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Graham Hudson
Project Room: The Magic City
by Aili Schmeltz
Opening reception: Saturday,
January 12 @ 7pm - 11pm
 
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(Miami, FL, December 10, 2007)
Locust Projects will begin an electrifying 2008 season
with a solo exhibition by London- born artist Graham
Hudson. After two months of research in Miami, Hudson
will create a site- specific/sympathetic installation
using both found and bought objects incorporating sculpture,
light and sound elements played through record players.
In the project room, LA-based artist Aili Schmeltz will
be creating the “The Magic City”, a string
and nail installation of a topographical map of the
Miami region similar to that of 1970's string art and
do-it-yourself art kits. Both exhibitions open in conjunction
with the Wynwood Art District walk on Saturday, January
12, 7-11pm and are on view until February 29, 2008.
Currently based in Los Angeles, Hudson was first seen
at last years Art Basel by Director Claire Breukel who
was intrigued by his work at the Pulse art fair. This
year, Graham Hudson has come to Miami to begin work
two months prior to this exhibition; his new sculpture
embodies this period of research, combined with familiar
motifs to create an artwork of grand scale, delicate
construction, sound and light, to speculate on our shared
history and an unsettled future. The global context,
history and memory of Miami is captured in the recycling
of podiums, gathered from the departing Nada and Art
Basel, from the local galleries of Wynwood, and the
cupboards of Locust itself. Turntables scratch and randomly
repeat as the room is filled with a hypnotic and constantly
changing new score as light bulbs are pushed round and
round by the turntables motion. At the same time, fans
oscillate with large bin bags attached, dangling from
an architecture of tools and found timber.
Los Angeles-based Aili Schmeltz will also be coming
to Locust to create a site-specific installation entitled
“The Magic City”, based on the landscape
and urban structure of Miami. For the past 6 years Schmeltz’
work has revolved around ideas of comfort and convenience
in the suburban landscape, examining specifics of the
city, it's never ending sprawl and the impact this geography
has on its inhabitants and natural systems. The "Magic
City” is a nickname given to Miami by its winter
visitors who remarked that the rapid growth of the city
happened so fast that it was "like magic".
Schmeltz’s installation will consist of a topographical
map of the Miami region made entirely out of string
and nails similar to that of 1970's string art and do
it yourself art kits, like a large 3-dimensional drawing.
Both exhibitions open at Locust Projects, 105 NW 23rd
Street on Saturday, January 12, 2008 7-11pm.
Locust Projects hours are Thursday through Saturday
from noon to 5:00 p.m.
This exhibition is made possible with support from Andy
Warhol Foundation; Hannibal Cox Jr. Foundation; Florida-State
of the Arts; Peroni, Italy; Debra and Dennis Scholl;
and Beth Rokeby Gallery.
Photos from Preview Event:
Aili Schmeltz and Graham Hudson
Graham Hudson talking...
Graham Hudson, Aili Schmetlz, and LP Chair Heather Urban
Hudson, Schmeltz, and Moderator Dennis Scholl
Events sponsored by:
LOCUST PROJECTS is sponsored, in part,
by The Dade
Community Foundation with support of The Miami-Dade
County Dept of Cultural Affairs, The Cultural Affairs
Council, The Mayor, and The Miami-Dade Board of County
Commissioners.
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