Here and Now: Three site-specific installations in historic Oakland architecture featuring new works by Elaine Buckholtz at Mills Hall (c.1871), Floor Vahn at Pardee Home Museum (c. 1868), and Christine Wong Yap at Camron-Stanford House (c.1876)
June 2010
Full color catalog, published by Mills College Art Museum, with an introduction by Dr. Stephanie Hanor and essay by curator Christian L. Frock, available as a free pdf document: Download HereandNow_catalogue
Elaine Buckholtz, "Out of the Blue (Mills Hall Reconsidered)," 2010
Mills Hall (c. 1871), Mills College, Oakland; light and video installation: theatrical lighting equipment, video, dvd players, projectors; above photo: Paul Kuroda
Floor Vahn, "Sonic Pardee Home (Reconstituting Memories of Pardee Past)," 2010
Pardee Home Museum (c. 1868), West Oakland; sound installation: original sound scores and vocal performances by Elaine Buckholtz, Tania Ketenjian, and Addie Mae O'Brien recorded on CD, audio players, speakers; above photos: Christian L. Frock
Listen to an audio sample of the Music Room installation, 3' 0": Download 1 Audio Track
Listen to an audio sample of the Billiards Room installation, 3' 23": Download 1 Audio Track
Listen to an audio sample of the Cupola installation, 2' 31": Download 3 Audio Track
Christine Wong Yap, "The Great Balloon Giveway," 2010
Camron-Stanford House (c. 1876), Lake Merritt, Oakland; installation and social sculpture: 1,000 helium filled balloons, string, community members; above photo: Christian L. Frock