Graduate Exhibition 23Apr08 | 0 comments

Group Exhibition: April 26-May 16 2008, Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

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I just finished installing Metamorphoses in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Graduate Exhibition. It will be featured as part of the curated section “Cover Blown”, located on the 3rd floor. If you are in Chicago, come check it out!

GALLERY HOURS AND ADDRESS:
Opening reception: Friday, April 25, 9:00 - 11:00 pm
Exhibition hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Extending viewing: April 30 & May 16, 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

Gallery 2
847 West Jackson Blvd., 2nd and 3rd floor
Chicago, IL 60607
Phone: 312.563-5162
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Metamorphoses 23Apr08 | 1 comments

High-definition video series (2008)

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The Metamorphoses series (Biggie, Britney, George, Oprah and Michael) was shot at Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum earlier this year. It documents transgressive and playful interactions that occur as people perform and stage encounters with “celebrities”.

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Motive 23Apr08 | 1 comments

High-definition Video (2008)

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“Motive” examines 8 University of Minnesota Cheerleaders as they perform. Their individual performances are composited into a flickering video of the group as a whole. The resultant concatenation reveals subtle shifts in gesture and affect as each individual cheerleader attempts to synchronize her movement with the others.

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This Is Not A Self Portrait 09Sep07 | 4 comments

Group Exhibition: September 21 - October 20th, 2007, Project Space, Chicago, IL

“5 Ways to Drag and Be Dragged” is included in This Is Not a Self Portrait, curated by Sean Fader and Jill Frank. This exhibition showcases the work of over 20 artists who explore non-traditional approach to self-portraiture.
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Bio

Aaron Henderson’s videos and installations attempt to break down the ways that humans activate gesture. Recent projects examine the personal, cultural and political ramifications of all action, from intimate gestures to displays of super-human acrobatics.

Well acquainted with movement, he threw himself into walls and off of platforms for STREB Extreme Action, an acrobatic performance company from 2002-6. He also designed projections for this and other projects which have been presented at ICA Boston, the International Festival of Art & Ideas (New Haven, CT), Wolf Trap (Vienna, Virginia), Bumbershoot (Seattle, Washington), the Oriente Occidente Festival (Verona & Trento, Italy), the Festival Paris and many other theaters, colleges and festivals across the country. These projects were aided by NYSCA and Creative Capital MAP grants.

Aaron co-founded LOSTWAX, an East Coast company creating fusions of performance and video, and edited and founded the International Thought Exchange, a now defunct mail art organization.

He is currently pursuing his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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