The Possessed Artifacts and Detritus of Mrs. Florence Hazel Davis Bland Interactive Website:Â www.asmk.ca/bland, 2014 made during a residency at Elsewhere, a living museum The Possessed Artifacts and Detritus of Mrs. Florence Hazel Davis Bland is an interactive website created by Kobayashi that explores the life of a woman whose intriguing book collection has become a… Continue reading The Possessed Artifacts and Detritus of Mrs. Florence Hazel Davis Bland is live!
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From Alex To Alex will be playing at Barely There Cinema
Saturday, December 19, 2014 Who Told You This Hurt: film and video work digging into first times/virginities/and creating tradition. Barely There Cinema @ Comfort Station 8PM Featuring work by Alison S. M. Kobayashi, Jesse Malmed, Ian Curry, Blair Bogin, Alee Peoples & Fern Silva
Personality Unlimited at Artscape Youngplace December 12th
Personality Unlimited new work by Alison S.M.Kobayashi curated by Karie Liao Artscape Youngplace 180 Shaw St. Toronto Opening December 12, 2014, 6-8pm A cross between a cabinet of curiosities and a thrift store, Personality Unlimited presents the collections of A.S.M. Kobayashi’s personally owned and borrowed found objects along with her artistic interpretations of them. The artist’s collections include… Continue reading Personality Unlimited at Artscape Youngplace December 12th
Hanging Out in Deephaven opens November 22nd
Hanging Out in Deephaven BEGINS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 Opening Reception Saturday, November 22, 2014 2:00 to 5:00pm Curator’s talk 3:00pm Viewing Hours November 22 to December 19, Monday to Friday, 10am to 5:00pm VTape 401 Richmond Street West, Suite 452 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Canada Deephaven is a place imagined by Sarah Orne Jewett in her 19th century novel… Continue reading Hanging Out in Deephaven opens November 22nd
Bazaar at Artscape Youngplace October 18th
Art Bazaar and Community Garage Sale Saturday, October 18 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Free admission Many lost treasures just waiting to be found Plus be on the look out for artist Alison S. M. Kobayashi – she will be searching for objects and community participants for her upcoming art project at Artscape Youngplace.… Continue reading Bazaar at Artscape Youngplace October 18th
Stills from Thinking as She Thinks at Dunlop Gallery
Elsewhere Project Video
2014 | Artist | Alison S.M. Kobayashi from Elsewhere on Vimeo. A short video about my project at Elsewhere, A Living Museum in Greensboro, N.C. link to the Elsewhere project page: http://www.goelsewhere.org/florence-bland/
From Alex To Alex at Constellation, Chicago
RUN OF LIFE: Experimental Documentary Series, SUITCASE OF LOVE AND SHAME preceded by From Alex To Alex Monday, September 22, 2014 8pm Constellation 3111 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL
New Performance, presented by Dunlop Gallery, Regina
Alison S.M. Kobayashi with Christopher Allen: Thinking as She Thinks Part of Tragedy Plus Time, curated by Blair Fornwald, Jennifer Matotek, and Wendy Peart at Dunlop Gallery, Regina. Performance Details: Wednesday, August 27, 8:00 pm In Situ – The Artful Dodger, 1631-11th Ave. Regina, SK Dunlop Art Gallery welcomes Brooklyn, NY-based artist Alison S. M. Kobayashi and… Continue reading New Performance, presented by Dunlop Gallery, Regina
FORMER ISLANDS at Heliopolis, Brooklyn
Heliopolis presents FORMER ISLANDS A collaborative show June 6-29, 2014 OPENING RECEPTIONÂ Friday, June 6, 7-10pm +reading events tba FORMER ISLANDS comprises the results of 1-to-1 text/image exchanges between 11 pairs of artists and writers. Each pair was invited to trade works and then create new works in response, transferring ideas between media and generating provisional… Continue reading FORMER ISLANDS at Heliopolis, Brooklyn
Updates From Elsewhere
Some images from the current project I am developing during my April residency at Elsewhere, NC.
SELFIE GIFS on IC Dodges
The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival Non Fiction Meme tumblr. The IC DOGES special screening will be held on April 17 at FilmScene in Iowa City as part of the 12th annual Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival, as a lead-in to Eric Fleischauer and Jason Lazarus’ TWOHUNDREDFIFTYSIXCOLORS. http://icdoges.tumblr.com/
Collaboration with Christine Larusso
Beginning work on a collaboration with poet, Christine Larusso, for an upcoming exhibition at Heliopolis, opening Friday, June 6th, 2014.
Tragedy Plus Time exhibition and performance at Dunlop Gallery
Tragedy Plus Time Sherwood Gallery June 20 – August 27, 2014 Central Gallery and Mediatheque July 4 – August 27, 2014 Sonny Assu, BGL, Michel de Broin, Jason Cawood, Mark Clintberg, Troy Coulterman, Robyn Cumming, Thirza Cuthand, Keren Cytter, Kim Dorland, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Erica Eyres, Hannah Jickling and Helen Reed, Alison… Continue reading Tragedy Plus Time exhibition and performance at Dunlop Gallery
Upcoming Residency at Elsewhere, NC
Looking forward to doing some heavy thrift research at Elsewhere: http://www.goelsewhere.org/2014-residents
This is Not a Work Party @ Design Exchange
Design Exchange, Toronto THIS IS NOT A WORK PARTY APR 23rd, 2014 6-9PM $18 MUNNYs, munchies and music by DJs Ark Analog (Maylee Todd & Dan Werb) and a digital art projection by Alison S. M. Kobayashi. Get an exclusive look at This Is Not A Toy curated by John Wee Tom and DX Associate Curator Sara Nickleson, with… Continue reading This is Not a Work Party @ Design Exchange
OFFLINE Artist Talk March 16th, 2014
Join the artists featured in OFFLINE to discuss their work and celebrate the closing of the show. March 16th, 2014 Sunday March 16th, 1-3pm Radiator Gallery 10-61 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, New York Participating Artists: Martha Clippinger Molly Dilworth Alison S.M. Kobayashi Carolyn Lambert Beth Letain Stacie Johnson Sarah G. Sharp Parsley Steinweiss Organized by… Continue reading OFFLINE Artist Talk March 16th, 2014
SELFIE GIFS from Live Performance at Radiator Arts // Armory Arts Week
4 Selfie GIFS created during a live performance at Radiator Arts part of OFFLINE (an exhibition curated by Sarah G. Sharp) for http://www.thearmoryshow.com/armory_arts_week/events.html#mce_temp_url#
March 7th Performance at Radiator Arts for Armory Arts Week
Radiator Gallery presents OFFLINE Curated by Sarah G. Sharp Exhibition runs until March 15, 2014. OFFLINE proposes that part of the “invisible†response to the overwhelm of information, access, images and mutable identities that comes with life lived on the internet and mediated through a screen includes a re-envisioning and invocation of the very thing the… Continue reading March 7th Performance at Radiator Arts for Armory Arts Week
Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist Talks and Screenings
Tuesday February 18 2014, 7pm Alternative Cinema, Colgate University Tuesday February 25 2014, 12:30 – 1:30 p. m. Art and Art History Program Sheridan College, Annie Smith Arts Centre Mezzanine 1430 Trafalgar Road, Oakville, ON Alison S.M. Kobayashi is an identity contortionist. In her work, Kobayashi performs a variety ofcharacters that are both studiously and playfully… Continue reading Alison S. M. Kobayashi Artist Talks and Screenings