6x6 = Video, Performance, and Sound Work! Oh My!

It's Time to Submit Again to 6X6

Submit to 6X6: Hypnotic Suggestion Video

Just when you thought it was over, 6X6 is returning for another round of fast, free fun. Will we be able to top the antics of sweatered rabbits, searching for Gina, and locating Paul? Will the door prizes get any better? What can we possibly do to keep 6X6 fresh and unexpected? Stay tuned, the answer will surprise you.

In the meantime, the 6X6 call for submissions has been posted. New themes, new curators, and new dates, but with some continuity -- the curators are artists whose work was submitted in the first round, so they know the drill, and are ready to put their own stamp on the proceedings. You can too -- submit your video, performance, and sound work now! It's free and easy to submit; all submissions are posted to the 6X6 YouTube channel; and selected artists receive fame and glory, or at least the opportunity to capture the perfectly short attention spans of the 6X6 audience, a faithful and enthusiastic bunch of novelty-starved Athenians. Get with it -- submit to one or more themes today through March 21, 2011. See the complete schedule at: http://hexadic.blogspot.com/p/schedule.html

About 6X6: A series of media arts events in Athens, Georgia, open for submission to anyone from anywhere in the world. Video, film, sound, performance, or combination. Six minutes or less. Shorter can be better! Monthly themes and curators, October-December 2010 and February-April 2011. Next up: Chance, curated by the 6X6 Audience. Submit by September 21. http://hexadic.blogspot.com

About The Curator for 6X6 Chance:
The 6X6 Audience consists of seasoned professionals who understand the ins and outs of audience participation. They come, they buy beverages, they sit, they applaud, they volunteer, and they come back again. What a great group! They will bring their own signature style to the proceedings, one that mixes the experimental with the tried and true, the women with the men, and the unpredictable with the just plain unforeseeable.

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New Digs

After graduating, UGA wasn't going to let me keep my studio forever so I did the most logical thing ... I relocated into a room at my house. Yeah, it's cramped and hopefully temporary, but it sure is fun to paint in my pajamas at 4:00 a.m. when the Muses call.

Marco Polo Quarterly

Darin Beasley and Brian Hitselberger just began an online contemporary fiction journal called Marco Polo Quarterly. I'm terribly flattered to be the featured artist in their first issue! Check it out.

http://www.marcopoloquarterly.com/

CHILDREN

New Work by Awesome Artist and Great Friend, Carl Martin

at Opal Gallery Aug. 20th-Sept. 26th

Opening Thursday Aug. 20th 6 -9 pm

www.theopalgallery.com

www.carlmartinart.com

Athenians Attend Art Basel

Recently, fellow grad student, Erin McIntosh and Lauren Fancher and myself hopped down to Miami Beach to soak up some art at Miami Basel fair. We ran into professors Dunphy and Barsness doing the same ....

Here is the story Lauren wrote for Flagpole Magazine

http://flagpole.com/Arts/Features/ArtBaselMiami/2008-12-24

Flagpole Interview

I was very flattered and fortunate to have Flagpole writer Darin Beasley interview me. Darin asked a lot of smart, thoughtful questions and I gave him a bunch of not so smart or well thought out answers. The result is .... well..... I love it..... check it out....


Flagpole writer Darin Beasley recently sat down with local painter and longtime Athenian Jennifer Hartley to discuss her latest work and its colorful depiction of "human mythology grounded in the phenomena of the everyday." Hartley's painting exhibition, "Embraces and Other Short Stories," is at Flicker Theatre & Bar through December.

http://flagpole.com/Arts/Features/JenniferHartley/2008-12-10

Flicker: Last Chance

Hey Gang, My show at Flicker is coming down Monday, so swing by if you get the chance.

Embraces
And Other Short Stories

I began this series at a time when the world seemed full of sadness and despair. I couldn’t listen to the radio or look at a newspaper without feeling a sense of hopelessness. On a personal level I was dealing with an impossibly sad situation that seemed to consume all the happiness I had ever known. I made a concerted effort to seek out positive examples of love and affection in an attempt to restore my faith in humankind…as a kind of antidote to the bad news I couldn’t seem to avoid. I needed to look no further than my studio door. I found within my artist / student community countless genuine expressions of love, laughter, care and support. Furthermore, I began scanning newspapers for positive images, seeking out the occasional good news. This body of work is based on a combination of candid snapshots of my friends and colleagues and found images of strangers.

Originally, I envisioned paintings of people shaking hands. The lines from the George Weiss, Bob Thiele song made famous by Louis Armstrong “What A Wonderful World” captured my imagination ---

I see friends shaking hands
Saying ‘How do you do?’
They’re really saying
‘I love you’

The handshake proved to be problematic compositionally…all those human H shapes weren’t working on the square format I had already decided on. Instead, I chose the embrace as a symbol for fondness and adoration. I delighted in the geometry of the shape of two bodies as one: two heads and four arms intertwined - a reminder of the importance of human touch.

Since beginning this work, there has been a major change in our national political climate. While we still face devastating problems, there is palpable feeling of hope and change in the air. I still have a need to purposefully balance news of the serious issues we face with positive reminders and sometimes humor. I can honestly say I’m beginning to feel a bit better; and yes, this can be a Wonderful World.


Jennifer Hartley