artscope magazine: November/December 2008 Welcome Statement: Brian Goslow, managing editor Letters to the Editor Tara Donovan Juan Angel Chavez: Speaker Project JULIA FEATHERINGILL: INDELIBLE ANNE HARRIS: SELECTED WORKS Adel Abdessemed: Situation and Practice ENTANGLED: JANE HESSER, DOROTHEA VAN CAMP AND MARC VAN CAUWENBERGH RYAN WALKER: THE RECYCLER THOREAU RECONSIDERED "LATER THAT NIGHT..." NOCTURNAL IMAGES BY CHRISTIAN WAEBER LOSSLESS: A VIDEO INSTALLATION BY REBECCA BARON AND DOUGLAS GOODWIN THE WINNER'S CIRCLE: ANNA ISAAK-ROSS, YANICK LAPUH, GREGORY WRIGHT Luis Villanueva and Colo Colo Gallery RISD'S NEW CHACE CENTER BRIDGES THE DIVIDE Industry Focus: THE EXPOSURE PROJECT KAREN DOLMANISTH PAUL CLANCY BALAM SOTO THREE TO WATCH IN 2009: MASSART/FINE ARTS WORK CENTER OF PROVINCETOWN GRADS NANCY WINSHIP MILLIKEN, LOUIS THEODORE OLLIER AND KATIE JURKIEWICZ CENTERFOLD CONTEST OUTTAKES ANDY WARHOL:POP POLITICS CHIHULY AT RISD BESSIE POTTER VONNOH: SCULPTOR OF WOMEN BUSHWACHKED: KELLY JO SHOWS SAYS GOOD-BYE TO BUSH IN SEVERAL MEDIUMS Jules Olitski: An Inside View THE ALLURE OF ITALY: PHOTOGRAPHY, FASION DESIGN SINCE 1945 ELIZABETH KING: THE SIZES OF THINGS IN THE MIND'S EYE WORKS BY DOZIER BELL, LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK AND ALICE SPENSER TWISTED lONGWOOD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Music Hall Capsule Previews: November/ December 2008

LOSSLESS: A VIDEO INSTALLATION BY REBECCA BARON AND DOUGLAS GOODWIN Brian Goslow Through December 7 PAUL CHAN: THREE EASY PIECES November 6 through January 4, 2009 Carpenter Center of the Visual Arts Harvard University 24 Quincy Street Cambridge, Massachusetts THE SUCCESS OF VIDEO EXHIBITIONS USUALLY DEPENDS ON TWO THINGS - A STORYLINE, WHETHER REAL OR IMAGINED, THAT A VIEWER CAN ATTACH TO, AND VIEWERS WITH IMAGINATIONS CAPABLE OF CONSIDERING WHAT THE WORKS' CREATOR SWEEK TO DO WITH THEIR ART. In the case of “Lossless,” patience is definitely rewarded. Rebecca Baron and Douglas Goodwin’s work utilizes film footage found on the Internet. Instead of seeking perfect copies, they learned how to affect the download process as if they were playing a Theremin, interrupting the streamed data to distort or disfigure the shape of the images; further distortion occurs in transferring the material from computers to DVD or 35mm film format. “Lossless #3” utilizes western movie scenes from John Ford’s “The Searchers,” its characters distorted so that their shapes seem to have been built out of Lego blocks. As your eyes and mind adjust, the more distorted the image - be it a horse splashing water as it gallops through a brook or cowboys swinging their rifles in the air - the clearer the actions become. “Lossless #5,” a downloaded Busby Berkeley musical extravaganza, will really play with your mind – especially if you’re unaware of what you’re looking at. A split-screen of mirrored images resemble snakes, until the images shift to recreate the inside of a kaleidoscope. Then, the true identity of the image is abruptly revealed: mannequinlike synchronized swimmers performing their exercises on waterless ground. It’s all quite trippy and demonstrates how willing many of us are to form conclusions before we have all the facts. Think of it as a personal Rorschach Test. The subjects of Paul Chan’s exhibition are much clearer, whether based in reality or animation. Read the entire article in our magazine pages...