What to do this First Friday, Oct. 3
Please note: This article is published as an archive copy from Philadelphia City Paper. My City Paper is not affiliated with Philadelphia City Paper. Philadelphia City Paper was an alternative weekly newspaper in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The last edition was published on October 8, 2015.
The 9-to-5, the glitz of glass and the tech of Top Gun.
"Apollonian/Dionysian: The Constraints of Freedom"
Painted Bride Art Center
Painted Bride Art Center
+Painted Bride Art Center
Paul Santoleri curates Apollonian/Dionysian: The Constraints of Freedom, featuring 20 artists’ work. Painted Bride says it will explore “the inherent tensions between being an artist and an everyday citizen.” Reference to mythological siblings Apollo and Dionysus often represent dichotomous ideas like science versus art or logic versus emotion — in this case, the creative world versus the 9-to-5 world. Says Santoleri: “Everyone is always trying to strike that balance between order and chaos.” Through Nov. 8, Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine St., paintedbride.org.
+Wexler Gallery
Artists who work in glass should get some props: It’s one false move away from gritty shards and bloody fingers. Flux: Four Artists Redefining Glass considers “the connections between glass and traditional notions of fine art, a theme widely explored by the experimental artists of the 1960s Fluxus movement.” Take it easy on the booze when moving around a glass-filled gallery, won’t you? Through Nov. 29, Wexler Gallery, 201 N. Third St., wexlergallery.com.
+little berlin
In Heavily Scripted: Generative Art and Bots, curator Lee Tusman invites us to view the work of artists, designers and coders who “write programs [which] themselves create artworks by script.” All art and music featured has been created via digital programs (particularly cool is the Listen to Wikipedia work — changes to the Wiki feed are represented by unique pitches and notes). Other source material fed to a program: “serial selections from the movie Top Gun.” Ah, technology — did we ever think we’d get here? Through Oct. 25, little berlin, 2430 Coral St., littleberlin.org.
