October Issue 2000
Installations On Main in Sumter Features South Carolina's Artists
On Friday, Oct. 13, under the light of the full Hunter's Moon, Installations on Main, one of the state's largest installation art events featuring all SC artists, will get under way. From 7-10pm, indoor and outdoor installations will be on view in historic downtown Sumter, SC. The two block area of Main Street between Law Range and Liberty Street will be corded off for the opening night festivities which include an "opening night only" electronic media outdoor installation, twenty-one other installation environments and a reception. Installations on Main will continue through Oct. 27.
According to Anne Boudreau, one of the project coordinators, "Installation art is an environment where an artist manipulates the actual space (indoor or outdoor) with visual objects and/or other sensory related elements like sound, touch, smell and taste. The actual space or environment becomes an integral part of the artist's medium - a part of the work of art. While some artists adapt and rearrange their objects or elements in any given space, another artist may respond to a space and make a 'site specific' installation dependent on that one particular environment."
The artists participating in the event represent a wide range of artistic/installation experience - from career artists to undergraduate art degree seekers. This diverse group of artists guarantees a variety of approaches to the numerous installation environments.
The majority of the indoor installations will be on view on the three floors of the hampton @ Main building located at 106 N. Main Street. Originally built as a Montgomery Ward retail store in the 1920's, the rustic environment will include installations by Freddie Bennett, Anne Boudreau, Virginia Casey, Marie Cheek, Carissa Doying Cuny, Jeremy Davis, Anneliese Dehner, Dawn Martin Dickins, Michael Dickins, Karen Greene Frazier, Janet Orselli, W. Scotty Peek, Katherine Perry, Leslie Rech, Renee Rouillier, Lang Sheorn, Stephen Slappe and Jeremy Vaughan.
Marcello Novo and Bernadette Vielbig will execute two storefront window installations (the Uptown Deli and the old Knight Brothers building) and Eric Miller will transform the interior space of the partially gutted Knight Brothers building. Closer to the corner of main and Liberty Streets, another recently demolished structure leaves an entire vacant lot for Michael Bixler to redefine as an installation space. Two of the three pedestrian alleyways will also be transformed, one by Colin Liepelt and the other by Chris Robinson. Robinson will design a laser light installation for the event. An "opening night only" piece will be a visual projection by Beau Bonnoit. He will project images onto the front façade of the Weinberg, Brown and Curtis building at 109 N. Main Street.
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