Tête à Tête: Embodying Dialogues
2019 SciArt Annual Festival
December 12, 2019 - January 4, 2020
2019 SciArt Annual Festival
December 12, 2019 - January 4, 2020
Finding Meaning in the Space Between Artwork and Viewers
“Tête à Tête: Embodying Dialogues” Treats Movement as a Dialogue Between Artist and Visitor
What effects do science and art have on our bodies? How can sci art as a concept assist us in imagining alternative realities and new futures? Join multidisciplinary artist Rory Scott, art historian and interdisciplinary artist Kevin Whiteneir, and curator and art historian Kat Buckley for a walk-through of Tête à Tête followed by a questionand- answer period in the contemplative section of the exhibition space.
CHICAGO – The Drama Science Lab is pleased to announce Tête à Tête: Embodying Dialogues a group exhibition that explores how viewers’ physical interactions with works inform their interpretations. Curated by Kat Buckley and directed by Filippa Christofalou, Tête à Tête features works by Ziv Ze’ev Cohen, Kristin McWharter, Michelle Murphy, Cathy Quintero, and Rory Scott. It runs from December 12, 2019 - January 4, 2020 at Zhou B Art Center and includes a Third Friday reception on December 20 from 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Tête à Tête exists in the distance between artworks and viewers. Gallery visitors find meaning through stepping backward, forward, and around artworks, performing a dance of trial and error. Using objects as intermediaries, artists create both physical and intellectual space for exchanging ideas. In this way, artists and viewers are engaged in a dialog or “tête à tête” -- a merging of minds, which becomes expressed through movement. This is an embodied dialogue.
Tête à Tête is the main event of Drama Science Lab’s Annual SciArt Festival. Now in its second year, the Annual SciArt Festival is the only festival in Chicago operating at the intersections of science and art, or SciArt . This year focuses on the body. How does somatic learning influence how SciArt information is processed? Over the course of Tête à Tête the festival will present an array of supporting events that
explore this question: talks, workshops, in-gallery experiences, games and more. The Zhou B Art Center is located at 1029 West 35th Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.. For additional information please contact info@thedramasciencelab.com . Art direction and design provided by Nikoleta Balothiari of Skafandro.
Tête à Tête exists in the distance between artworks and viewers. Gallery visitors find meaning through stepping backward, forward, and around artworks, performing a dance of trial and error. Using objects as intermediaries, artists create both physical and intellectual space for exchanging ideas. In this way, artists and viewers are engaged in a dialog or “tête à tête” -- a merging of minds, which becomes expressed through movement. This is an embodied dialogue.
Tête à Tête is the main event of Drama Science Lab’s Annual SciArt Festival. Now in its second year, the Annual SciArt Festival is the only festival in Chicago operating at the intersections of science and art, or SciArt . This year focuses on the body. How does somatic learning influence how SciArt information is processed? Over the course of Tête à Tête the festival will present an array of supporting events that
explore this question: talks, workshops, in-gallery experiences, games and more. The Zhou B Art Center is located at 1029 West 35th Street. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.. For additional information please contact info@thedramasciencelab.com . Art direction and design provided by Nikoleta Balothiari of Skafandro.
Rory Scott is a multidisciplinary artist, whose work is recognized for its use of patterns, glitter and for its likeness to the Universe. Through both digital and handmade means,
Scott explores the ideas of impermanence, the passage of time and the impacts of technology upon the evolution of humanity.
Kevin Whiteneir Jr. is an interdisciplinary artist and art historian whose work discusses the relationships between gender and queer experiences as they relate to race, the
effects of (neo)colonialism, and its parallels with magic, religion, and witchcraft. Whiteneir holds a Master's Degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in
Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Anthropology from Ripon College.
Kat Buckley is an independent curator of interdisciplinary art. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History with Concentrations in Curatorial Studies and Book Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Kat curates exhibitions with an eye towards reimagining societal canons and hierarchies. She believes in the power of art which questions dominant social hegemonies through a critique of the place of media and culture within the economy and in earth's ecosystems. She currently serves as the Curatorial Fellow at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.
Scott explores the ideas of impermanence, the passage of time and the impacts of technology upon the evolution of humanity.
Kevin Whiteneir Jr. is an interdisciplinary artist and art historian whose work discusses the relationships between gender and queer experiences as they relate to race, the
effects of (neo)colonialism, and its parallels with magic, religion, and witchcraft. Whiteneir holds a Master's Degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in
Modern and Contemporary Art History, Theory, and Criticism and a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and Anthropology from Ripon College.
Kat Buckley is an independent curator of interdisciplinary art. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Modern Art History, Theory, and Criticism from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History with Concentrations in Curatorial Studies and Book Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Kat curates exhibitions with an eye towards reimagining societal canons and hierarchies. She believes in the power of art which questions dominant social hegemonies through a critique of the place of media and culture within the economy and in earth's ecosystems. She currently serves as the Curatorial Fellow at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.