November 1 - December 15, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, November 1, 2013, 6-10PM
@ Tiger Strikes Asteroid and FJORD

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PHILADELPHIA - 

Referring to the term’s heterogeneous meaning within the realm of sound, Greek plays, and an electro-magnetic phenomena caused during aurora borealis, Chorus, is used here as an exhibition title to exemplify collective voice. A multitude of pitches similar in tone converge and are perceived as one; boundaries dissolve, and space between locations is mediated. Members of both organizations are dispersed amongst both spaces, coalescing into one exhibition presenting work each member is most involved within their studio, providing insight into manifestations unfolding within studio practice that are representative of the energy necessary to maintain an active practice as an artist while creating infrastructures through which to exhibit, teach, and learn about art in the context of Philadelphia. A, chorus, and effect, generating degrees of sincerity, of fervent commitment, that would be absent if the effect were not generated by a multitude of voices.

The selection of works in each space was made to be an inherent kind of score resounding with the space they inhabit; to exist together in a way that would make works commune not only with the scale and particularities of the space they are displayed within, but also with one another’s stylistic sensibilities. Together, they create an environment of works representing organic building, physical, surface density executed with the influence of their subjective experience, or sociopolitical perspective.

Please join Tabitha Piseno and the members of Tiger Strikes Asteroid and FJORD for the opening reception at both exhibition spaces during CITYWIDE, on Friday, November 1, 6-8p

Tabitha Piseno is the co-founder and director of R.K. Projects, a nomadic conceptual vehicle for displacing the gallery framework via migrating curatorial projects, experimental events, and commissions that are temporarily presented in available commercial, industrial, and institutional real estate. Founded in 2010, the project is supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s SEED Grant program, and is conducted in New York, Providence, RI, and in Spring of 2013 traveled to Brussels, Belgium for a site-specific off-fair taking place during Art Brussels. She has been a Regular Contributor to BOMBlog since 2008, and is currently working in New York for Martos Gallery/Shoot the Lobster’s Chelsea location.

CITYWIDE is a collaborative effort between 23 artist-run spaces in which, for the month of November, spaces will collaborate with each other to create unique programming and events all celebrating the spirit of artists run galleries. It is funded by the Knight Foundation and Samuel L. Fels foundation.