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i45 and ACP present a night of award winning videos Saturday, October 29th

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Monica Cook, still from Deuce, stop motion film

 Exhibition date: October 29, 2011 | 6:30 – 8:30 PM
                        

Location: Grant Park | ACP’s “Volley” exhibition

Whitespace, as an i45 member gallery, and Atlanta Celebrates Photography are pleased to present videos from the Guggenheim’s recent YouTube Play project. The screening will take place October 29, 2011 from 6:30 – 8:30 PM in Grant Park as part of ACP’s Public Art Project, “Volley” a sound-activated, interactive animation by Monica Cook.
 
YouTube Play is a collaboration between YouTube and the Guggenheim Museum. The inaugural biennial, held in October 2010 at the Guggenheim in New York, showcased the most remarkable online videos from around the world. It included videos from Germany, Australia, Canada, the UK, Brazil, Netherlands, South Africa and the U.S. The Guggenheim curators selected the short list of videos from over 23,300 submissions.
 
I45 is a collective of Atlanta galleries in Inman Park (i), the Old Fourth Ward (4) and Little Five Points (5) working together to promote this community’s rich, creative identity. Through shared events and common interests, i45 seeks wider visibility for artists and the vibrant arts community.

 
For more information about i45, recent projects and member galleries, please visit the following links:

Convergent Frequencies    http://www.burnaway.org/2010/09/convergent-frequencies-highlights-urban-geography-this-weekend

Skies Over Atlanta    http://www.burnaway.org/2010/04/4-secrets-to-be-revealed-this-saturday-and-sunday-at-850-euclid

i45 Blog    http://i45art.wordpress.com

For more information about “Volley” by Monica Cook or about ACP, please visit the following links:

“Volley”    http://festivalguide.acpinfo.org/listings/view/909
 
Atlanta Celebrates Photography    http://www.ACPinfo.org

ACP’s blog “ACP Now!”    http://www.acpinfo.org/blog

Matt Haffner’s "Just Across the Tracks" opens tonight at whitespace

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Matt Haffner, Talking to Strangers, silver gelatin prints (contact prints), installation dimensions variable
September 9 – October 15, 2011
Opening Reception:  Friday, September 9 | 7 PM – 10 PM    
Whitespace is pleased to present Just Across the Tracks, Matt Haffner’s first solo show at whitespace gallery.  The exhibition consists of a series of photograph portraits, sound recordings, collage works on paper, and a rotating diorama viewed through a camera obscura.  All of the pieces depict life in the space between the city and the suburbs with references to Haffner’s personal experiences.  
Talking to strangers is the central theme for the collage of portraits covering an entire wall in whitespace gallery.  Haffner sought out his subjects in the streets of Atlanta, engaging with the people around him instead of ignoring those passing by as they made their way through the city.  He used an older style camera with large film that took a few minutes to make an image. This afforded him the opportunity to start brief exchanges with these individuals while photographing them. This engagement sometimes opened people up to a conversation and to sharing surprising things about themselves. While taking the portraits, Haffner also made sound recordings that play within the gallery. Hearing the stories that his subjects shared and seeing this huge wall of portraits makes one look for the face that told the story. Haffner considers this the most honest work he has made to date.