Event Description:
This year the exhibition is entitled "AU: Exchange" Cortney Lane Stell, curator of the exhibition will symbolically transform RedLine through artist’s creative engagement with gold.; she explains,
In the popular imagination, gold conjures up ideas of preciousness, consumerism, finance, value, malleability, even common identity. What material better links our current economic state with the economies of the past?
This exhibition reconsiders gold, and the relationship of RedLine artists with the material and the economy. Each artist will be given a 2.5 gram gold bar to use in his or her work. The artists can choose to sell, trade, or use the gold in any manner they choose to create an artwork for the exhibition. The intention of this critical exploration of the material is to reveal the open nature of gold in both form and concept in relation to each artist’s individual practice.
RedLine’s annual fundraiser is designed to give visitors a participatory prelude to the upcoming exhibition and support RedLine Resident Artist Program. We will invite attendees to engage in gold through costume, programming and performance.
The Party & Program: Redline / October 28th, 2011 / 7PM-1AM
Theme: Gold
Costume: Bling requested, gold suggested. Costumes are not required, just desired.
Performance: Collaborative works by Ballet Nouvea Colorado and RedLine Artists
Installation: Contemporary art installation by RedLine Artists
Participation: Guests can bring gold to the Party of Gold exchange station and receive the value of their gold back via check. 15% of all transactions go to support RedLine’s educational programs.
Dialogue: Interviews with RedLine Resident Artists which will serve as a prelude to the upcoming Resident Artist exhibition, Au: Exchange. Each artist will discuss their engagement and relationship to gold, which will be featured on 15 flatscreen TVs.
Music: Soul & Jazz DJs from the Denver Hip Hop Congress, which will culminate in a slam poetry jam and DJ battle at 10pm.
Menu & Bar: Gold-themed food and beverage stations
Midnight Toast: Goldschlager Toast given by Denver-based drag queen Felony Misdemeanor. Felony will also perform in gold between 9-10pm.
Tickets: RedLine Members- $40 / General Admission - $50 / VIP - $150
VIP Tickets include all night access to The Gold Lounge
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