'Media Projects' create fluid view of contemporary artwork
 Felin, digital still from "Winning Men" October 17 - December 14
Layton Gallery
Artist Talk and Reception:
Wednesday, October 22, 6-8 p.m.
Curated by renowned artist/Professor Jason S. Yi, Media Projects 2008
brings time-based works, photography and sculpture by leading
international and national multi-media artists as part of Gallery Night
October 17 at Wisconsin's only independent college of art and design. The
exhibition runs through December 14 in MIAD's Frederick Layton Gallery,
with an Artist Gallery Talk and Reception on Wednesday, October 22, 6-8
p.m.
“The genre of video/filmmaking that is often referred to as documentary
has moved far beyond the linear narrative format we're familiar with from
films and television,” said Mark Lawson, Director of Galleries. “The three
artists in this exhibition all create videos that could be labeled
documentaries but they are less narrative, more open-ended and closer to
the unscripted, unpredictable pattern of real-life experience.”
 Furu, digital still from "Studies on Shit" from the Berlin Art Fair The participating artists were selected, said Yi, to “create a fluid view
of contemporary artwork.” Widely exhibited, they are:
- Bodil Furu (Oslo, Norway), whose work focuses on aspects of contemporary
human life but avoids the conventions of traditional documentary. It is
skillfully crafted yet representative of the awkwardness, informality and
unpredictability inherent in the organic nature of humanity and culture we
create around us. Furu has a degree in Fine Arts and a background in music
and carpentry, and she has exhibited at such venues as the 10th
International Istanbul Biennial and New York's Museum of Modern Art.
www.bodilfuru.com.
- Adam Frelin (Albany, NY) produces fictional narratives that have all the
trappings of a documentary. They often act as cautionary tales focusing
primarily on humanity's hubris and our often complex and difficult
relationship with the natural world. Frelin is the recipient of several
national and international awards and grants and has exhibited throughout
the United States as well as in Europe and Japan. www.adamfrelin.com
- Bethany Springer (Fayetteville, AK), a self-described resident of the
“southern Midwest,” often focuses on the region's disappearing sense of
territory and place in the wake of changing sensibilities engendered by
new communications and globalism. Springer says that she “attempts to
examine how these larger phenomena affect regional identity and
subsequently impact individual experience….” She is the recipient of
several awards and grants and has exhibited throughout the United States.
www.bethanyspringer.com
Frelin and Springer will participate in the gallery talk October 22.
 Springer, "Decoy," mixed-media sculpture The gallery is located in the college's main academic building at 273 E.
Erie St. Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission
is free.
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