MIGRATION: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

The following documents must be printed out, signed and submitted along with the $10 entry fee on either Nov. 30th or Dec. 1st between the hours of 12pm - 3pm in order to successfully enter work into Migration: A Salon Des Refuses presented by HATCH Design Collective.


Gallery Space: skylofts.net



Migration Call for Entries


SkyLofts Artist Release

examples of interactive gallery shows

art interactive

Curator: Adriana Rios
Featuring: Bruce Campbell, Lina Maria Giraldo, The Institute for Infinitely Small Things, Brian Knep, Nathalie Miebach, Liz Nofziger, Michael Sheridan, and Douglas Weathersby
Where: Axiom Gallery & Art Interactive team up at
AXIOM Gallery - 141 Green Street located in Green Street T Station
Dates: January 11 - February 17, 2008
Opening reception: Thursday, January 11, 6-9 pm
Gallery hours: Wednesday, Thursday 6-9pm - Saturday, 2-5pm, or by appointment.

Some Sort of Uncertainty, curated by Adriana Rios, creates an immersive atmosphere where spectators are encouraged to reconsider expectations of a traditional art exhibition. This exhibit explores the complex relationships between the object and viewer, the artist’s intent and curatorial practice, and the notion of gallery as art space.

Philadelphia based artist Bruce Campbell explores seemingly empty spaces and actions such as breathing and walking to complete each of his works. In A Warm Breath (For Mark Lapore) manufactured tears, placed on a cool window, remain invisible until the viewer breaths warm air onto the work. Playing with notions of site-specificity and interactivity, Pause—depicted in Braille with points of laser light— creates a feeling of reflection and introspection.

The Institute for Infinitely Small Things encourages interactive engagement and participation in their performance piece This is the Truth and Nothing But the Truth. Members of the collective tell the visitors lies about both the exhibition history and gallery experience, eventually challenging the participant’s perceptions of truth.

Liz Nofziger examines scale and viewer participation in her multi-media works. Often drawn to the discarded, overlooked, and obsolete Liz is inspired by religion, politics, pop-culture, and personal experience. Nofziger’s pieces nowhere I, and nowhere II are comprised of familiar elements that blur the lines between attraction and repulsion, as well as high and low art.

Additional featured artists include: Lina Maria Giraldo, Elias Heim, Brian Knep, Nathalie Miebach, Michael Sheridan, and Douglas Weathersby.

WHITEvoid's digital book

Droog's Do Create

Do Create

date: 2000 / 2001
location: New York, Rotterdam, Paris, Tokyo and London

Do Create was the title of a project by Droog and publicity firm KesselsKramer. The idea was that a brand can be strong; so strong that KesselsKramer decided to create an entirely empty brand. They called it 'do'.

Within the Do Create project consumers were invited to interact and play, and thereby influence the design. You buy an experience: it is what you do to the object or what the object does to you that counts.

Hatch: Interact 2

Hello friends!

We just had a great meeting late last night and have some HUGE plans for the next few weeks. By Friday night we will have this solidified but as of now, we have plans to curate an exhibition (most likely to be composed mainly of Towson artists). Currently:

December 1st : Submissions due
December 3rd : Selections made, pickups and dropoffs of pieces
December 15th: Exhibition Day!

Final dates and times to be posted tomorrow!

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Image Overload!

So, as we have been working on this project, we've kept very good record of every day we've worked. Here are the videos and images we've collected.

Process shots/videos

Video of Kels' bird being laser cut

Video of Kels testing the sample

Testing different modes of application






Late nights of business card, stencil, and packaging prototyping





First (Attempted) Installation: Getting busted by the cops on the roof of the Union





First (Successful Installation): SkyLofts gallery!








Second Installation: "Hatch: Interact" on Towson University Campus

Critique!

Our in-class critique was today (Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010) and it was very well received! We had plenty to show of our documentation and plenty more ideas of where to take this next! Meanwhile, here is our Keynote presentation in PDF form. Original photos and descriptions will be posted shortly (Wednesday, November 3rd)!

Hatch PDF file

Illustrator Files

Creative Caffeine/ Brainstorming Process

The Caffeine for the creative!! The girls and I went out to spire ideas for color selection and  implementation methodology, we decided for the collection's individual installation to develop our own stenciling concentrating with dynamic and intricate cutouts to show our individual style and unique perspective. This unique style would fragment the main goal of social connectedness if the stencils did not feel connected or conducive as a whole. So we decided for our hatch installation we would keep cohesion by sticking with one color (Azure Blue 255) this helps brand recognition as well as the unity of the piece as a whole.       

The process started with research, brainstorming, and concept sketches to develop our individuality and stayed with the original theme of the bird some in flight and others perched to maintain a solid identity. The Five Members of the Collective decided to develop a letter each centered around our own style and bring the letters together after its full realization, instead of collectively deciding one a singular font type. This Idea is symbolic of the heterogeneous nature of the collective, showcasing the differences in personalities, ideas, and aesthetic qualities for each member.

To further our credential as a collective and gain more exposure, an of campus location was selected in the Highlandtown Arts District, The owner of The Skylofts galleries (www.skylofts.net) Eric Fondersmith allowed us to install along the outside of his building. Afterwards invited Hatch to coordinate a more permanent installation in the truck bay! along with an in gallery exhibit.