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UPCOMING EVENTS • 2006!

An exhibition of “Rattlesnake in a Moving Car: Life with HIV" at the University of San Francisco opens October 30 and runs through December 24, 2006.

Shown as a work in progress, the multi-media piece will be at the Thacher Gallery on campus. An artist lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 1, 3-4 p.m. in the Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall, followed by a reception in the gallery from 4-6 p.m.

The Thacher Gallery is located in the Gleeson Library/Geschke Center next to Fromm Hall.

You can link to the show HERE beginning the week prior to the opening.

The exhibition is sponsored by USF's Performing Arts Department and is part of "25 Years: Artists Respond to AIDS".

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RECENT NEWS:

Project milestone:

The twentieth portrait -and final one to be drawn- is done!

Rob completed his self-portrait for Rattlesnake in a Moving Car this past winter.  The focus will now be on the transcription and editing of the interview tapes for the audio program and the design and fabrication of the remaining sculpture segments.

Science Notes

Rattlesnake in a Moving Car will be highlighted in the Summer 2005 edition of the online science journal, Science Notes.

The highly regarded magazine is written and illustrated by students at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Science Communication Program. The main article by Hannah Hickey is about the search for an AIDS vaccine. Rattlesnake in a Moving Car will be featured in the sidebar article, and the illustrator Beth Guy utilized elements from the portraits in Rattlesnake to accompany it. The layout is by Ken Chang of the NYTimes. Be on the lookout for it!  http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/

Space 743 preview

The progress showing of Rattlesnake in a Moving Car at Space 743 in San Francisco was a success.  It featured 11 of the portraits and six of the sculptures, some of which had not been previously shown in public.

Subtitled "Illuminating the Vision with Sight and Sound", the show also highlighted the new sound and lighting system designed by John Cavala of John Cavala & Associates. Images of his great design concepts are shown below.  They promise to make the exhibition an even clearer and more powerful experience for the viewer.

Click on the thumbnails below for expanded views.

 

  
Illuminating the Vision with Sight and Sound
1. Working from his preliminary sketches to assess lighting and sound needs for Rattlesnake in a Moving Car, John Cavala of John Cavala & Associates used a 3D modeling program to determine the precise placement of the different elements.
 
2. A conceptual view of Rattlesnake in a Moving Car as seen from a normal viewing point within the exhibition space. Two different types of lights will be used. One type gives overall illumination to each portrait and accompanying sculpture, and the other one highlights a particular portrait when sound is activated.
 
3. A bird's-eye view of the installation depicting a central truss system to support the lighting and sound equipment. Another option being reviewed is a lightweight system attached to the walls and cantilevered out over each portrait/sculpture segment.