Form/Space Atelier

Form/Space Atelier Program For July 2008

Curated by: Paul Pauper

Show title: Findings

Show duration: July 11- August 3

Opening reception: July 11, 6PM

Findings, Britta Johnson’s first site-specific video installation, is composed of several video elements installed throughout Form/Space Atelier’s dramatic architectural spaces. Johnson’s imagery is mysterious and beautiful, a thought-provoking spectacle of sensuous frivloity. One element, titled Séance for Descartes, employs sculptural means to creatively alter the exhibit space. Johnson’s newest work, 2008’s 21 Landings, gift-wraps beautifully the futlity of repetition. The exhibit is free, a limited number of copies of the video elements are for sale.

Britta Johnson received a BA from Carleton College in Northfield,
Minnesota in 1997. She has been doing stop motion animation in
Seattle for more than 10 years; she directs shorts and music videos,
and her film collaborations with musicians have shown in places
including Seattle’s On the Boards, the PICA’s Time Based Art festival
in Portland, OR, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, MassMoCA
in North Adams, MA, the Boston MFA, and Dance Theater Workshop in NY, NY. This is her first show of installations. Britta Johnson website: www.thekmpi.net