Catalytic

Ellie Hernandez took some great photos at the opening of Catalytic Emergence. Definitely check them out on flickr

Catalytic Emergence - a set on Flickr Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Thank you to all who participated in Catalytic Emergence and/or our forum last week!The forum can be watched still by clicking below to anyone interested.

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Can't make it to the forum tonight? There will be a LIVE BROADCAST on www.ustream.tv. Simply search our webcast name: Catalytic_CSULB

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Did anyone miss Sunday's opening or want to continue the discussion on Relational Aesthetics? TONIGHT there will be a forum in the Gatov Gallery after the Visiting Artist Talk. Some of the artists in Catalytic will be present and will begin informally at 6:30 pm and
continue
as long as it needs to, though tear down starts at 8 p.m.

The Catalytic website has been completely overhaulded and updated by the talented Julian Rubalcaba! It's still in progress, but there you will find the artists in the 4-day program, contact info, press release, etc. Check back for the online exhibition catalogue with complimentary essays by the students.

CATALYTIC

Catalytic's opening night is THIS Sunday November 7th at 5-9pm. Artists will be performing and interacting throughout the night.
Featuring:
Chris Barr, Derek Curry, Alexis Disselkoen, Luis G. Hernandez, Plinio Hernandez, Michele Jacquis, Elle Mehrmand, Joanne Mitchell, Lauren Tyler Norby, Dustin
O’Hara, Jeremy Quinn, Eli Rarey, Heidi Stark, and
Allison Wyper.

"Context is half the work" -Artist Placement Group (APG)

A forerunner of Relational Aesthetics: On April 25, 26, and 27, 2008, in conjunction with the exhibition Allan Kaprow—Art As Life presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), LACMA will coordinate the reinvention of Allan Kaprow's Fluids. First realized for his 1967 exhibition at the Pasadena Art Museum, Fluids will be recreated by teams of volunteers at a wide range of sites across Los Angeles.

Allan Kaprow–Art as Life “What is a Happening? A game, an adventure, a number of activities engaged in by participants for the sake of playing.” –Allan Kaprow

Opening night for Catalytic is November 7th at the Gatov Galleries from 5-9pm! This is a free event.

Rirkrit Tiravanija, one of the most sited artists of Relational Art and also one of the most convivial. Here, in 1992 when he made "Untitled 1992 (Free)", a
sculpture–performance wherein he emptied out the office
of the 303 Gallery in Soho and installed a makeshift kitchen, complete
with fridge, hot plates, rice steamers, tables, and stools. He then
cooked Thai curry; anyone could drop in, serve him- or herself, and eat.
For free.

"Relational Aesthetics" by Nicolas Bourriaud was a direct reaction of the art produced in the 1990s and served as a foundation text for the Catalytic exhibition.