Marisa Jahn: curate

project: date: curators: locations: url: description:	Pond: art, activism, & ideas 2000- (ongoing) Marisa Jahn & Steve Shada San Francisco & abroad http://www.mucketymuck.org Founded in 2000 by Steve Shada and myself, Pond is a 501(3)c nonprofit grassroots art-activist organization dedicated to showcasing experimental art. Our mission is to create a non-competitive forum that fosters dialogue between artists and the greater community in an accessible and intimate environment. From 2001-2004, Pond has showcased the work of over 200 international artists through the production of over 23 gallery exhibitions, 3 international cultural exchanges, three city-wide public art projects, three lecture series, and various screenings and special events. In 2003, Pond shifted its programmatic focus towards experimental public art. This challenge to imagine curatorial alternatives allowed for a greater access by the public to experimental art and erased the boundaries between exhibiting and curating work. This mandate has led us to since curate exhibitions in other venues and public spaces. Through endless volunteer hours and donations from surrounding organizations and individuals, Pond established itself as one of the Bay Area's premier venues for showcasing cutting edge art.
	Saturday May 31, 2008, 12-7 pm: WORKSHOP & ONE EVENING INSTALLATION: 'Volume Drawings: Invisible Structures, Movement-Triggered Boundaries' at Western Front (Vancouver) FACILITATORS: Marisa Jahn, Max Goldfarb, Joanne Bristol Public Viewing & Reception: Saturday May 31, 2008, 5:30-7 pm ...A workshop and installation inspired by the notion of "kit bashing" in which a kit is appropriated or repurposed for an alternate use. Participants attending the workshop will solder and assemble a basic kit consisting of a trip-sensor and laser used in domestic and commercial surveillance (no prior electronics experience necessary). The group will subsequently experiment with this infrared drawing tool, its bearing on the body and movement, then build/choreograph a score of triggers and responses. Throughout this experiment, participants will experiment with sound, feedback, and delays in collaboration with a Vancouver-based electronic musician (TBA). The workshop culminates in an hour-long installation open to the public where the invisible architecture will be performed and experienced. April 25 - May 31, 2008: 'Kits for an Encounter' at Western Front (Vancouver) CURATED BY: Marisa Jahn (Pond) & Candice Hopkins (Western Front) FEATURING: Azra Aksamija (AT),Steven Brekelmans (CAN), Limor Fried (US), Max Goldfarb (US), Janice Kerbel (UK), Lize Mogel (US), Vahida Ramujkic (ES), Noam Toran (UK), Judi Werthein (US/Argentina) ...An exhibition that examines artists' kits that instigate or trouble the notion of a (social) encounter.