A three-person exhibition by HATCH Projects Residents
Chaz Evans, Amber Ginsburg, and Hoyun Son
Curated by HATCH Curatorial Residents Happy Collaborationists (Anna Trier and Meredith Weber)

Opening Reception: February 15, 6 – 9 pm
Exhibition Dates: February 15 – March 7, 2013

HATCH Residents Chaz Evans, Amber Ginsburg and Hoyun Son engage in the creation and preservation of object-based histories through the juxtaposition of old and new technologies, the re-appropriation of daily ritual, and the construction of maps. Exploring the assigned and imagined functions of daily objects the artists transpose their value as they circulate in and out of an art context.

With this inaugural exhibition presented through Chicago Artists’ Coalition’s new Curatorial Residency program, HATCH Projects continues to foster shared experimentation, exchange and creativity to produce exhibitions and programs in support of an ecology of curatorial and artistic practice.  In Value: Assigned, Transposed and Imagined, each of these artists challenge the ephemeral nature of the object, opening the process of appraisal in dialogue with their fellow artists and audience.

Chaz Evans is an artist, teacher, historian, and critic based in Chicago, IL. His work deals in software, performance, and histories of art and technology. He has exhibited at such venues as Hyde Park Art Center, Evanston Art Center, Eastern Expansion Gallery, Chopin Theatre, and Richard E. Peeler Arts Center. Evans received an MA in Art History and a MFA in New Media Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is currently Part-time Assistant Professor in New Media and Digital Art at DePauw University.

Amber Ginsburg creates site-generated projects and social sculpture that insert historical scenarios into present day situations.  She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently a lecturer in the Division of Visual Arts at The University of Chicago.

Hoyun Son is an artist working in various media including text, public performance, wearable sculptures, interactive installation, and everyday life to explore how we communicate and relate to others. Son received a BFA and MFA the School of Art Institute of Chicago and has performed and exhibited nationally and internationally; Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington; Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City; Blanton Museum of Art, Austin; KINOKINO, Sandnes, Norway; Art Space Hue, Seoul, Korea, Chicago Cultural Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL.

Happy Collaborationists is the curatorial collective of Anna Trier and Meredith Weber. “Happy C” provides exhibition opportunities for performance, installation and media works – including but not limited to solo exhibitions, public programming and private event planning. Together Anna and Meredith also collaborate on their own performance art practice under the name Meredith and Anna.

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