US Show June 2, 2011

PRESENTED BY: IAN COLON and WeSPACE
AT FIVEPOINTS ARTHOUSE

Opening: Thursday, June 2nd, 6 - 11pm
Closing: Saturday, June 18th

US is a group participatory performance which allows all attendees to create the experience and content of a contemporary art opening and auction. US is a platform for any person to create and present work outside of their traditional comfort zone. US requires participants to attempt to see both mixing a drink and hanging a painting on a wall as elements of work supporting the creation of a fun, scary and social experience. Please join us to celebrate the lack of differentiation between relational aesthetics and fun and games.

Roles are assigned by chance to patrons upon arriving: prompted with a set of instructions as to how to perform a task ranging from creating artwork to pouring a drink, the viewer becomes a performer in a piece under the control of the entire audience. Allowing the everyperson to let their natural creativity and language define the experience, US encourages the destruction of boundaries between gallery and studio. Without snubbing arts education, this experience seeks to instill confidence in the participant that, no matter the individual’s expertise, they too can rise to the challenge of expressing themselves in a gallery context and have a great time doing it. US is a fun, no-pressure performance that requires your unique spin on cutting an apple, painting a canvas or writing a press release. We all have something great to say; US wants to hear from you.

About the Curators:
Ian Colon
Born in Miami, Florida, Ian is a graduate of The Museum School of Fine Arts and Tufts University in Boston, MA. Ian resides in Oakland, CA, where he curates the project spaces of Glitterbox and Clubhouse. Colon began his curatorial career while in Boston helping found the Five Seven Delle Project Space in 2009. Visit www.iancolon.com for more information.

WE space
In 2009, artist couple, Tina Dillman and Naaman Rosen, founded WE Artspace, to provide a space in Oakland that focuses on navigating culture through multiple genres of progressive art. WE Artspace invites artists to produce site-specific installation work for their live/work loft gallery. WE also hosts monthly literature, dance, music and film screening events. contact info@weartspace.com. WE Artspace is located in Oakland, CA, on the corner of 40th and West Street, just two blocks west of the MacArthur Bart Station. www.weartspace.com

About the Gallery:
Fivepoints Arthouse is an artist-run alternative space in San Francisco. Fivepoints seeks to challenge traditional notions of what the creative space can be. By exhibiting significant, engaging and challenging works of art as well as conceptualizing and creating forward thinking design solutions, Fivepoints operates as a unique resource for creative impulses.

Fivepoints Arthouse claims an active role in shaping the future of the Transbay District and SOMA as well as all of San Francisco by promoting visibility, accessibility and by offering a true alternative model for interactions between the community and the creator.

Official Website: http://fivepointsarthouse.com/shows/2011/06-02-11/06-02-11.jpg