Monday, March 30, 2009

Participant Observer Susannah Slocum

Former student Susannah Slocum sent me this notice...Mary


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Next on view at Space 47:

Participant Observer
Susannah Slocum

Exhibition Dates: April 3 - 24, 2009
Opening reception: First Friday, April 3, 2009, 7 - 9pm

Susannah Slocum is an artist based in New York City whose photographic work is inspired by social science research methods. Her typologies utilize increased social interconnectivity as both a means and an end. Participant observation is a type of research strategy that usually involves a range of methods: informal interviews, direct observation, participation in the life of a group, analysis of personal documents produced within a group, self-analysis, and life histories. Its aim is to gain a close and intimate familiarity with a given group of individuals (such as an occupational or subcultural group, or a particular community). Influenced by this strategy, Slocum’s art practice is concentrated on photographic portraiture with a personalized twist that includes intensive involvement with people in their natural environment. Her formally straightforward images depict persons who share something that is not immediately apparent. Are they a group or fierce individualists?

Image credit: Susannah Slocum, Detail from Participant Observer, lightjet print, 2006-08

About space 47:
Gallery Hours:
Thursday-Friday, 12noon to 4pm
& by special appointment
info@space47.org
Free Admission

SPACE 47 is located at:
47 E. William Street (between 1st & 2nd Streets)
San Jose, CA 95112
info@space47.org
www.space47.org
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Space 47 is an independent project space that aims to foster new ideas and experiences, support artistic exchange and development, and inspire a larger community of cultural entrepreneurs.

gallery hours
during exhibition dates:
Thursday and Saturday, noon to 4pm
and by appointment

admission free

contact:

www.space47.org

info(at)space47.org

Upcoming: Stay Gold: New work by Shizu Saldamando

May 1 through 29, 2009
opening reception:
First Friday, May 1, 2009, 7 to 9pm



Image Credit: Shizu Saldamando, La Otra Gerry, oil paint, gold leaf, washi paper & glitter on wood, 2009, 60x30”inch

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Angelica Muro
Principal, Space 47
angelica@space47.org
www.space47.org

Space 47 is an independent project space that aims to foster new ideas and experiences, support artistic exchange and development, and inspire a larger community of cultural entrepreneurs.

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