenboyphoto.com
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Joseph Mietus was an Exhibiting Artist in AnySquared’s Fall 2014 Because Art Exhibition.