COLLABOTRONICA - CHICAGO 2010

TORSTEN ZENAS BURNS
PRESENTS:
COLLABOTRONICA:(CHICAGO)-60:00 2010

THE NIGHTINGALE
1084 N. Milwaukee
Chicago, IL 60642
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13TH

8PM - $7-10 (SUGGESTED DONATION)

Torsten Zenas Burns works with lots of different mediums and with lots of different people. COLLABOTRONICA is a sample of different projects created in tandem with artists, Anne McGuire Darrin Martin, Christian K. Burns, and HALFLIFERS. Traversing through the worlds of Choreography, Performance, Video, and New Media, he explores the realms of performed identity through fantasy characters and has an interest in re-envisioning educational spaces. Often creating animated counterparts of his collaborators, TZB creates spaces where kinesthetics meets virtual life. For example, WHAT IF?BEYOND A CARNALOVE, made with longtime collaborator, Darrin Martin utilizes danceforms software that recreates choreography by Merce Cunningham. Weird and playful, TZB's works feel a bit like a good recess. The pleasure of movement and imaginative improvisation win the day. –Christy LeMaster / The Nightingale

SHIP TO SHIP

Variable date & Time-Torsten Zenas Burns

VEHICULAR VIDEO DOCKING

& Interfacing between three residency forms.

(Yellow Immersion Suit / Manbody / Pink Computer)

(Special thanks to Michael O'Malley)

KOREANAUTICA

15:30-2010 -(work in progress)-Torsten Zenas Burns

Scenes in KOREANAUTICA explore re-imagined space training workshops,gestural relationships,sculptural set-ups,and micro / macro music vehicle delivery systems. Further scenes investigate ritualistic medical treatments, bokko dancing, sexuality,hygiene, squidnautica man-infestations,and the video arts aboard a fictional Korean space station.

(STELARC - Workshop #1)
3:00-2009-Torsten Zenas Burns + Christian K. Burns
(THIRD-ARM) improvisations at the Holyokeresearch
gestural residency program.

What-if? Beyond a Carnalove

17:00-2009-Torsten Zenas Burns + Darrin Martin

Utilizing an excess of workshop materials to focus on the mating rituals of Orlan within the complicated foursome, simultaneously contextualizing her within a grouping of characters that push the boundaries of the very definition of the word carnal.Re-envisioned Orlan operations are performed by her lovers in tandem with intimate dates that develop their deepening relationships.

(JAIME – Workshop #2)
1:30-2009-Torsten Zenas Burns + Anne McGuire
I am Jaime Sommers! – (No! … I am Jaime Sommers)

I.S.L.A.N.D.S. (0): BIG COMBO

13:00-2010-HALFLIFERS
Part One:(DIDN’T WORK-DISTRIBUTION IS DOWN)

Dual trajectories through lush innerscapes propel us into
color-saturated action scenarios, where the mission to
re-establish identity and sustain communicatin linkage
is never-ending. Retreating the way we came, we find
ourselves further out --or deeper in?
Part Two:(DIDN’T WORK-DVD NOT BURNED)

A useful inanimate object, burdened with excessive
psychic residue, is funneled through HALFLIFE for a
complete wipe-down and a few healthy exersizes.
Part Three:(DIDN’T WORK-BOUGHT A BUILDING INSTEAD OF MAKING ART)

Frantic re-application of a fluid medium within
pre-sentized areas transports us to the edge of a
churning sea of potential activity. Pitted against the
pounding energy currents, we find we can barely hold
our own. And when the tap runs dry its time to move on!
Part Zero:(WORKING THE WORK)

Worth Ryder Gallery - Cynosure: New Work from East Bay Galleries

"CUTTING A PORTAL" 3:00/2007-(VIDEO CHUNK)
FROM "EXTENDING TRAINER:PRESSURE SUITS & BROOM-CRAFTS"
Torsten Zenas Burns - (Special thanks to: The Burns family)
WORTH RYDER GALLERY
116 Kroeber Hall / University of California, Berkeley,CA
Cynosure: New Work from East Bay Galleries
January 27-February 20
Reception Wednesday, January 27, 4-7 PM

Participating Galleries:
Alphonse Berber / Art @ the Oakbook
Blankspace Gallery / Chandra Cerrito Contemporary
Hatch Gallery / krowswork
Johansson Projects / Terminal 22
Pueblo Nuevo Gallery / Rowan Morrison / Swarm Gallery

Cynosure: guiding star, center of attraction. For Cynosure, eleven newer East Bay galleries have been invited to present a sampling of the emerging talents with whom they work. Though the artists included hail from near and far, they all represent the distinctive character of East Bay contemporary art.

The East Bay contemporary art scene has been gaining increasing recognition in recent years. What began as a loose network of artist collectives is evolving into a vibrant new gallery district that has, in the last three years, established a reputation for making challenging art accessible to a broad public of viewers and collectors. These galleries provide an important forum for emerging artists, including students and graduates of UC Berkeley’s Art Practice program, as they are the first point of entry into the professional landscape for so many young talents. These spaces, in the backyard of Berkeley’s campus, also provide experiential learning opportunities for art students and art appreciators from throughout our community.

Gallery hours
Tuesday-Saturday, 12-5 PM
BAM L@TE extended hours
Friday, February 12, 5-8 PM
Closing party
Saturday, February 20, 2-5 PM