Breathing is Free: 12,756.3; New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba makes U.S. premiere
Jan 30, 2009
Who
The ASU Art Museum is pleased to present the U.S. premiere of Breathing is Free: 12,756.3; New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, created by internationally known video artist Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba.
What
The ASU Art Museum continues to be at the forefront of presenting important video artists at benchmark points in their career. In keeping with this mission, Breathing is Free: 12,756.3 is an important addition to the museum’s ongoing Moving Targets video-art initiative.
“The Moving Targets initiative is the way we exhibit the importance of having dedicated programs for video art,” says John Spiak, senior curator. “Video quickly has become an important art medium, and with the rapid advancements and easy accessibility of technology, it’s also become a way more people can be involved with creating and appreciating art. We’re proud to offer such an innovative program within our mission as a university museum.”
Breathing is Free: 12,756.3, is a refugee-memorial project that includes video stories created by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba. The artist has shown around the world and is known for his stunning video art. He has chosen to make himself the subject of the art in his current project, literally running in different places around the globe for a combined distance that equals the earth’s diameter. In addition to this exhibition run, which is also filmed, is a museum installation that includes his video triptych The Ground, the Root, and the Air, which is comprised of three chapters that are merged into one film. The video is filled with charged locations and activities reflecting the cultural negotiations between tradition and youth of the city of Luang Prabang, Laos.
Breathing is Free: 12,756.3, co-curated by Heather Lineberry, senior curator and interim director of the ASU Art Museum, is an important project to bring both to the Phoenix-area community and the ASU campus community as part of our mission as an educational institution. Additional upcoming Moving Targets initiatives include the I’m Keeping An Eye on You project, curated by John Spiak. The project debuted in December 2008 for Aqua Art Miami, as part of the largest art fair week in the U.S. and will be exhibited at the ASU Art Museum in September 2009. On April 18, 2009, the museum screens the 13th Annual Short Film and Video Festival. As part of its high school Video Outreach program, the museum also works with high school students to participate at the museum and in their classrooms by studying and creating their own video-art projects.
For more information about the Moving Targets initiative and the ASU Art Museum, please visit: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/movingtargets/index.html
Where
The ASU Art Museum is located at 10th Street and Mill Avenue in Tempe, Ariz.
When
Breathing is Free: 12,756.3; New Work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
Jan. 24 – April 25, 2009
Arizona exhibition run: April 2009.
Read the press release: http://herbergercollege.asu.edu/news/press_release.php?id=691
13th Annual Short Film & Video Festival
April 18, 2009, 8 p.m.
Submissions deadline: Feb. 6, 2009
For more information, visit: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/filmfest/index.html
I’m Keeping An Eye On You
Sept. 19 – Dec. 20, 2009
For more information, visit: http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/imkeepinganeyeonyou
Cost
Free
Public Contact
Diane Wallace
Publicist
ASU Art Museum
480.965.2787
Diane.wallace@asu.edu
The ASU Art Museum, named "the single most impressive venue for contemporary art in Arizona" by Art in America, is part of the Herberger College of the Arts at Arizona State University. The museum is located on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and 10th Street in Tempe and admission is free. Hours are 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. on Tuesdays (during the academic year), 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and closed on Sundays and Mondays. We offer additional educator hours by appointment, Monday and before 11 a.m. Tuesdays – Thursdays. To learn more about the museum, call 480.965.2787 or visit http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu.
Media Contact:
Diane Wallace
Publicist
ASU Art Museum
480.965.2787
Diane.wallace@asu.edu