Reception May 7, 2015 at 6:30 pm
May 7 to June 30, 2015
July 9 to September 3, 2015
Reception Thursday, July 9 at 6:30pm.
August 24 to October 3, 2015.
Reception Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 5:30 pm with Artist Talk at 6:00 pm.
The Perfect
Inspired by Jørgen Leth’s “The Perfect Human” and utilizing audio from the film, Kohnke extends and juxtaposes his critique on the human ideal into our daily environments. For as much as we focus on ourselves and how we could improve or become more “perfect”, we also idealize what nature should look like by encouraging specific ecosystems and disposing of others. Who ultimately benefits? Are we flexible enough in our ideologies and efficiencies to allow for change and evolution around us?
The Anthropocene has taught us that humans and nature are not as separate as we thought. Kohnke intends to explore our struggle in seeking perfection around us through scrutinizing cultural ideals and historical identity.
Elisabeth Kohnke is a visual artist working primarily in installation, video and photography. Her interests reside in ecosystems, self-reflexivity, post-humanism and memory. Kohnke received a BA from Mills College in electronic music and video. Since the early 2000’s she has performed and collaborated with many bay area artists, dancers and filmmakers. Starting in 2007, she managed the Experimental Media Arts program at Stanford University until she left in 2014 to pursue an MFA in New Genres at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Elisabeth was born in Monterey, California and currently lives and works in San Francisco, California.
Funded by a grant from the CSU Entertainment Industry Initiative, the Art Department is hosting a series of guest workshops around the theme of storytelling in the digital arts. The Creating 2D Characters with Digital Illustration workshop will be led by industry professional Christian Hali, and will consist of five-hours of hands-on instruction in which CSU students develop an idea in a digital medium.
This is a FREE workshop, but space is limited. RSVP jgomula [at] csustan [dot] edu
Christian Hali an award-winning artist, art director, illustrator, and creative executive with ten years of production experience for MTV, Disney, Nickelodeon, and Daniel Ostroff Productions. As an UX Designer and Strategist in the Bay Area he has contributed to enterprise solutions for the hospitality, medical and legal services industries. Hali is a published illustrator with Simon & Schuster and Landoll Books, and his illustration is in the University California Santa Cruz library archives.
This series of workshops will conclude with a public exhibition of student work in the CSU Stanislaus’ Building Imagination Center, and select students will travel to the CSU Media Arts Festival. The 2015 CSU Media Arts Festival will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at CSU Los Angeles! This 25th Anniversary of the MAF will feature a full day of interaction with media faculty and media and entertainment industry professionals, screenings, and an awards ceremony.
