CHHS Projects 2022: an / æsthetics


An/Aesthetics
A Sculpture Exhibit at Century House Historical Society

“If I am right, some works of art not only make us suggestible, and
with it susceptible, to new values, beliefs, and ideologies, but they
also anaesthetize us against the pain that often attends such
upheavals.”

— David Novitz “The Anaesthetics of Emotion,” in Emotion and the
Arts, edited by Mette Hjort and Sue Laver. New York: Oxford University
Press. 1999.

Opening Friday August 5th 4pm-8pm, 2022

In this, the latest outdoor sculpture exhibit to be held on the grounds of the Century House Historical Society, we wonder…

Can history be understood as a testament to a human capacity for unfeeling? While the history of medical anaesthesia has been well documented and explored, we seek to expand the generative possibilities of an anaesthetic interpretation of human (and
other-than-human) history, and towards this purpose we look to present work that engages with, avoids, supports, repudiates, touches upon, buttresses, undermines … the notion of anaesthesia in all of its diverse and various manifestations: as repetition and trance, hypnosis, the waking dream-state, the numbness of routine, reverie, Hypnos and the domain of sleep, the river Lethe and forgetting, amnesia, oblivion, the intentional protection of the senses (nepsis), asceticism, aestheticism….

In presenting this exhibit, we wonder “How can we pull the un-felt back into the realm of feeling?” We seek work that engages with the notion of salvage — as a rescue attempt — towards the retrieval of the insensible, the redemption of the dismissed, the recovery of discarded sensibilities.

The An/Aesthetics organizers: Michael Asbill, Jeff Benjamin, Lital Dotan, Maria Elena Ferrer-Harrington, Emilie Houssart

Performance by Tidal Channel 6 p.m.
Solo saxophone performance by Tim Otto, 6:30 p.m.
Poetry Reading by Seán Monagle, time T.B.D.
Poetry reading by Claire Dauge-Roth. Time TBD

 
  1. Steve Czerny
  2. Michele Gabrielle Clark
  3. Isabel Cotarelo Crisalidas
  4. Renata Del Riego If rocks had no memory they would probably float
  5. Kayla Gibbons Cippus II
  6. Susan Graham Insomnia/Obscura
  7. Raphael Griswold Mil-2 Encirclement
  8. Sergey Jivetin Unmoored
  9. Neal Hollinger and Kieran Kinsella Forest Spirits/mine spirits
  10. Gary Kachadourian Oak Sapling
  11. Meredith and Harry Kuhnhardt
  12. Tali Levi
    12a. Eve Joslyn Madalengoitia a distant future
  13. Tom Mangenero
  14. Marko Marila Queerin’ the Hoggee
  15. Laura McCallum Mystère
  16. Mattias Neumann Basics Number 57
  17. Joel Olzak No memories, no work
  18. Kiersten, Ephraim, and Raivo Puusemp Gamma
  19. Eliza Pritzger Archaeological Gatekeepers
  20. Molly Rausch Mine Creep
  21. Brian James Robinson
  22. Greg Slick Space-Time Poem #2
  23. Tony Stanzione Cold Water Flat
  24. Roberta Trentin and Bosch Purvis EXTRACTOCENE
  25. Andres San Millán Trial of Desire
  26. Peter Lamborn Wilson Binnewater Ice Storage
  27. Hope Windle We the Pilgrim
  28. Robert The sANDals
  29. Suvi Tuominen
  30. The Center for the Study of the Relationship Between Words and Stones World Politics

Artists in An/aesthetics:

Billy Cancelwww.billycancelpoetry.com
The Center for the Study of the Relationship Between Words and Stonesweb.stanford.edu/group/ar…
Steve Cherny
Michele Clarkwww.micheleclark.work
Isabel Cotareloisabelcotarelo.wixsite.co…
Renata Del Riegoart-discontent.com/art/re…
Kayla Gibbonskaylagibbons.net
Susan Grahamsusangrahamart.com
Raphael Griswold
Sergey Jivetinwww.jivetin.com
Neal Hollinger and Kieren Kinsellaonemilegallery.com/neal-h…
www.kierankinsella.com/ab…
Gary Kachadourianwww.garykachadourian.com
Meredith and Harry Kunhardt28aclay.com/pages/about-u…
Tali Levi
Eve Joslyn Madalengoitiawww.evejoslyn.com
Thomas Manganero
Marko Marilawww.markomarila.com
Laura McCallumwww.lauramccallum.net
Seán Monagle
Matthias Neumannnormal.artinoddplaces.org…
www.sculpturemilwaukee.co…
Joel Olzakwww.joelolzak.com
Tim Ottowww.timottomusic.com/musi…
Elisa Pritzkerwww.elisapritzker.com
Ephraim, Kiersten and Raivo Puusemp
Molly Rauschmollyrausch.com
Brian James Robinson
Andres San-Millanwww.figureartscape.com
Greg Slickwww.gregslickart.com
Tony Stanzionewww.stanzionestudio.com/
Robert Theen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob…
Roberta Trentin and Bosch Purvis
Suvi Tuominenvimeo.com/suvituominen
Peter Lamborn Wilsonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pet…