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Out of this Furnace / Unsmoke systems
July 19, 2008
Unsmoke Systems connects with Carnegie Museum of Art to bring contemporary art to Braddock, Pennsylvania, with films by Carnegie International artist Wilhelm Sasnal, the exhibition opening for Out of This Furnace, and a happening afterparty.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...An evening celebrating arts and culture in theindustrial community of Braddock, Pennsylvania, will be held onSaturday, July 19, 2008. The evening willpresent three special events, including the first screening of the Lifeon Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International film series; the launch ofUnsmoke Systems, Braddock's new arts and cultural venue, with Out ofThis Furnace, an exhibition featuring 16 Pittsburgh-based artists; andan afterparty featuring DJs, live performances and open bar. Organizedin collaboration with Carnegie Museum of Art and the Mayor's Office ofBraddock, the evening is free and open to the public.
Theevening begins with a screening of Life on Mars artist Wilhelm Sasnal'sshort films in Braddock Carnegie Library's historic Music Hall from6:30 until 7:30 p.m. This event marks the first in the Life on Mars,the 2008 Carnegie International film series.
Out of This Furnace, opening to the public in the newly renovated Unsmoke Systems building from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m., takes its title from the book of the same name by Thomas Bell that narrates the history—through the storiesof four generations of immigrants—of this former industrial town, whichcollapsed along with the steel industry in the early 1980s. Theexhibition, like the space, celebrates the revitalization of the townthrough arts and culture. Heather Pesanti, assistant curator ofcontemporary art at Carnegie Museum of Art and organizer of theexhibition, asked Out of This Furnace artists to create work inreaction to Braddock's history.
“The theme of this first exhibition really just chose itself. To my mind, it couldn't be anything else but responding to the powerful, gritty, and historically rich site,” says Pesanti. “I fear the Braddock ghosts would return to haunt the space forever if we hadn't honored them.”
Participating artists are:
Stephanie Armbruster
Bianca Butti
Dallah Cesen
Thommy Conroy & James Maszle
Kerry Gaydos
Christopher Kardambikis
Merissa Lombardo
Anton Miriello
David Montano
Danny Paracat
Carley Jean Parrish
Ed Parrish Jr.
Ally Reeves
Josh Tonies
Mary Tremonte
Theexhibition is followed by an afterparty, featuring top Pittsburgh-basedDJs and other performers, plus refreshments and open bar, from 10:00p.m. until 2:00 a.m.
Unsmoke Systems is located at 1137 Braddock Avenue. The building, previously an abandoned Catholic schoolhouse located across from the EdgarS. Thompson steel mill, is a short walk from the Braddock Carnegie Library, location of the Sasnal film screening.*
Out of This Furnace will be on view by appointment through August 2, 2008. Requests for scheduling visits should be directed to Jeb Feldman.
MayorJohn Fetterman, assisted by Deputy Mayor Jeb Feldman since 2006, hasbeen vigorously engaged since 2001 in reviving Braddock throughattracting artists, art, and culture to the region. Pesanti, who cameto Pittsburgh in 2005 to work on the 2008 Carnegie International withDouglas Fogle, Carnegie Museum of Art's curator of contemporary art andcurator of the International, has been actively involved withPittsburgh's art community. She has visited scores of artist studiosduring her time here and organized several exhibitions, including Forum58: Jonathan Borofsky—Human Structures and Forum 60: RivaneNeuenschwander, both at Carnegie Museum of Art, and the most recentGestures show at the Mattress Factory, Illustrations of Catastrophe andRemote Times.
Images of Unsmoke Systems are available by contacting the communications office at 412.622.8690 or stitelert@carnegiemuseums.org
Support:
This project is supported in part by a Seed Award from The Sprout Fund.Additional in-kind support has been provided by the Mattress Factoryand Penn Brewery. Media sponsorship provided by WYEP and the PittsburghTribune Review. Afterparty promotions by Nakturnal, a female-ownedevents, marketing, and promotions agency based in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Museum of Art
Located at 4400 Forbes Avenue in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh and foundedby industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in 1895, CarnegieMuseum of Art, one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, isnationally and internationally recognized for its distinguishedcollection of American and European works from the sixteenth century tothe present. The Heinz Architectural Center, part of Carnegie Museum ofArt, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition ofarchitectural drawings and models. For more information about CarnegieMuseum of Art, call 412.622.3131 or visit our web site at CMOA.org.
Unsmoke Systems
Unsmoke Systems, located at 1137 Braddock Avenue—on the doorstep of where theAmerican steel industry was born—is a gallery and studio space that hasbeen reclaimed from the abandoned Braddock legacy. Visit Braddock's website for more information at www.15104.cc or contact Jeb Feldman at braddockmayor@gmail.com.
Life on Mars
Heather Jarrett
Carnegie Museum of Art
jarretth@carnegiemuseums.org
412.578.2571
Jeb Feldman
braddockmayor@gmail.com
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PRESS FOR UNSMOKE SYSTEMS & OUT OF THIS FURNACE
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Carnegie International takes a field trip to Braddock with films, exhibit
Pop City - New arts and cultural venue set to open in Braddock, launch inaugural exhibition
Pittsburgh City Paper - What to do in Pittsburgh: July 17-24
93.1FM wyep Pittsburgh - What's up - Community Connections
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UPCOMING SHOWS AND EVENTS*
>THE CITYWIDE SALON - July 26, 2008
Closing reception for The Academy of the South Side and Pittsburgh 250 Citywide Salon.
The Brew House Space 101 Gallery Mary St.
>HOT HOUSE 2008 - August 23, 2008
-Unsmoke Systems featured in Hothouse 2008!
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