April 5 - June 15
Eastern Michigan University
Student Center
University Gallery
Reception: Monday, April 5 (5-8 p.m.)

This Exhibition investigates the role of the book in the contemporary art world. For this show, the curators have expanded on the traditional definition of a book: they have defined the term ”book” loosely as a vehicle for information that is organized into ”sections.” The exhibition includes unique traditional books, altered books, sculptural books, digital books, and installation-, photography-, and performance-based books. Curated by EMU faculty members Leslie Atzmon and Ryan Molloy, the exhibition features the work of a group of national and international artists and designers.

Host: Natalie Tomlin
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Time: 8:05pm - 9:25pm
http://www.emich.edu/studentorgs/wqbr/

Enjoy Natalie’s own odd creations as well as spooky mash ups and original material by:
Adrienne Rich, Sonic Youth, yoko ono, Dorothy Parker, The Beach Boys, Etheridge Knight, Brian Eno, T.S. Elliot, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lyn Hejinian, Laurie Anderson, and more!

READING: David-Baptiste Chirot and Wanda Phipps
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 7PM
MOCAD Winter 2010 readings series curated by Barry Schwabsky
Admission: Free
Map here

David-Baptiste Chirot is an eccentric artist and writer, currently residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His creative output combines visual and audio collage, chalk and charcoal rubbings and intense prose, examining contemporary art, society and politics in his own, highly individualistic style.

Wanda Phipps of NYC, deconstructs and ruminates in her own way, through her very personalized prose and poetry. On the edge of experimentalism and romanticism, Phipps’ work also samples and procures from popular and high brow culture freely and openly, while adding her own unique and distinct world-view to create a body of work, at once familiar and exploratory.

DAYTUM is a relatively new program that allows you to track data from your day-to-day life. The site takes data you enter and visually represents the data via graphs, charts, and color that result in a unique graphic landscape. If you are interested in incorporating data into your work or are looking for ways to step back and breath new life into all-too-familiar ideas, DAYTUM could be an interesting tool to provide you with new perspective (or a fun afternoon diversion!).