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| An artists prepares his "kiosk" for the exhibit "PIFAS Place." |
Imagine that Salvador Dal' is commissioned to design a strip mall. Then, he invites Marcel Duchamp, Luis Bu'uel and Max Ernst to line it with shops and create a surrealist's marketplace. You might be picturing something that looks a little like the Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Studies' new exhibit, "PIFAS Place." But then again, maybe not.
Starting today, converted studios within PIFAS will be open for public as an "alternative marketplace" until the end of July. The space will feature several specific events like a "Get Up, Stand Up" comedy night and video- and animation-screenings at PIFAS Cinema.
The opening and closing dates of PIFAS Place will feature a series of kiosks manned (or woman'd) by PIFAS faculty and outside artists, some of whom are traveling from outside the Keystone state to exhibit their stuff.
'We've never really had a group show like this in our own space,' says co-curator Katie Miller. 'We've never had a show that brings in not only outside artists, but also involves multiple studio openings.'
Describing the 16 featured kiosks as "cultural sites," Miller says the term kiosk is "just a word to describe an artist-run booth" and says those those within the exhibit will include 'a photobooth, self-help booth, racks of zines, stuff like that.'
Wondering what "stuff like that" means? To give you a better idea: everything from a temporary tattoo shop to an installation/"portal structure" titled "The Hyper-Dimensional Vagina."
Fri., July 10, 9 p.m., through July 31, Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study, 1712 N. Second St., pifas.net.
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