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Japanther's party-ready, no-wave, skatepunk jams face off with Night Shade's full-room shadow puppetry.
Learn moreA collection of installations, exhibitions, projections, and gatherings by visual artists.
Learn moreThe demanding nature of a devoted studio art practice yields not only treasured and prideful moments, but also neurotic darkness and an exhausting grind to your body.
Learn moreIn response to the growing exclusivity of the art world, the exhibit will show 25 artists from outside of mainstream art centers.
Learn moreTaking queues from ritual, dance, cinema and video games, these two videos explore architecture and spiritual transcendence.
Learn moreA commanding voiceover appears to direct the action in a busy street, until the audience realizes that the director is fictional.
Learn moreStiler’s sculptural forms reference and reconstrust classical iconography from out of artist-constructed “rubble.”
Learn moreLost in contemplation, a lone man rotates endlessly in an undefined, space ship-like environment, chanting a reinvented prayer.
Learn moreTransformed from a worn instrument to a body of art, Hutchins’ family piano inspires new prints, sculpture and video work.
Learn moreSynth-based soundtracks underscore two videos that dream of an escape to a better place, and the start of a new world.
Learn moreAdapted from a novel by Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, Neshat's debut feature weaves the stories of five women during the 1953 coup.
Learn moreIn this symphonic collaboration, Wainwright will share pop songs, Berlioz and his opera, Prima Donna.
Learn moreJoin us September 9-19, 2010 in Portland, Oregon for a ten-day happening of contemporary performance, dance, music, and new media, with an additional month of visual arts installations.
Learn moreReal-time collaborations with TBA artists and performers, producing and binding new books on-demand in an on-site shop.
Learn moreAfter sifting through a library, the artist selects particular books, stacking them so their titles can be read in sequence.
Learn moreAlthough frequently referred to as “disposable” in our society, objects often predate and outlast us, continually cycling through owners and contexts over time.
Learn morePaul Ramírez Jonas is a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist whose work repurposes and reinterprets found systems and texts.
Learn morePICA will host curators Jens Hoffmann and Harrell Fletcher of the People's Biennial to discuss the TBA:10 show and solicit artist suggestions.
Learn moreGeorge Kuchar ranks among the most outrageous and prolific independent American filmmakers working today.
Learn moreHasan Elahi is an interdisciplinary artist whose work examines issues of surveillance, simulated time, transport systems, borders, and frontiers.
Learn moreYour contemporary arts corner store - a winter pop-up shop to support PICA.
Learn moreJames Yood has been an educator, critic, essayist and media commentator on visual arts for over 20 years.
Learn moreJoin curators Kristan Kennedy (PICA) and Stephanie Snyder (Reed) for a discussion of Antoine Catala's installation and Psychedelic Soul.
Learn moreA walking tour of the visual art projects. Roam room to room, ask all of the questions you were afraid to ask, and take one last look.
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