Extended to June 15!
Transforming Art:
The Art of Chris Hardman
An Exhibition Presented by Antenna Theater and the Presidio Trust
January 23 – June 15, 2008
Wednesdays to Sundays
11 am to 5 pm
Presidio Officers’ Club
50 Moraga Avenue
FREE
Theatrical audio walk, narrated by the artist, is available for $5 per person (free for 18 years and younger).
Presidio Events Line: (415) 561-5500
RELATED PROGRAMS
(Free at the Presidio Officers’ Club; no reservations needed)
An Evening with the Artist: Chris Hardman
Wednesday, January 30, 2008, 7 pm
The Eye and the Brain: The Latest Science
Wednesday, March 26, 2008, 7 pm
Dr. Julie Schnapf, UCSF, Department of Ophthalmology
The Transforming Art Book
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 6 - 8 pm
Book Signing and Tour of the Exhibit with the Artist
Exhibition Overview
Where does reality end and illusion begin? How much is in the art and how much is in our brain, in our perception? Transforming Art is interactive art at its most dramatic, intriguing, and stimulating. Chris Hardman’s multi-gallery installation reveals how our minds transform the visual and aural information we receive to create our view of the world. The exhibit fuses light, movement through space, 3-D art, mirrors, sculpture, slotted furniture, and textured sound in an immersive environment that reminds us that we are all active participants in the world we experience. This exhibition is site-specific and has been custom-designed for the Presidio galleries.
“I want to change the way we experience the world, so I’ve created art pieces that reveal how our minds are involved in the process of perception,” said Hardman. “The exhibit will present art forms that reveal the visual clues we commonly use to view the world. With this information, we can rethink our relationship to our surroundings and experiences.”
Antenna Theater of Sausalito is a non-profit arts organization which creates original work in many disciplines. Artistic Director Chris Hardman founded Antenna in 1980 to experiment with sound, sculpture, and live performance. Antenna's work has been presented at the Smithsonian Institution, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Spoleto Festival, the Cervantino Festival in Mexico, and the Roundhouse in London. In addition, Antenna Theater has brought their unique combination of sound, image, and movement to adventurous audiences in surprising settings--recycling centers, high schools, Army barracks, the desert playa at Burning Man, and the Pacific Ocean's edge.