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"The Feeling of What Happens" - Solo Exhibition at Curator's Office, open May 14th

I am very pleased to present some new bodies of video work in my second solo exhibition with Curator's Office, with an exhibition essay written by curator and art historian Vjera Brozan (Prague, Czech Republic).

Home Again, Home Again (video still), 2010, HD DVD, 5:25min (total running time), edition 1 of 10 + 2APs
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Kathryn Cornelius: The Feeling of What Happens
May 14 - June 19, 2010
Curator's Office
Opening reception: Friday, May 14th, 6-9pm

video series included in the exhibition:
How We Learn to Love, 2008-2010
Or, Death Speaks for Us, 2010
Home Again, Home Again, 2010

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Slought Foundation, May 5th, I'll be speaking with some of my Mildred's Lane collaborators

UPDATE: Slought Foundation has uploaded the audio recordings of our talks:
On "An Ordinall of Alchimy"
Mark Dion On A History of Mildred's Lane

"An Ordinall of Alchimy" travels to the Slought Foundation (Philadelphia, PA)
April 30-June 14, 2010

May 5th, 6:30-8:30pm:
Reception and panel discussion with Mark Dion, Matt Bettine, Joey Cruz, John Wanzel, and myself.

For more information, see Slought Foundation

By Kathryn Cornelius

Salon Contra w Andrew Wodzianski - April 27th, 7-9pm

UPDATE: Philippa Hughes has posted some clips from our conversation on her Pink Line Project site.

On Tuesday, April 27th from 7-9pm, I will be in conversation with artist Andrew Wodzianski to discuss his latest project "Pop Up Living," for which he has collaborated with developers, architects, and designers to produce.

For two weeks, Andrew is living in a temporary space and broadcasting his daily, self-proclaimed "banal" actions via USTREAM. I stopped by his space on Monday to get a sense of his intentions for the project, and after hitting on topics as diverse as "The House with the Ocean View" (by Marina Abramovic), "I'm not here to make friends," (the notorious reality tv phrase spoken by at least one person in every reality tv show; see This American Life: Act Two), IKEA living, and sustainable materials, I'm looking forward to how our conversation develops as he virtually attends via webcam. (I'll be in my pajamas.)

To attend the Salon Contra event, please rsvp to saloncontra@pinklineproject.com.
By Kathryn Cornelius

"An Ordinall of Alchimy" opening at Cabinet Magazine Gallery

Last summer at the Mildred's Lane Artist Residency, us fellows were asked to collaborate on a project for Cabinet Magazine's gallery space. Under the direction of Mark Dion and Robert Williams, we applied principles of alchemy to the creation of the piece which will make its debut at the Cabinet gallery later this month. I am very excited to see how our project comes together, and catch-up with good friends from Mildred's Lane. Please stop by the opening if you can, or check out the show later on. Cabinet is a great magazine, and such a good resource for unfettered information.

"An Ordinall of Alchimy" - a collaborative installation organized by Mark Dion and Robert Williams, with Matt Bettine, Kathryn Cornelius, Joesph G. Cruz, Gabriella D'Italia, Scott Jarrett, Aislinn Pentecost, John Wanzel, Bryan McGovern Wilson, and Laura Wertheim

Exhibition Handout

Panel discussion: “Spinning Straw into Gold—Art, Value, and the Alchemical Collector,” featuring Mark Dion, Sal Randolph, McKenzie Wark, and Robert Williams; Saturday, March 27, 6–7 pm
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 27th, 7-9pm
Exhibition Dates: March 30–April 17, 2010
­Location: Cabinet Magazine Gallery, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn, NY
Gallery hours: Tuesday to Saturday­, 12–6 pm, and by appointment

more info:

"An Ordinall of Alchimy" inaugurates "999," an occasional series of exhibitions presented by Cabinet in which artists are invited to assemble work under a single constraint: everything installed in the gallery must have been acquired on Ebay for a total of less than $999. When the exhibition comes down, its contents are offered for sale as a single item, once again on Ebay.

In 2009, Mark Dion, Robert Williams, and their students at the Pennsylvania artists’ colony Mildred’s Lane used Cabinet’s invitation as an opportunity to explore the theme of alchemical transformation. “An Ordinall of Alchimy” comprises the objects they assembled, a collection keyed to the seven basic processes of practical alchemy: Calcination, Fixation, Solution, Distillation, Sublimation, Separation, and Projection.

By Kathryn Cornelius

Salon Contra: Conversation with artist Nevan Lahart

UPDATE: Philippa Hughes of The Pink Line Project has put together a video of a few parts of the conversation with Nevan - fortunately, he's a non-stop talker, and therefore made it easy on me as I was still coming off of a nasty cold...Check it out - he is hilarious and a force of information, talent, and passion.

Salon Contra: Talk with Nevan Lehart and Kathryn Cornelius
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On Monday, March 8th from 7-9pm, I will be participating in a Pink Line Project Salon Contra event, wherein the Irish artist Nevan Lahart and I will be in conversation about his practice and month-long stay in DC to work on a site-specific project. To attend, please rsvp to saloncontra@pinklineproject.com.

By Kathryn Cornelius