Centraltrak
800 Exposition AvenueDallas, USA
www.utdallas.edu/centraltrak/index2.htm
About Centraltrak
Centraltrak is a multi-purpose arts building, with four live-work loft spaces for artists, eight studios for U.T. Dallas MFA students, and a gallery. We host four visiting artists, three international or national artists from outside of Texas and one Texan. Artists are selected by a committee of senior faculty of the School of Arts & Humanities at UT Dallas and members of the curatorial and educational staffs of the Dallas Museum of Art. The artists carry out projects in the space of Centraltrak and public realm of DFW, exhibit their work, and give public lectures for periods varying from two weeks to twelve months. As part of its expansive vision of art as experimentation and intellectual inquiry, Centraltrak hosts an ongoing lecture series and a full exhibition calendar for the on-site gallery coordinated by Dr. Charissa N. Terranova, the Director of Centraltrak.
Upcoming Openings
States of Exception
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Friday, January 29, 2010
Reception: November 14, 2009, 6-8pmCurated by Dr. Terranova, States of Exception features the work of Atelier Van Lieshout, MVRDV, Dadara and Angel Cabrales. With artwork interrogating prison subjugation, torture and slaughter houses, States of Exception explores Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s writings on “bare life” and homo sacer. A large prison cell, an installation of hazmat suits, a video of a pig abattoir in sky scrapers and a Bombird grace the premises of Centraltrak. This exhibition shows work by two Rotterdam architecture-design firms, Atelier Van Lieshout and MVRDV, an Amsterdam arts think tank, Dadara and Denton artist Angel Cabrales. This exhibition was made possible by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Manhattan, the offices of Atelier Van Lieshout and MVRDV in Rotterdam and The Why Factory at the Technical University of Delft.
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Doors (Sonic Memories)
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Friday, January 29, 2010
Reception: November 14, 2009, 6-8pmDoors (Sonic Memories)is a sound installation by Dallas musician, sound designer, and painter, Patrick Murphy. Ten handmade wooden boxes are affixed to a single wall. Each box, when opened, plays a looped musical phrase derived from antique music boxes. Visitors to the gallery can open or close the boxes at will. When a single box stands open, a solitary phrase echoes delicately in the room. When all ten are open, a dense and complex musical composition resounds in the space. Visitors to the gallery direct the performance. In this way, the gallery itself becomes a musical machine not unlike the boxes from which the sounds are derived....more info
Transitive Pairing: Body Objects
Exhibition Dates: Saturday, February 13, 2010 - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Reception: February, 13, 2009, 6-8pmCurated by Dr. Terranova, this exhibition consists of three installations each by a team made up an architect and artist whose work is fashion or fabric-based. The “pairings” are: Sharon Odum and James Gilbert; Gary Cunningham and Gabriel Dawe; and Russell Buchanan and Sunny Sliger....more info
Reviews May 2009
Review of Edward Setina: Dark Energy/Dark Matter
Edward Setina's solo show at the artist residency Centraltrak refers to the physics phenomenon that 95 percent of matter and energy is unseen. The idea of the "unseen" is still such an enigma that it is referred to as "dark." In other words, ...more info
Review of Vicious Pink
Just thinking of the word "pink" conjures up images of Barbie cruising in a carnation-colored convertible or a precious little ballerina dancing about in her lavender tutu. But add the word "vicious" to the mix and suddenly the playful ...more info