IK!

INTERNATIONAL KARAOKE Opens May 11 through July 5

We added our final artist this weeked, Geraldine Lozano. Not all our artists for IK have websites, but she does. Please check it out.http://www.geralozano.com/

Also, as more work arrives for IK, the more interesting our task becomes. We recieved our work from Kyle Sharp yesterday. He hails from Nevada.http://kylejsharp.wordpress.com/

more to come...132

MAY 11th

INTERNATIONAL KARAOKE

The first show at ONETHIRTYTWO came about as a result of livingroom conversations that lasted over the course of a year. The name of the show is a combination of futile nights trying to capture all the things we feel about this first show. We have had so many ideas. We talked about the idea of apartments, and apartness. Initiation also seemed to be a key factor for us. To initiate something.

But the idea of the home, and the idea of 'feeling' home was the simple thread that carried our conversations. This is our home, and we feel the need to make it 'feel' that way. We have both come from other places, and made San Francisco our home, and now we invite other artists to exhibit work in our space. Like a cover song, or KARAOKE, (as curators) we will sing their songs.

'International Karaoke' came about when Shane had written down a phrase and taped it to the wall. When I saw it...I knew that INTERNATIONAL KARAOKE was the title of the first show at 132.

artists added, Luciano Cieza & Brian Schmierer

TWO

update. I am posting an update. For starters, here is a list of the artists who will be showing work here at 132.
Some names will be added (possibly).

Adela Svobodova
Cameron Kelly
Christian Ebert
Greg Ito
James Early
Joseph Kurm
Kyle Sharp
Nicole Buffett

There will also be two additions to our Laundryroom space, which is an exclusive space for work made only by people that worked in the same cafe(s). Alex Holmes and Nick Deane.

More notes on this- The space is cleaning up nice. Editing space, and awaiting most of our artists work. I am working now on one of the video installs at the moment. This idea of home is still a focus for me, but its also about how the work that is brought into our space is then used to make it feel more comfortable, more alive perhaps. I want to activate this space like channel surfing. Some artists will have multiple pieces, that would sometimes rotate after time. More details later.

also. Put this in your hat. the date is MAY 11th 2007