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NONES – Robert Beatty + Co.

Institute 193 is pleased to announce a series of collaborative performances with Robert Beatty from August 5 – August 9 at 9 PM. Beatty will be inviting various musicians to perform with him for one hour every night at 9 PM beginning August 5.

Robert Beatty (born 1981, Lexington, KY) is an artist and electronic musician who performs under the name Three Legged Race. He is a long running member of Hair Police, Eyes and Arms of Smo…ke, and C. Spencer Yeh’s Burning Star Core. Since 2004 Beatty has maintained a collaborative relationship with artist Takeshi Murata, creating soundtracks for Murata’s videos. Their collaboration has spawned performances by Three Legged Race at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (Stray Alchemists,2007, Beijing), Deitch Projects (Heavy Light, 2008, New York), the Mattress Factory (Heavy Light, 2008, Pittsburgh), the New Museum (No Fun: Infinite Sound and Image, 2009, New York), and The Gene Siskel Film Center at the Art Institute of Chicago (Conversations at the Edge, 2010, Chicago).

Beatty’s constantly evolving aesthetic is realized via an elaborate network of primitive electronics and outmoded thrift store detritus. Each performance and recording explores the repetition and decay of simple musical themes, discovering a new world of rhythmic and harmonic possibilities with each tier of abstraction, evoking minimalist sci-fi soundtracks, clouded hypnotic landscapes, and primal industrial techno.

To RSVP for the event, please see our FACEBOOK INVITE.

Appalachian Voices + Dunahoo

Institute 193 recently collaborated with Jim James, Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore to install works by Jessie Dunahoo on stage at the opening of their Appalachian Voices US tour. Jessie Dunahoo is a blind and deaf artist who works at Lexington’s Latitude Artist Community and recently showed at 193’s space on North Limestone Street. We are posting video excerpts and photos from the show below. Special thanks to Latitude Artist Community (specifically to Bruce Burris and Crystal Bader) who are always willing to help the Institute any way they can. The show took place on July 22, 2010 at the Lexington Opera House.

Jim James, Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Jessie Dunahoo from Institute 193 on Vimeo.

Save the Last Dance For Me – (EXCERPT) from Institute 193 on Vimeo.

‘Foals of Hope’ with UK Arts in Healthcare

FOALS OF HOPE: UK Arts in Healthcare
July 8, 2010 – July 15, 2010
Opening Reception: July 8 | 6 – 9 PM

Institute 193 and UK Arts in Healthcare are pleased to present Foals of Hope, a collaborative exhibition featuring horses designed by Latitude Artist Community, Kreative Catz and the UK Art Education Department. LexArts and Horsemania 2010 graciously donated three reclining foals to benefit the Kentucky Children’s Hospital. The foals were given to various groups in Lexington who have used them to express their vision of hope for the future. The foals will be auctioned at Horsemania 2010 with all proceeds benefitting the UK Children’s Hospital. The foals will be on display at Institute 193 from July 8 – 15. For more information about UK Arts in Healthcare, please see: www.ukhealthcare.uky.edu.

Latitude Artist Community is geared towards helping people with disabilities. The community uses art to give people living with disabilities a means of expression and direction that raises their quality of life.

Kreative Catz is a volunteer group of UK fine art students who work directly with Kentucky Children’s Hospital patients on creative projects as part of the Child Life Program.

We are posting pictures of the foals “in progress” on our blog. Call it a sneak peek.

Latitude Artist Community Foal Snapshot

Latitude Artist Community Foal Snapshot

KreativeKatz at work