{"id":17792,"date":"2016-06-11T21:35:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-12T02:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=17792"},"modified":"2016-08-19T14:19:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T19:19:35","slug":"rules-tools-and-fools","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.spudnikpress.org\/event\/rules-tools-and-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules, Tools, and Fools\u2013Opening Reception &#038; Artist Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><em>Artists respond to the Whole Earth Catalog with various media and teach-ins.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Spudnik Press Cooperative presents \u201c<i>Rules, Tools, and Fools<\/i>,\u201d featuring Chicago-based artists ACT Collective, <a href=\"http:\/\/albertoaguilar.org\/\">Alberto Aguilar<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jessemalmed.net\/\">Jesse Malmed<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jaclynjacunski.com\/home.html\">Jaclyn Jacunski<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/jthomaspallas.com\/\">Jason Pallas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/departmentofnaturalhistory.com\/\">Ryan Thompson<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huimintsen.com\/\">Hui-min Tsen<\/a>, and national artists <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sarahhotchkiss.com\/\">Sarah Hotchkiss<\/a> (San Francisco), <a href=\"http:\/\/jensmoose.com\/home.html\">Jen Smoose<\/a> (Seattle), and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leahwolff.com\/\">Leah Wolff<\/a> (New York). This exhibition will feature the artists\u2019 various responses to a key piece of printmedia &#8211; the <i>Whole Earth Catalog<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><i>Whole Earth Catalog <\/i>is a counter-cultural touchstone that presaged many of today\u2019s artistic and social modes of engagement. <b><i>Rules, Tools, and Fools <\/i><\/b>serves as a vehicle for artists to be provoked by and respond to the <i>Whole Earth Catalog<\/i> using a range of materials and conceptual strategies. The exhibiting artists all have a relationship with at least one of the themes explicitly embedded within the Catalog\u2013alternative education, off-the-grid living, self-sufficiency, do-it-yourself culture, ecology, utopian ideals, communal action, holism, and access to tools. \u00a0All of the artists are crafting new responses and activities to the Catalog for the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>The show is presented in The Annex, an educational and exhibition space within the non-profit printmaking studio, Spudnik Press Cooperative. The show is not only a response to all that the Whole Earth Catalog embodies, but is a visual manifestation of the role that Spudnik Press plays in the Chicago ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The organization of <i>Rules, Tools, and Fools<\/i> mimics the strategies that drive Spudnik Press as a collectively managed and cooperatively run printshop. \u00a0The progressive ethics used to bring the artists together and create programming mirror the spirit of the Whole Earth Catalog. \u00a0This equitable effort puts trust in artists\u2019 voices to shape how the show manifests. \u00a0Rather than a nostalgic revisiting of a bygone era, the show offers poetic and practical solutions from our contemporary relationship to the Whole Earth\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n<p>Stay hungry, stay foolish.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>The Rules, Tools, and Fools Reading Library<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The artists and exhibition organizers have collaborated to compile a selection of books and related ephemera to augment the exhibition with a reading library. This reading area, currently on view at Spudnik and continuing \u00a0throughout the exhibition, serves as a public resource for deeper investigations of the source material and other scholarly works. \u00a0As part of the opening reception, a short artist talk will feature many of the participating artists discussing their practice and contributions to the exhibition and their reflections of the <i>Whole Earth Catalog<\/i>. There will also be additional programming associated with the exhibition, including a film program hosted at The Nightingale, and a series of teach-ins with community partners at Spudnik. \u00a0All events are free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p><i>Rules, Tools, and Fools<\/i> is organized by participating artists Jaclyn Jacunski and Jason Pallas in collaboration with Angee Lennard, Founder and Director of Spudnik Press.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><strong><em>Rules, Tools, and Fools<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0will kick-off with an\u00a0<strong>Artist Talk <\/strong>featuring\u00a0a panel\u00a0of exhibiting\u00a0artists at<strong> 6:15 p.m. on August\u00a012<\/strong>, followed by the Opening Reception.<\/p>\n<p><i>The exhibition runs through September\u00a024th, 2016.\u00a0Gallery hours are <\/i><i>Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5pm, or by appointment.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artists respond to the Whole Earth Catalog with various media and teach-ins. 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