Artspeak
Aaron Flint Jamison
Aaron Flint Jamison (b. Billings, MT, 1979) has exhibited at Culturgest (Porto), castillo/corrales (Paris), Pied a Terre (San Francisco), Open Satellite (Seattle), Midway Contemporary (Minneapolis), Marfa Book Company (Marfa, TX), Museum of Modern Art (New York), and the Center d’edition contemporaine (Geneva), among others. Jamison lives and works in Portland, OR, where he is the founder of the art center Yale Union. Jamison co-founded the artist-run center Department of Safety (2002-2010) in Anacortes, WA, and is the founder and editor of Veneer Magazine. Jamison is represented by Air de Paris.
Exhibitions
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AARON FLINT JAMISON
June 9–July 21, 2012
Opening Friday, June 8, 8PM
This project is made possible with special support from the BC Arts Council Innovations Program.
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JASON DODGE, HADLEY + MAXWELL, ALLISON HRABLUIK, AARON FLINT JAMISON, SAM LEWITT, HEATHER AND IVAN MORISON, AVIGAIL MOSS, PAMELA ROSENKRANZ, DEXTER SINISTER, MATT SHERIDAN SMITH, OSCAR TUAZON
April 9–May 28, 2011
Presenting the work of eleven artists and collaborators, this exhibition refuses to deliver. It offers artworks sent via national postal systems addressed to the gallery as “Poste Restante”. Typically relied upon by travelers and lovers, “Poste Restante” is a request for a post office to hold a letter or package until picked up by its recipient. The works are exhibited as received, in unopened envelopes or parcels, accompanied by any paperwork generated during transit, including customs forms, bills of lading, and pro forma invoices. Delivery is deferred as the packages wait, held by the gallery for a recipient whose identity is unknown.
Objects are shaped by various encounters with systems of commerce, information, publicity and transportation. Stubbornly resistant to dematerialization, the art object remains local, specific and visible only in certain spaces, while operating in far-flung networks, both physical and immaterial. Guarantors of the exhibition as an exhibition, the art objects in Poste Restante serve as ground for exchanges of immaterial services, writings, and conversations. Through the suspension of delivery we remove the object-in-itself from scrutiny and see in clearer relief the systems the object both calls to life and circulates within.
The exhibition will travel to further destinations, including both commercial galleries and non-profit spaces, marking out a geographical network of communication and interests analogous to those of the participating artists and organizations. Parallel events, including talks, performances, and publications, will accompany the exhibition at each location.
Curated by Eric Fredericksen
Talks & Events
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CLINT BURNHAM, RANDY LEE CUTLER, OMER FAST, AARON FLINT JAMISON, TRICIA MIDDLETON, PHILIP MONK, PAMELA ROSENKRANZ, KLAUS SCHERUÜBEL
August 1–August 31, 2012Please enjoy these summer reading “picks” from a selection of local and international artists and writers, including Clint Burnham, Randy Lee Cutler, Omer Fast, Aaron Flint Jamison, Tricia Middleton, Philip Monk, Pamela Rosenkranz and Klaus Scherübel.
The PDF is available here.
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AARON FLINT JAMISON
July 14, 2012at Pacific Bindery
870 West Kent Ave
Vancouver, BCPlease join us at Pacific Bindery with the artist Aaron Flint Jamison. This event is presented in conjunction with Jamison’s exhibition that is on view at Artspeak until July 21st.
This event is co-presented with Western Front.
This project is made possible with special support from the BC Arts Council Innovations program.
Publications
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Title: Veneer 09
Category: Artist Periodical
Artist: Aaron Flint Jamison
Writers: A.J. Seaholm, Andrew Peterson & Mehdi Ahmadian, T. Cucchi, Rebecca Suzanne Ingram, Constance Spry, Robyn Carliss, Dr. David Kaplin
Editor: Aaron Flint Jamison, Azure Akamay
Design: Aaron Flint Jamison
Publisher: Artspeak, Yale Union
Printer: Multiple printers
Year published: 2012
Edition: 700
Pages: 160pp
Cover: Paperback
Binding: Sewn Bound
Process: Offset, letterpress
Features: Includes rose petals
Dimensions: 23 x 14.5 x 1 cm
Weight: 288 g
ISBN: 0-921394-66-7
Price $20.00Veneer Magazine is an 18-book publishing project established in 2007. Each publication is elaborately made and often focuses on the books themselves beign documents to specific performances. Edited by Aaron Flint Jamison, the magazine is available by subscription and is printed in an edition of 700. Issue 09/13 includes contributions from A.J. Seaholm, Andrew Peterson & Mehdi Ahmadian, T. Cucchi, Rebecca Suzanne Ingram, Constance Spry, Robyn Carliss, Dr. David Kaplin, and a record from “Plaintiffs v. ExxonMobil oil Corporation. “Issue 09/18 is published in conjunction with Jamison’s exhibition at Artspeak (June 9–July 21, 2012).