WordSpace is please to present an event in participation with this “festival of disputed ideals“. “Utopian Fantasies” is part of a larger landscape of (FESTIVAL OF DISPUTED IDEALS)
Thursday Sept. 8th 2-4 pm
Utopia: Impossible States
El Centro College
(801 Main St. / downtown Dallas)
On view: 09.06 – 09.30.16
(801 Main St. / downtown Dallas)
On view: 09.06 – 09.30.16
Artists address utopian “impossible states” of ideal form, technology, and conceptualization, with performances by Dennis Gonzalez and Danielle Georgiou.
Featuring work by: Dwayne Carter • Danielle Georgiou
Randy Guthmiller • Rachel Muldez • Ryder Richards
Marilyn Waligore • Carlo Zinzi
Randy Guthmiller • Rachel Muldez • Ryder Richards
Marilyn Waligore • Carlo Zinzi
Friday Sept. 9th 8-10 pm
Utopian Fantasies
The Wild Detectives
(314 W. 8th St. / Oak Cliff)
Sponsored by WordSpace, featuring Patrick Patterson-Carroll and Lee Escobedo talk about their “utopian fantasies”, with film presentation by Michael Morris and hip-hop performance from Fidel NJ.
The Wild Detectives
(314 W. 8th St. / Oak Cliff)
Sponsored by WordSpace, featuring Patrick Patterson-Carroll and Lee Escobedo talk about their “utopian fantasies”, with film presentation by Michael Morris and hip-hop performance from Fidel NJ.
Saturday Sept. 17th 6-9 pm
Dystopian Dreams
MFA Gallery
(409A N. Tyler / Oak Cliff)
(on view: 09.17 – 10.30.16)
Third party musings, dreams of dystopias both personal and societal, an illusionary world of fragmentation, creation and destruction. Featuring the work of Dwayne Carter • Patrick Patterson-Carroll, Randall Garrett • Thor Johnson • Montoya Williams
Friday Sept. 30th 8-10 pm
Paradise is Burning
Poets on X+ present Randall Garrett and Lauren Belmore
Lucky Dog Books
(911 W. Jefferson Blvd. / Oak Cliff): Randall Garrett and Lauren Belmore waxing poetic and queer where “paradise is burning”.
(911 W. Jefferson Blvd. / Oak Cliff): Randall Garrett and Lauren Belmore waxing poetic and queer where “paradise is burning”.
Saturday Nov. 5th
Paradise: No Time Zone
Centraltrak
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park)
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park)
on view: 11.05 – 12.17.16
Paradise, a “no time zone” of original perfection, the natural world of continual process and transformation. Featuring work by Sheryl Anaya • Rachael Banks , Colette Copeland • Val Curry • Randall Garrett , Dennis Gonzalez • David Sunshine
Paradise, a “no time zone” of original perfection, the natural world of continual process and transformation. Featuring work by Sheryl Anaya • Rachael Banks , Colette Copeland • Val Curry • Randall Garrett , Dennis Gonzalez • David Sunshine
Thursday Nov. 10th or Nov. 17th
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Centraltrak
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park)
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park)
Paradise / Utopia themed discussion with Richland College religion professor Jon Erwin.
Saturday Nov. 19th
Paradise vs. Utopia: Disputed Ideals
Ro2 Art
(1501 S. Ervay / Dallas / The Cedars): Group exhibit addressing opposing themes of paradise vs. utopia, artists forming alliances and occupying competing space, with a third party insurgency of the dystopian, mimicking the disputed ideals of contemporary life. Featuring the work of Sheryl Anaya • Rachael Banks • Dwayne Carter, Colette Copeland • Val Curry • Randall Garrett, Danielle Georgiou • Dennis Gonzalez • Randy Guthmiller, Thor Johnson • Rachel Muldez • Patrick Patterson-Carroll, Ryder Richards • David Sunshine, Carlo Zinzi • Marilyn Waligore • Montoya Williams
Thursday Dec. 8th or Saturday Dec. 17th
Ataraxia
Centraltrak
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park): Avante-garde jazz ensemble Ataraxia, led by Dennis Gonzalez performs at the closing reception for “No Time Zone”.
(800 Exposition Ave. / Fair Park): Avante-garde jazz ensemble Ataraxia, led by Dennis Gonzalez performs at the closing reception for “No Time Zone”.
