Academy Records"It is not in the world of ideas that life is lived. Life is lived for better or worse in life, and to a man in life, his life can be no more absurd than it can be the opposite of absurd, whatever that opposite may be." - Archibald Macleish For this project room exhibition at Linda Warren Gallery, Academy Records will be presenting images generated from past performances and broadcasts, as well as new schematics and drawings on paper that direct attention toward surface and pattern, absurdity versus sensibility, and typography and layout. Academy Records is a co-operative endeavor between Steve Lacy and a consistently revolving group of visual artists, musicians, and writers. Academy Records productions, which include vinyl records, videos, installations, films, CD's, publications, concerts, performances, and exhibitions, are based around the idea of system-specificity. They use this concentration on systematic structures to draw attention to vernacular gestures and historical motifs (or moments) through a highly personalized set of connections. Emphasizing the systems behind vernacular gesture (aesthetics) and historical motifs (context) is a way to develop what they call resident form: a product from recognizing the manner in which location, process, and context develop personal systems. Based in Chicago, Academy Records has had solo and group exhibitions and performances at the Hyde Park Art Center, The Art Gallery of Knoxville, Junior Gallery, The Empty Bottle, The University of Cincinnati, DePauw University, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago among others.
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