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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 download press release here<\/a> For more information please contact Doris Ca\u00e7oilo at 973-699-0399, or email at doris@gaiastudio.org<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n WONDER WOMEN RETELL THE NEWS <\/em><\/strong> Opening Reception: Friday November 11, 2011, 7pm \u2013 10pm<\/strong><\/p>\n ((Brooklyn, 11\/11\/11): _gaia together with its collaborators in Cyprus: The Cyprus Community Media Centre (CCMC), the European Mediterranean Arts Association (EMAA) and Rooftop Theatre Group present the New News is Old News: A Wonder Women Project<\/em> at The Gowanus Studio Space.<\/strong> On November 11, 2011 the work from both parts of the residency project will be exhibited at The Gowanus Studio Space. Artists and curators from Cyprus will travel to NYC to join the local artists for this special reunion of Wonder Women.<\/p>\n During the residency, the curators and selected artists: US based Christine DaCruz, Mairikke Dau, Sharon de la Cruz, Melissa MacAlpin, Escobar-Morales, Lindsey Muscato, Larysa Myers, Cristine Posner, Sharone Vendriger, Nicole Wilson and Cyprus based Heleniq Argyrou, Kakia Catselli, Eser Ke\u00e7eci, G\u00f6k\u00e7e Ke\u00e7eci ?ekero?lu, Costantia Manoli, Maria Petrides and Julie Sandor met for critique sessions and discussions related to the media.<\/p>\n In their projects for the exhibition, the artists focus on communication and the content of news in US and Cypriot media, paying particular attention our changing relationship to news. Among the many collaborations and discussions the projects emerged as individual and collective experiments. Christine Da Cruz and Maria Petrides collaborate to collect oral histories and create embroidered portraits of women. Sharon de la Cruz uses the American cultural iconography of Aunt Jemima to present her vision of Crooked Images. Melissa MacAlpin illustrates love stories from the NY Times. Lindsey Muscato considers the physical experience of reading a broadsheet illuminating details from newspaper articles in her drawings of controlled coffee spills. Julie Sandor deconstructs TV media consumption using found video.<\/p>\n All 17 artists will show a selection of the work created in the US and Cyprus residencies in a group exhibition at The Gowanus Studio Space beginning Friday, November 11th<\/sup> at 7:00PM and will remain open until Friday, November 25th<\/sup><\/p>\n The project is made possible through the generous support of the U.S. Embassy’s Bicommunal Support Program (BSP) as well as through a crowd sourcing initiative\u00a0launched by _gaia studio using Kickstarter and our hosts Gowanus Studio Space.<\/p>\n THE EVENT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. <\/strong> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 download press release here For more information please contact Doris Ca\u00e7oilo at 973-699-0399, or email at doris@gaiastudio.org WONDER WOMEN RETELL THE NEWS New News is Old News exhibition at The Gowanus Studio Space November 11\u00a0 \u2013 November … Continue reading
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\nNew News is Old News<\/em><\/strong> exhibition at The Gowanus Studio Space<\/strong>
\nNovember 11\u00a0 \u2013 November 25, 2011 <\/strong>
\n166 7th Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215
\nGallery hours: Thursday \u2013 Sunday 3pm-8pm and by appointment<\/p>\n
\nIn January 2011,\u00a0 _gaia studio invited 10 New York & New Jersey based artists to participate in their residency program Wonder Women, exploring the changing media landscape in a project called \u2018New News is Old News.\u2019 The work was completed and exhibited at Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ. Its curators Doris Ca\u00e7oilo and Maya Joseph-Goteiner along with three of the artists, Christine DaCruz, Sharon De La Cruz and Lindsey Muscato traveled to Cyprus upon invitation by the Cypriot organizers, Alana Kakoyiannis, on behalf of CCMC, Ozgul Ezgin on behalf of EMAA & Ellada Evangelou, on behalf of Rooftop to stage a similar program with artists in Nicosia and to present the culmination of the week-long process in an exhibition at the Peace Room in Nicosia.<\/p>\n
\nFor further details, please visit:
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