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Apexart Curatorial Program<br />

291 church street new york, ny 10013<br />

t: 212.431.5270<br />

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apexart is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization<br />

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apexart’s exhibitions and public programs are supported in part by <strong>the</strong><br />

Affirmation Arts Fund, Andy Warhol Foundation for <strong>the</strong> Visual Arts,<br />

The Greenwich Collection Ltd., Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides<br />

Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and with public funds<br />

from <strong>the</strong> New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and <strong>the</strong> New York<br />

State Council on <strong>the</strong> Arts.<br />

You can support what we do at apexart.org/support.php<br />

apexart © 2015<br />

ISBN: 978-1-933347-88-2<br />

cover image credit: Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012, Video (still)<br />

Agnes Meyer-Brandis<br />

Neighborhood Watch Team<br />

Heidi Neilson<br />

Claudia O’Steen<br />

Andres Padilla Domene<br />

Katie Paterson<br />

Ivan Puig<br />

Robert Rauschenberg<br />

Joel Slayton<br />

The X-Hunters<br />

James Balog<br />

Captured Landscape Team<br />

Bruce Coffland<br />

Mat<strong>the</strong>w Coolidge<br />

Tacita Dean<br />

Annabel Elgar<br />

William Lamson<br />

Charles Lindsay<br />

Drew Ludwig<br />

Peter Merlin<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by<br />

Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian,<br />

and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

January 21 - March 5, 2016<br />

apexart<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, SEFT-1, 2006-2011, Prints, 27 x 14 in<br />

Setting Out seeks to untangle <strong>the</strong> terms that motivate and<br />

define contemporary expeditions. It holds in one hand <strong>the</strong><br />

historical legacy of science, art, and society and <strong>the</strong>ir pursuit<br />

of all knowable and natural frontiers. It holds technology in<br />

its o<strong>the</strong>r hand and its connivance with human curiosity to see<br />

beyond each horizon. Toge<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong>se fields create an image of<br />

<strong>the</strong> edge of human understanding.<br />

As curators, we set out on an exploration for work that<br />

represents <strong>the</strong> ethos and praxis of expeditions. The works we<br />

found demonstrate a recurrent set of practices and sentiments<br />

that circumscribe exploration’s essence. It didn’t matter if <strong>the</strong><br />

explorer was an artist or scientist, or if <strong>the</strong> subject was cellular<br />

or celestial. The human preoccupation with <strong>the</strong> frontier - where<br />

<strong>the</strong> knowable bleeds into <strong>the</strong> unknowable - holds steady at all<br />

scales. As such, we found that to explore entails <strong>the</strong> desire to<br />

search as well as <strong>the</strong> impulse to share.<br />

The works included in Setting Out all meet on this field of<br />

desire and dissemination. The language, methodologies, and<br />

influences that inform each are fluid. The explorer is at once a<br />

scientist-artist who creates <strong>the</strong> ground for <strong>the</strong>ir expedition as<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir process of exploration unfolds. In <strong>the</strong>ir hands, technology<br />

expresses a DIY plasticity, bending and twisting so that new<br />

images may be transmitted back.<br />

In 1962, British science writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke<br />

envisioned a world forever shrunk by a vast net of communications<br />

satellites. According to Clarke, <strong>the</strong> implementation of <strong>the</strong>se<br />

satellites would collapse distance and time and enable mankind<br />

“to move almost instantaneously to any part of <strong>the</strong> world.”<br />

Abiding Clarke’s prescient vision, <strong>the</strong> launch of <strong>the</strong> first<br />

communications satellite ushered in an era of rapid technological<br />

innovation. In this new epoch, technology has extended<br />

human perception beyond <strong>the</strong> constraints of <strong>the</strong> human body.<br />

This promotes a culture of remote viewing, which paradoxically<br />

creates a greater distance between <strong>the</strong> viewer and <strong>the</strong> subjects<br />

or landscapes being viewed. These images deliver a disembodied<br />

understanding of <strong>the</strong> subjects <strong>the</strong>y depict. As such, today’s<br />

world of places and materials has transformed into a world of<br />

representations and information. As inhabitants of this new world,<br />

we access images of our horizons in increasing detail yet do not<br />

clearly perceive <strong>the</strong> shaky ground beneath our feet.<br />

Katie Paterson’s Ancient Darkness TV responds to today’s<br />

networked reality and reproduces an incomprehensible image<br />

of cosmic time and space. Working with astronomers from <strong>the</strong><br />

Mauna Kea Volcano telescope, Paterson’s Ancient Darkness TV<br />

records a transmission of ‘ancient darkness’ and broadcasts it on<br />

New York television station MNN. The work reveals darkness from<br />

<strong>the</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>st point of <strong>the</strong> observed universe - 13.2 billion years ago<br />

- shortly after <strong>the</strong> Big Bang and before Earth existed, when stars,<br />

galaxies, and <strong>the</strong> first light began to form.<br />

Like many of <strong>the</strong> artists in Setting Out, Paterson’s work points<br />

to how remote viewing technologies are inherently unable to<br />

transmit a sense of <strong>the</strong> space <strong>the</strong>y depict. Her work illuminates<br />

how technological media makes possible <strong>the</strong> material projection<br />

of place and time, and simultaneously presents us with an image<br />

that’s decidedly unte<strong>the</strong>red to ei<strong>the</strong>r. The word “dark” is often<br />

used to suggest <strong>the</strong> presence of <strong>the</strong> unknown. As viewers, we are<br />

literally left in <strong>the</strong> dark, wondering how and if this image allows<br />

us to comprehend our position in <strong>the</strong> universe. Or, perhaps, it<br />

simply leaves us at <strong>the</strong> periphery, oscillating between observation<br />

and imagination.<br />

Katie Paterson, Ancient Darkness TV, 2010, TV broadcast, VHS transfer to DVD, 6:09 min


From <strong>the</strong>se remote frontiers, Setting Out transmits images and<br />

artifacts that question <strong>the</strong> human desire for conquest over space<br />

and time. This documentation is <strong>the</strong> output of <strong>the</strong> curiosity that<br />

propels <strong>the</strong> explorer’s work. It reveals <strong>the</strong> desire to collect and share<br />

evidence of celestial and terrestrial hinterlands. Curiosity dovetails<br />

<strong>the</strong> work of <strong>the</strong> artist and scientist. This process of coming toge<strong>the</strong>r<br />

yields productive frictions and results in <strong>the</strong> commingling of differing<br />

methodologies, efforts, and approaches.<br />

extensive and multi-modal work pinpoints more than 100 aircraft<br />

crashes throughout <strong>the</strong> American Southwest - at places such as<br />

Edwards Air Force Base and Area 51 - by piecing toge<strong>the</strong>r clues<br />

from interviews with pilots, Freedom of Information Act requests,<br />

and archival research. Their aerospace archeology grounds itself at<br />

<strong>the</strong> resting place of X-Planes, experimental military aircraft once<br />

used to test <strong>the</strong> limits of aviation technology, predominately for<br />

advancement of military purposes.<br />

James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey, 2007<br />

As with Paterson’s Ancient Darkness TV, Heidi Neilson’s work deals<br />

with time, distance, and communication technology. Neilson’s<br />

ISS Roadtrip combines stills from a video clip taken from <strong>the</strong><br />

International Space Station as it orbited <strong>the</strong> earth into a book<br />

meant to be viewed in a moving car. From <strong>the</strong> passenger seat,<br />

<strong>the</strong> reader turns each page of Neilson’s book and simultaneously<br />

registers <strong>the</strong> velocity of <strong>the</strong> car in motion.<br />

ISS Roadtrip inserts <strong>the</strong> remote landscape of space into everyday<br />

life and transposes <strong>the</strong> satellite onto <strong>the</strong> automobile. Yet, despite<br />

<strong>the</strong> car’s willful complicity, it fails to reproduce <strong>the</strong> experience<br />

of moving through celestial space. The terrestrial remains <strong>the</strong><br />

terrestrial, and instead, <strong>the</strong> reader suspends <strong>the</strong>ir sensation of<br />

reality so that <strong>the</strong>y may follow Neilson into an intergalactic fantasy.<br />

Like Paterson, Neilson makes tangible an image of some distant<br />

periphery to which our lives are intimately yoked and infinitely<br />

removed.<br />

Joel Slayton, The Antenna Project, 2015<br />

Agnes Meyer-Brandis’ Moon Goose Analogue is such a poeticscientific<br />

investigation. The video presents Meyer-Brandis’ quasiscientific<br />

experiment in which she raised, trained, and equipped a<br />

flock of geese to fly to <strong>the</strong> moon. Inspired by Francis Godwin’s 17th<br />

century science fiction piece, “The Man in <strong>the</strong> Moone,” Meyer-<br />

Brandis mixes scientific and artistic practice to develop tools and<br />

systems that mirror and mimic those used in astronautics. The result<br />

is a touching and humorous pseudo-documentary that chronicles<br />

<strong>the</strong> tensions that occur when scientific and artistic approaches are<br />

merged.<br />

While some projects in Setting Out travel outward, o<strong>the</strong>rs turn<br />

<strong>the</strong>ir gaze inward so that <strong>the</strong>y may interrogate social and military<br />

infrastructures. They offer an alternate view of familiar landscapes<br />

and highlight <strong>the</strong> presence of industries, economies, and cultural<br />

phenomenon typically hidden or obscured. They curiously inspect<br />

<strong>the</strong> world at hand and conduct investigative processes that, at<br />

times, seem absurd and humorous. Their work excavates microand<br />

macroscopic territories, exposes hidden histories, and brings<br />

forgotten knowledge to <strong>the</strong> fore.<br />

Merlin and Moore’s work takes up technology as both tool and<br />

artifact. They travel to sites <strong>the</strong>y presume an X-Plane has crashed<br />

and methodically line up photographs of <strong>the</strong> crash sites with <strong>the</strong><br />

horizon. In this way, <strong>the</strong>y locate distinct geographic features and<br />

establish <strong>the</strong> relative distance or location of crashed X-Planes.<br />

Their fieldwork reveals a constellation of forgotten sites across<br />

<strong>the</strong> American Southwest and highlights <strong>the</strong> existence of an active<br />

military presence within <strong>the</strong> desert landscape. In training <strong>the</strong>ir eyes<br />

downward, <strong>the</strong>y map <strong>the</strong> undocumented history of aeronautic<br />

folly and failure buried in <strong>the</strong> landscape around us. Their findings<br />

reveal <strong>the</strong> ramifications of experimental technologies that push<br />

against <strong>the</strong> limits of speed and altitude. Merlin and Moore traverse<br />

<strong>the</strong> landscape on a microscopic scale; <strong>the</strong> minuscule fragments<br />

<strong>the</strong>y piece toge<strong>the</strong>r locate <strong>the</strong> hidden connection between earth<br />

and sky.<br />

Similarly, Matt Coolidge’s Center for Land Use Interpretation<br />

(CLUI) produces public programs that take participants out into<br />

<strong>the</strong> urban, technological, and industrial landscapes of Sou<strong>the</strong>rn<br />

California. Coolidge’s public programs identify and travel to sites<br />

of cultural significance within pre-existing, everyday landscapes.<br />

CLUI’s public programs “microcosmically” tour <strong>the</strong> systems that<br />

support our everyday existence such industrial mills, electrical<br />

William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010, 2-channel video<br />

plants, and aqueducts. Using <strong>the</strong> language and methodology of a<br />

museum, Coolidge draws our attention to sites and infrastructures<br />

that have always been present but perhaps never noticed or<br />

explored.<br />

Expeditions of yesteryear operated at geological and political<br />

frontiers. They, by definition, charged into some unclaimed horizon<br />

in search of knowledge, resources, and territory. Yet, <strong>the</strong> horizons<br />

towards which <strong>the</strong>y strove were elusive and illusory.<br />

Setting Out has found that <strong>the</strong> horizon towards which today’s<br />

explorers reach now resides within sociological and technological<br />

terrains. These terrains are often formed from <strong>the</strong> integration of<br />

remote viewing technologies into our cultural consciousness. To<br />

examine <strong>the</strong>se spaces, <strong>the</strong> work showcased in Setting Out dovetails<br />

at <strong>the</strong> inexhaustible curiosity and desire to translate all worlds into<br />

<strong>the</strong> language of human experience.<br />

Yet, this curiosity privileges sight at <strong>the</strong> expense of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r senses<br />

- and in so doing perpetuates a disembodied stance on <strong>the</strong> edge<br />

of human knowledge. The work of each featured artist-scientistexplorer<br />

tirelessly fails to capture and communicate <strong>the</strong> fullness<br />

of <strong>the</strong> frontier. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, this space is understood only through <strong>the</strong><br />

collusion of all human senses - wherein <strong>the</strong> eyes, ears, skin, and<br />

musculature take in <strong>the</strong>ir surroundings and feel <strong>the</strong> scale of this<br />

unknown site.<br />

Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and Jennifer Dalton Vincent © 2015<br />

Unsolicited Proposal Program 2015-16<br />

Agnes Meyer-Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2011 Videostill © VG-Bild Kunst, 2015<br />

This is clearly articulated in <strong>the</strong> work of <strong>the</strong> X-Hunters Aerospace<br />

Archaeology Team, Peter Merlin and Tony Moore. Their<br />

The X-Hunters, documentation from 1992 expedition


Exhibitions Fellowship Publications Events Support General<br />

Images for Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

on view January 21 ­ March 5, 2016 at apexart ­ nyc<br />

back to exhibition page<br />

INSTALLATION IMAGES<br />

Annabel Elgar, Specimen found in <strong>the</strong> trophy cupboard<br />

of first Fristad fly fishing club, Sweden, 2014; Annabel<br />

Elgar, Moon dust stockpile, New Forest, England, 2014;<br />

Works by James Balog, Claudia O’Steen, Joel Slayton,<br />

Bruce Coffland, X­Hunters: Peter Merlin and Tony<br />

Moore<br />

Works by James Balog, Claudia O’Steen, Joel Slayton,<br />

Bruce Coffland, X­Hunters: Peter Merlin and Tony<br />

Moore<br />

William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010; Ivan<br />

Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, Burro en Marte |<br />

Donkey on Mars, 2013; Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla<br />

Domene, SEFT­1 en Marte | SEFT­1 on Mars, Colección<br />

Geológica de Marte | Geological Collection from Mars,<br />

2013<br />

Agnes Meyer­Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2015 Agnes Meyer­Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2015, Coproduced<br />

by The Arts Catalyst and FACT, in cooperation<br />

with Pollinaria, HD video, 20:56 min; Annabel Elgar,<br />

Moon dust stockpile, New Forest, England, 2014<br />

Annabel Elgar, Specimen found in <strong>the</strong> trophy cupboard<br />

of first Fristad fly fishing club, Sweden, 2014; Annabel<br />

Elgar, Moon dust stockpile, New Forest, England, 2014;<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012<br />

Agnes Meyer­Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2015;<br />

Annabel Elgar, Specimen found in <strong>the</strong> trophy cupboard<br />

of first Fristad fly fishing club, Sweden, 2014; Annabel<br />

Elgar, Moon dust stockpile, New Forest, England, 2014;<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012; Heidi Neilson, ISS<br />

on I17N, 2012; Katie Paterson, Ancient Darkness TV,<br />

2010><br />

Robert Rauschenberg, Local Means (Stoned Moon),<br />

1970; Drew Ludwig, Personal Item, 2015; Tacita Dean<br />

Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac, 1999<br />

Drew Ludwig, Personal Item, 2015


Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015; Tacita Dean,<br />

Teignmouth Electron Cayman Brac, 1999; Tacita Dean,<br />

Teignmouth Electron, 1999<br />

Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015<br />

Charles Lindsay, Portable Device for Unforeseen<br />

Circumstances, 2015<br />

Ben Hooker + Shona Kitchen, Andrew Nagata, Tim<br />

Durfee Neighborhood Watch, 2013<br />

Ben Hooker + Shona Kitchen, Andrew Nagata, Tim<br />

Durfee Neighborhood Watch, 2013; Peter Merlin and<br />

Tony Moore, X­Hunters, Lea<strong>the</strong>r Jacket, 1984­ present<br />

Peter Merlin and Tony Moore, X­Hunters, Lea<strong>the</strong>r<br />

Jacket, 1984­present<br />

Installation view from back of gallery Installation view from back of gallery<br />

Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015<br />

Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015<br />

Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015<br />

Shona Kitchen, Alyson Ogasian, Claudia O'Steen,<br />

Stephen Cooke, Vivian Charlesworth, Tim Wang, Yun<br />

Hong, Captured Landscape, 2015 (detail)<br />

William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010; Ivan<br />

Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, Burro en Marte |<br />

Donkey on Mars, 2013<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, Burro en Marte |<br />

Donkey on Mars, 2013; Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla<br />

Domene, SEFT­1 en Marte | SEFT­1 on Mars, Colección<br />

Geológica de Marte | Geological Collection from Mars,<br />

2013; Center for Land Use Interpretation, Posters for<br />

event excursions, 1994­2015<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, Burro en Marte |<br />

Donkey on Mars, 2013; Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla<br />

Domene, SEFT­1 en Marte | SEFT­1 on Mars, Colección<br />

Geológica de Marte | Geological Collection from Mars,<br />

2013; Center for Land Use Interpretation, Posters for<br />

event excursions, 1994­2015


Peter Merlin and Tony Moore, X­Hunters Then and Now<br />

Photographs, 1984­present; X­Hunters Aerospace<br />

Archaeology, The X­Hunters, documentation from 1992<br />

expedition<br />

Claudia O’Steen, Arc of Visibility, 2015; James Balog,<br />

Extreme Ice Survey, 2007<br />

Claudia O’Steen, Arc of Visibility, 2015; James Balog,<br />

Extreme Ice Survey, 2007<br />

Claudia O’Steen, Arc of Visibility, 2015; James Balog,<br />

Extreme Ice Survey, 2007; Bruce Coffland,<br />

ZEISS/NS001/MAS, 1994; Joel Slayton, The Antenna<br />

Project, 2015<br />

Bruce Coffland, ZEISS/NS001/MAS, 1994; Peter Merlin<br />

and Tony Moore, X­Hunters Then and Now<br />

Photographs, 1984­present; X­Hunters Aerospace<br />

Archaeology, The X­Hunters, documentation from 1992<br />

expedition<br />

X­Hunters Aerospace Archaeology, The X­Hunters,<br />

documentation from 1992 expedition<br />

BROCHURE IMAGES<br />

James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey, 2007 James Balog, Extreme Ice Survey, 2007<br />

Center for Land Use Interpretation, poster for event<br />

excursions, 1994­2015<br />

Tacita Dean, Teignmouth Electron, 1999/2009, Color<br />

photograph, 26 3/4 x 35 in.; Courtesy of <strong>the</strong> artist and<br />

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York<br />

Annabel Elgar, Moon dust stockpile, New Forest,<br />

England, 2014<br />

Annabel Elgar, Specimen found in <strong>the</strong> trophy cupboard<br />

of Fristad fly fishing club, Sweden, 2014


William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010, 2­<br />

channel video<br />

William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010, 2­<br />

channel video<br />

William Lamson, A Line Describing <strong>the</strong> Sun, 2010<br />

Charles Lindsay, Portable Device for Unforeseen<br />

Circumstances, 2015<br />

Drew Ludwig, Personal Item, 2015, Rock, duct tape,<br />

briefcase handle<br />

Drew Ludwig, Personal Item, 2015, Rock, duct tape,<br />

briefcase handle<br />

Agnes Meyer­Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2015 (c).<br />

Coproduced by The Arts Catalyst and FACT, in<br />

cooperation with Pollinaria (video still)<br />

Agnes Meyer­Brandis, Moon Goose Colony, 2015 (c).<br />

Coproduced by The Arts Catalyst and FACT, in<br />

cooperation with Pollinaria (video still)<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012, Book, 7 x 10 in.<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012, Book, 7 x 10 in.<br />

(video still)<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Road Trip, 2012, Book, 7 x 10 in.<br />

(video still)<br />

Claudia O’Steen, Arc of Visibility, 2015, Video,<br />

binocular/projector stands, Yellowheart, cedar, glass,<br />

rocks collected over time from 41°29’40.72”N, 71°<br />

8’8.10”W, sandbags containing sand from same<br />

coordinates, video projections, stainless steel, glass<br />

reflectors, aluminum, mirrored plexi, compass level


Claudia O’Steen, Arc of Visibility, 2015, Video,<br />

binocular/projector stands, Yellowheart, cedar, glass,<br />

rocks collected over time from 41°29’40.72”N, 71°<br />

8’8.10”W, sandbags containing sand from same<br />

coordinates, video projections, stainless steel, glass<br />

reflectors, aluminum, mirrored plexi, compass level<br />

Katie Paterson, Ancient Darkness TV, 2010, TV<br />

broadcast, VHS transfer to DVD, 6:09 min.<br />

Katie Paterson, Ancient Darkness TV, 2010, TV<br />

broadcast, VHS transfer to DVD, 6:09 min.<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, SEFT-1, 2006­<br />

2011, 27 x 14 in. Prints and 16 in. diameter artifacts<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, SEFT-1, 2006­<br />

2011, 27 x 14 in. Prints and 16 in. diameter artifacts<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés Padilla Domene, SEFT-1, 2006­<br />

2011, 27 x 14 in. Prints and 16 in. diameter artifacts<br />

The X­Hunters, X­15 crash site, 1992<br />

The X­Hunters, documentation from 1992 expedition The X­Hunters, F6F­5K crash site debris, 1997<br />

291 church street new york, ny 10013 tu­sat 11am­6pm 212.431.5270 support apexart


Exhibitions Fellowship Publications Events Support General<br />

Public Program<br />

Preparing for Outer Space: Astronaut<br />

Training and Menus for Mars<br />

Janna Kaplan and Heidi Neilson in<br />

conversation<br />

In conjunction with <strong>the</strong> exhibition<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and<br />

Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

Friday, February 26: 7 pm<br />

00:00 / 69:13<br />

download video (453 MB .mp4)<br />

Janna Kaplan and Heidi Neilson will each present on topics relating to human survival in outer space. Kaplan will draw from her experience as a<br />

Space Research Specialist to discuss <strong>the</strong> tasks and challenges of preparing astronauts for spaceflight, while Neilson will present her Menu for Mars<br />

Supper Club project, which envisions <strong>the</strong> future of cuisine on Mars.<br />

Setting Out explores how <strong>the</strong> nature of expeditions has evolved into <strong>the</strong> modern day. Incorporating <strong>the</strong> work of archaeologists, engineers, scientists,<br />

and artists exploring a variety of realms both geographical and beyond, <strong>the</strong> exhibition demonstrates that all <strong>the</strong>se expeditions share <strong>the</strong> same eager<br />

hunger to uncover <strong>the</strong> unknown.<br />

Janna Kaplan, M.S., is Lecturer in Psychology and Senior Research Associate at Brandeis University’s Graybiel Lab, specializing in Neuropsychology and Space<br />

Research. At Brandeis since 1983, she studies human adaptation to various conditions of space flight, such as zero­G, high­G, artificial gravity environments, spatial<br />

orientation, and space motion sickness. Within <strong>the</strong> Graybiel Lab, Kaplan has developed a program initiating commercial and private payload and research of astronaut<br />

training, of which she is now Program Lead and Senior Scientist. The training protocol focuses on sensorimotor human factors of flight, such as space motion sickness,<br />

spatial disorientation, spatial illusions, and movement errors in changing gravitoinertial force environments. Kaplan serves on Faculty Advisory Councils of <strong>the</strong> Brandeis­<br />

Genesis Institute for Russian Jewry, and of <strong>the</strong> Hadassah­Brandeis Institute for <strong>the</strong> Study of Jewish Women. She frequently lectures on <strong>the</strong> science of space exploration. Of<br />

special interest to her is <strong>the</strong> role of STEM curriculum (science, technology, engineering, math) in <strong>the</strong> empowerment and intellectual development of adolescent girls.<br />

Heidi Neilson is an artist addressing topics such as wea<strong>the</strong>r, fake snow, and <strong>the</strong> cultural landscape of outer space. Her work is often collaborative and publishing­based.<br />

She is a member of <strong>the</strong> ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative, co­founded SP Wea<strong>the</strong>r Station, and her work is included in over 60 museum and university collections. Born in<br />

Oregon, Heidi received a BA in biology from Reed College and an MFA in painting from Pratt Institute, and lives and works in New York.<br />

Please join us for this free and open to <strong>the</strong> public apexart event.<br />

apexart's exhibitions and and public programs are supported in part by <strong>the</strong> Affirmation Arts Fund, <strong>the</strong> Andy Warhol Foundation for <strong>the</strong> Visual Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies,<br />

Edith C. Blum Foundation, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd., Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, and with public funds from <strong>the</strong><br />

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and <strong>the</strong> New York State Council on <strong>the</strong> Arts.<br />

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Public Program<br />

In Conversation:<br />

Charles Lindsay and Bruce Coffland<br />

In conjunction with <strong>the</strong> exhibition<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and<br />

Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

Friday, January 29: 7 pm<br />

00:00 / 74:34<br />

download video (488 MB .mp4)<br />

Charles Lindsay and Bruce Coffland discuss <strong>the</strong>ir experience working at NASA Ames Moffett Field from <strong>the</strong>ir respective points of view of as an<br />

artist­researcher and a NASA Operations Manager (Earth Science Office).<br />

Setting Out explores how <strong>the</strong> nature of expeditions has evolved into <strong>the</strong> modern day. Incorporating <strong>the</strong> work of archaeologists, engineers, scientists,<br />

and artists exploring a variety of realms both geographical and beyond, <strong>the</strong> exhibition demonstrates that all <strong>the</strong>se expeditions share <strong>the</strong> same eager<br />

hunger to uncover <strong>the</strong> unknown.<br />

Charles Lindsay is a multi­disciplinary artist interested in technology, eco­systems, semiotics, and esoteric forms of humor. Lindsay creates immersive environments, sound<br />

installations, sculptures built from salvaged aerospace and bio­tech equipment, videos, and photographs. He is <strong>the</strong> Director of <strong>the</strong> SETI Institute’s AIR Program. Educated<br />

as an exploration geologist, Lindsay is a Guggenheim Fellow, recipient of <strong>the</strong> Robert Rauschenberg Residency, artist­in­residence at Imagine Science Films, and <strong>the</strong><br />

innovator behind OSA EARS – a project designed to deliver real time sound from one of <strong>the</strong> world’s most biologically diverse eco­systems to anyone anywhere with<br />

internet. Lindsay’s work has been profiled by WIRED, Mo<strong>the</strong>rboard, ARTonAIR.org, Viralnet, NPR, and CNN International.<br />

Bruce Coffland is <strong>the</strong> Operations Manager for <strong>the</strong> Airborne Sensor Facility (ASF) at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. Bruce has worked at <strong>the</strong> Airborne<br />

Sensor Facility for 35 years, coordinating and managing airborne Earth resource imagery acquisitions for NASA Earth Science investigators, and also for federal and state<br />

agencies including <strong>the</strong> U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Geological Survey; Department of Energy; <strong>the</strong> State of California, and numerous universities. Coffland has a Masters<br />

degree in Geography from San Jose State University, with a minor studies emphasis in urban planning and photography.<br />

Please join us for this apexart event.<br />

apexart's exhibitions and and public programs are supported in part by <strong>the</strong> Affirmation Arts Fund, <strong>the</strong> Andy Warhol Foundation for <strong>the</strong> Visual Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies,<br />

Edith C. Blum Foundation, Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, The Greenwich Collection Ltd., Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, and with public funds from <strong>the</strong><br />

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and <strong>the</strong> New York State Council on <strong>the</strong> Arts.<br />

apexart<br />

291 Church Street, NYC, 10013<br />

t. 212 431 5270<br />

www.apexart.org<br />

291 church street new york, ny 10013 tu­sat 11am­6pm 212.431.5270 support apexart


apexart<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian,and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

January 21 - March 5, 2016<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/01/journey-through-<strong>the</strong>-blizzardto-see-this-expedition-exhibition/<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian,and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

December 23, 2015 - February 21, 2016<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian,and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

December 23, 2015 - February 21, 2016<br />

http://dailyserving.com/2016/02/setting-out-at-apexart/<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

Setting Out<br />

organized by Shona Kitchen, Aly Ogasian, and Jennifer Dalton Vincent<br />

January 21 - March 5, 2016<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


apexart<br />

http://hyperallergic.com/272341/tracking-artists-expeditions-from-glacier-surveys-to-a-search-for-nixons-missing-moon-rocks/<br />

291 church st. nyc, ny<br />

10013 p: 212.431.5270<br />

info@apexart.org; www.apexart.org


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we’ve featured on Fresh Talk. Curators Shona Kitchen, Aly<br />

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exploring territories “at <strong>the</strong> edge of human understanding.” The<br />

twenty projects in <strong>the</strong> show reveal a shared preoccupation with


twenty projects in <strong>the</strong> show reveal a shared preoccupation with<br />

<strong>the</strong> idea of “frontier.” Toge<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong>y demonstrate how<br />

<strong>the</strong> desire to search is inseparable from <strong>the</strong> impulse to share.<br />

To experience o<strong>the</strong>r points of view on <strong>the</strong> subject, listen<br />

to Texas Tech students talk about <strong>the</strong> road trip <strong>the</strong>y took for <strong>the</strong><br />

course Land Art of <strong>the</strong> American West. Clicking through <strong>the</strong>se<br />

two Fresh VUE features may have you packing your tent and<br />

sleeping bags: Georgia State University student artists and <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

instructor document <strong>the</strong>ir adventure at Joshua Tree and we<br />

share images of our own drive across <strong>the</strong> American Southwest.<br />

Setting Out, Setting Out,<br />

installation view, 2016installation view, 2016<br />

Charles Lindsay,<br />

Portable Device for<br />

Unforeseen<br />

Circumstances, 2015<br />

Center for Land Use<br />

Interpretation, poster<br />

for event excursions,<br />

1994-2015<br />

Drew Ludwig,<br />

Personal Item, 2015<br />

Agnes Meyer-Brandis,<br />

Moon Goose Colony,<br />

video still, 2015 (c)


William Lamson, A<br />

Line Describing <strong>the</strong><br />

Sun, 2010<br />

Annabel Elgar, Moon<br />

dust stockpile, New<br />

Forest, England, 2014<br />

The X-Hunters, F6F-<br />

5K crash site debris,<br />

1997<br />

Ivan Puig and Andrés<br />

Padilla Domene,<br />

SEFT-1, 2006-2011<br />

Heidi Neilson, ISS Setting Out,<br />

Road Trip, book, 2012Installation view, 2016<br />

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