Opening Tonight: R.K. Projects’ Innovative New Work
Friday, September 09, 2011
Opening: NAHO TARUISHI: CORNER PROJECTION SERIES, No. 6, Sound by Laura Cetilia
Innovative local curators Sam Keller and Tabitha Piseno of R.K. Projects have been working with artists for the past year to allow them the opportunity to present their work in a non-traditional way. This Friday marks the opening of a new exhibit springing from that effort-- a collaboration with artist Naho Taruishi and classical musician Laura Cetilia to present a sensory experience exhibition that will be housed at 60 Orange St in downtown Providence. The work between these two women bears the rich creative fruit that could only have been achieved by their willingness to trust each other and be unafraid of where the process would lead them.
The collaboration
Laura Cetilia approached Keller and Piseno in January of 2010 to talk about her collaboration with the New York-based artist, Naho Taruishi. Taruishi had been working on a video installation series entitled “Corner Projections” since 2009. These installations reflects the unspoken necessity and importance of corners in a room. Number 6, which is featured in this new exhibition, reflects corners as well as a collaboration between two artists. Cetilia, a cellist, composed a computer-manipulated soundtrack that was inspired by the Taruishi’s video work, but the collaboration was ongoing because then Taruishi altered her work when inspired by the music. Taruishi also created a series of graphite and ink drawings inspired by her reaction to this deeply creative process.
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Since R.K. has no formal home base gallery, each exhibit has its own unique space to allow the work and the space to truly reflect the work of the artist rather than the same space being manipulated repeatedly to try to fit the needs to the work. For this show, Taruishi and Cetilia were very much a part of selecting the space where the work would be viewed. R.K. Projects whittled down a list of properties for the artists to visit so they could have the final choice of location. 60 Orange Street was selected because the space doesn’t have many sources of natural light which creates a more dramatic feel for the installation. The decision to use the Orange Street location also adds another exciting element to all the work that is being done to spice up downtown.
The bottom line
Ultimately, R.K Projects has given Rhode Island a great example of how great art doesn’t need to be a solo project created in a lonely studio or done while laying on your back staring at a church ceiling by candle light. The installations of Naho Taruishi and the sound of Laura Cetilia is a wonderful collaboration yielding interesting work and is an exhibition not to be missed.
Naho Taruishi: Corner Projection Series, No. 6, Sound by Laura Cetilia. Sept 9-30, 60 Orange St, Providence. Opening reception Friday, Sept 9, 7-10pm. Exhibit open Thurs - Sat 12 - 8pm or by appointment.
