NEPO 5k documentation and newer posts here.
START thinking about not running! NEPO 5k DON'T RUN this Saturday!
There has been a few changes to the performances and site-specific artwork - read info below and pay attention along the route.
Listen to a recent story about NEPO House on KPLU.
NEPO House is proud to present NEPO 5k DON'T RUN
You are invited to hop, skip, crawl, jaunt, hobble, trek, stumble, trot, moonwalk, walkabout, nur, unrun, norun, don't run and encounter Seattle like you never have before!
Date: September 10, 2011 (9/10/11)
Time: Participants will gather at Occidental Park at 2pm, then follow the route through Pioneer Square and International District to Beacon Hill.
NEPO House show and Beacon Hill events: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Where: Start at Occidental Park (2:00pm) and finish at NEPO House (1723 S Lander Street, Seattle, WA 98144)
On September 10 over 80 artists will prepare site-specific installations along five kilometers of Seattle streets, starting at Occidental Park in Pioneer Square and finishing at NEPO House on Beacon Hill. Following the route, participants will encounter interactive artwork, performing artists, special events at art galleries and finish at NEPO House, which will host an additional art show. Other Beacon Hill venues such as The Station, German Garden and Rockit Space will have live music and refreshments.
This event is free to the public and welcomes participants of all ages. NEPO House is located a block from Beacon Hill's light rail station, providing convenient return transit.
participating artists:
Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley---Sharon Arnold---Rosemarie Auberson---Debra Baxter---Zack Bent---Leo Berk---Anne Blackburn---Christopher Buening---Susanna Bluhm---Kate Clark---Claire Cowie---Robin Crookall---Tim Cross---Seth Damm---Laura Dean and Ryan Worsley---Mike Estabrook---Baso Fibonacci---Nuala Ni Flathuin---Neal Fryett---James Gallagher---Sarah Galvin---Ellen Garvens---Ollie Glatzer---Joseph Gray---Mandy Greer---Leanne Grimes---Troy Gua---Julia Haack---Sohroosh Hashemi---Glenn Herlihy---Matt Hilger---Amelia Hooning---Britta Johnson---Lauren Klenow---Izzie Klingels---Rumi Koshino---Max Kraushaar---Shawn Landis---David Lasky---Nathan Lincoln---Francesca Lohmann---Amanda Manitach---Jen Mao---Jess Marie---Sean McElroy---Keely Isaak Meehan---Saya Moriyasu and Jeff McGrath---Larry Naylor---Matthew Offenbacher---Eric Olson---Eric Ostrowski---D.K. Pan---Susan Parr---Chauney Peck---Josh Peterson---Mike Pham---Andrea Pinheiro---Hair and Space Museum (Emily Pothast and David Golightly)---Maggie Carson Romano---Serrah Russell---Hannah Russell---Steve Sewell---Hanita Schwartz---Erin Shafkind---Carolina Silva---Mike Simi---Vis-a-Vis Society---Tony Sonnenberg---Daphne Stergides---Whiting Tennis (band)---Ian Toms---Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger---Ken Turner---Joey Veltkamp---Jessie Wilson---Brad Winchester---Robert Yoder---Rob Zverina
NEPO 5k DON'T MISS:
-----------------------------------------------------------Site-specific projects along the route
Vis-a-Vis Society - (Un)run - registration/performance
Susan Parr - Barcode Poem
Seth Damm - Mobile Home
Sean McElroy and Max Kraushaar - Team Building Exercise
Anthony Sonnenberg - performance
Timothy Cross - Beacon (Shadow Cities)
Ollie Glatzer - Thread and Nail
Larry Naylor - Fish Farm
Eric Olson - Extinctable
Shawn Patrick Landis - Boundary of Vacancy (Motorcyle)
Susanna Bluhm and Chris Buening - People Don't Run Through Color
Baso Fibonacci - wheat-paste mural
David Lasky - a graphic novel that doesn't use pictures
Leanne Grimes - Spider Dance, performed by Alan Petty.
Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger - A Good Reminder to Always Sign Your Work
Kate Clark - Bench
Erin Shafkind - Mini Mad Homes
Mandy Greer - Mater Matrix Mother and Medium Revisited
Laura Dean and Ryan Worsley - Flock of Disproven Theories Written as Facts
Josh Peterson - Tree-Map
Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley - Fold-Up Elephant
Keely Isaak Meehan - Whispers to me; shouts to me
Amanda Manitach - Free TV
Sarah Galvin - poetry reading
Saya Moriyasu and Jeff McGrath - Babbit
Ken Turner - Little i - Genuflection project
Maggie Carson Romano - windy intervention
Mike Pham - Forever
Zack Bent - Dwelling in Tents
Glenn Herlihy - various booby traps
Britta Johnson - Replay
Joseph Gray - projection mapping on NEPO House
Jessie Wilson - You Are Here
Rob Zverina - Liberated Stationary Bicycles
Julia Haack - Keating's Foible (on the patio of Travelers restaurant on Beacon Ave.)
Anne Blackburn - look for something totally guerrilla sprouting along the route
NEPO House show
Come see new artwork by: Sharon Arnold, Debra Baxter, Leo Berk, Robin Crookall, Mike Estabrook,Baso Fibonacci, Neal Fryett, Klara Glosova, Troy Gua, Sohroosh Hashemi, Matt Hilger, Lauren Klenow, Izzie Klingels, Rumi Koshino, Francesca Lohmann, Amanda Manitach, Matthew Offenbacher, Chauney Peck, Hanita Schwartz, Serrah Russell, Carolina Silva, Mike Simi, Tony Sonnenberg, Daphne Stergides, Ian Toms, Joey Veltkamp, Brad Winchester and Robert Yoder
Soft Desires I Can Trace
An interactive installation curated by Serrah Russell (in entry room)
Claire Cowie, Nathan Lincoln, Ellen Garvens, Hannah Russell, Amelia Hooning, Sharon Arnold, Zack Bent, Nuala Ni Fhlathuin, Jen Mao, Rosemarie Auberson, Jess Marie, James Gallagher, Maggie Carson Romano, Andrea Pinheiro, Rumi Koshino, Celia Perrin Sidarous
Games of Chance
moderated by "the dealer's dealer" D.K. Pan
Come join or observe art dealers, curators and art professionals playing poker and other games around an (un)usual kitchen table.
Soapbox
Sign up for an interview in the shower by art writers and critics John Boylan, Jen Graves and Jim Demetre. This is a chance to tell your story! (live broadcast to the living room)
Living Room Library
by Jessica Powers & Whitney Ford-Terry
Light Drawing
live projection mapping on NEPO House by Joseph Gray (9 - 12pm)
Music performances
6 -10pm (in Larry's garage next door)
6:30pm -Sean McElroy and Max Kraushaar - Team Building Exercise performance
7:00pm - Paul Finch - East Coast Accordicore by Steve Sewell
7:30pm - Eric Ostrowski - performance and projection
8:00pm - Whiting Tennis and his band
9:00pm - Emily Pothast and David Golightly of Hair and Space Museum
10 -12pm dance party with D.J. Seth Damm (in the basement)
11:45pm - Good Night/Good Morning by Nuala Ni Flathuin - live from Ireland.
in Pioneer Square
(Un)run registration by Vis-a-Vis Society - learn those polka moves; they will come in handy later! (see German Garden on Beacon Hill) (Occidental Park, 2 - 4pm)
Get a custom made NEPO t-shirt silk-screened live by Duck-Ugly (Occidental Park, 2 - 4pm) - mix and match NEPO designs by Joey Veltkamp, Troy Gua and more.
NEPO bags demonstration by Janel Twogood - why carry all that baggage around when you can unzip and unload?
Right after registration head to Lawrimore Project for a little surprise by TARL:
Mixtape Release is a dissolving of the boundaries between two communicative mediums: sound art and mixtapes. The artists are Mathis Altmann and Jan Vorisek. At 2pm on September 10th, Jason Hirata will partially coordinate the event, which will include physical and aural dissemination of Altmann and Vorisek's curated CD - a combination of compositions and improvisational recordings.
READY, STEADY, GO gallery hopping with your smart phone! Visit participating galleries, check out their fall exhibits and collect a Barcode Poem by Susan Parr. Look for coded lines of poetry in these participating galleries:
Lawrimore Project, Davidson Galleries, James Harris Gallery, Grover Thurston Gallery, Foster White, Greg Kucera, Gail Gibson Gallery (TK), Platform Gallery (TK), SOIL (TK), Gallery 110 (TK), Gallery 4Culture (change: will be closed), Core Gallery (TK), Punch Gallery (TK), Prole Drift, Cullom Gallery
(*TK stands for Tashiro-Kaplan Building)
SOIL Art Gallery will be handing out numbers and medals and other necessary (non)race paraphernalia. (112 3rd Ave S)
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Cullom Gallery: Pit Stop - a team of drawers/painters on the sidelines will draw on the (non)runners and/or hand out hastily drawn images, akin to hydration and nourishment support participants receive during other competitive events. (603 S Main Street)
Encounters at the End of the Hing Hay Park (corner of Maynard Ave S and S King) - a Herzog-inspired encounter for those people who will be completing the (not)race as a team. Can you find your teammate in a complete white-out? You will see! (or maybe not)
While in the International District keep a lookout for Storefronts - artist activated spaces (marked with green squares on the map).
IDEA Odyssey Gallery (666 S Jackson) is showing Minh Carrico's video installation States of Demise. Right on the route (at 409 Maynard Ave S) check out window installations by Romson Bustillo and Kristin Tollefson
Deng's Studio and Art Gallery - make a stop at Deng's Studio and check out a variety of traditional Chinese calligraphy art and paintings.(670 S King St)
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience - stop by The Wing Luke Museum Marketplace, mention the code words "Don't Run" and receive a 10% discount on a drink and snack to refuel and a free temporary tattoo! (719 S King St)
Sun May - special 5k sale in the alley vintage bags from $1 - $5 (5 Canton Alley South - red storefront)
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NEPO House show - see above
Festival Street car show, live music, food, drinks and more - all organized by The Station Coffee. (5-10 pm) (Lander Street next to the Light Rail Station)
Hungry après walk? Grab some awesome food prepared by local restaurants:
El Quetzal - authentic Mexican Cuisine, Travelers - Indian Cuisine, The Station - tamales and beverages, and more ...
Rockit Space @ Garden House
Need to unwind for a bit? Catch a ride on some (un)usual vehicles from Lander Street through the alley to Garden House. Relax in the garden, enjoy cabaret, food and drinks (2336 15th Ave S - $5 suggested donation)
German Garden - featuring Bavarian Village Band playing polka tunes (7:30 - 9:30pm), refreshments, dirndls and lederhosen.(white picket fence on the corner of 17th Ave S And S McClellan)
FINISH
____________________________________________________________This event is made possible by generous grants from Sprout Seattle, 4Culture, Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and Beacon Hill Merchants. Thank you!
Thank you 911 Media Arts for lending your technical expertise and equipment support.
Big thanks to HALFPOPS for a generous donation of delicious snacks!
Brought to you by NEPO House with warm greetings from Team NEPO: Klara Glosova, Amanda Manitach, Bond Huberman, Rumi Koshino and Leanne Grimes. With support from Todd Jannausch, Erin Shafkind, Susanna Bluhm and Seth Damm. Banners by Francesca Lohmann. Logo by Troy Gua.
NEPO House is an Associated Program of Shunpike.
____________________________________________________________Happy news on the funding front
Thank you The Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for smART ventures grant, and Beacon Hill Merchants for Mini grant. Your funding is much appreciated!
____________________________________________________________(More!) maps
We have been busy here at the control center!
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Report from the field: Where do we stand?
Update as of 8/11/2011
The walk is interesting in and of itself; what struck me while walking the route was the contrast of urban and suburban environment. Starting in the urbaness of Pioneer Square (equal parts gritty and businessy), heading through ID which of course is a chapter with a flavor of its own, followed by the underworld of the I-90 underpath (inhabited by homeless), emerging to find sweeping views from the 12th avenue bridge (so high above it all), grassy park (where you just want to lay down and not move, not go any further, which could be a problem on a sunny day!), then enter the neighborhood with its inconsistent block to block feel where you can find - among other treasures - one pink chrysler FOREVER parked on the corner. In fact this mix of many diverse environments (and the human equivalent of the wide spectrum of flora and fauna) within a relatively short distance reminded me of Grand Tetons.
It is a pleasant walk, people should plan for it to be a whole afternoon outing (plus don't forget to add an evening of art viewing and party activities). Start is at 2:00 pm in Occidental Park and with all the stops (for art and bubble tea) we expect people to arrive on Beacon Hill around 6:00 pm. Some sooner, some later. Some I expect will cheat and arrive on Beacon Hill by Light Rail.
For the honest ones among us there will be several distinct parts of the walk:
Start in Occidental Park
Vis-a-Vis Society will do a performance here, most likely a poetic survey on the theme of "unruning". This will also serve as a check-in point/registration for the (not)race where people receive maps and information. T-shirts will be available for purchase. Additional and completely necessary paraphernalia such as medals, bracelets and numbers will be available at Soil Art Gallery and maybe elsewhere.
Pioneer Square
This will feel more like a regular gallery art walk. Most of the area galleries will be open and participating. Galleries will have their September exhibitions open during NEPO 5k DON'T RUN. In addition to that we will use a poem by local poet Susan Parr, each line will be printed out as a barcode and displayed in the windows of participating galleries. People on the walk can scan the barcodes on their smart phones and collect the entire poem if they visit all the galleries.
ID
Ollie Glatzer's thread and nail drawings on the telephone poles will connect Pioneer square area with the Interantiona District. Cullom Gallery (on Main) will serve as a pit stop for (don't)runners - artists/drawers on the sidelines will draw on people and/or hand out hastily drawn sketches as hydration or nourishment to help participants refuel for the rest of the 5K (it's definitely uphill from here). Dirk Park's brand new gallery will be freshly open. Shawn Landis, Larry Naylor and Eric Olson will make site specific installations at Danny Woo Community Gardens (corner of Main and Maynard). Connecting our reality with other realms Tim Cross will set up Beacon somewhere in the vicinity. Another hub in this area will be the Hing Hay Park (Maynard and King). A major component of the walk involves a Herzog-inspired encounter for those people will be completing the race as a team. We would like to extend a special invitation to your organization and encourage you to participate in this healthy competition. It will earn you a highly desirable prize that will make everyone else jealous. So be sure to find Encounters at the End of the Hing Hay Park on the map and show your solidarity. We look forward to seeing you there! Also nearby, artists Susanna Bluhm Callahan and Christopher Buening will make you make drawings by not running through a puddle. From there the route goes up King St - stop by The Wing Luke Museum Marketplace, mention the code words "Don't Run", and receive a 10% discount on a drink and snack to refuel and a free temporary tattoo! Then watch out: artwork by Baso Fibonacci and David Lasky might be lurking under the I-90 underpass.
Over the 12th ave bridge and I-90 bike trail
Following the beautiful views from Jose Rizal bridge, the park along the I-90 bike trail will be a pleasant stop on the way packed with site specific artwork and performances by Leanne Grimes, Amy-Ellen Flatchestedmama Trefsger, Erin Shafkind, Kate Clark, Laura Dean and Ryan Worsley, Mandy Greer (in the Korean pagoda) and noisemakers in trees by Josh Peterson. Big wooden cutouts by Julie Alpert and Andy Arkley will point the way to Beacon Hill where the bike path meets 18th ave south.
Beacon Hill
Walking up 18th ave s you will be likely to run into some more art surprises. Utilizing sheds, concrete blocks, garages and old cars artists will transform this stretch of the route by staging various interventions and performances - Mike Pham, Eric Ostrowski, Amanda Manitach, Zack Bent, Ken Turner, Glenn Herlihy, Saya Moriyasu and Jeff McGrath, Jessie Wilson, Maggie Carson Romano, Hanita Schwartz and Britta Johnson.
There are other not-so-stationary projects by not-so-stationary artists like Seth Damm, Rob Zverina, Max Kraushaar and Sean McElroy, Tony Sonnenberg, music and sounds by Emily Pothast and David Golightly that will interact with and entertain don't runners along the way.
NEPO House
will host another blowout the-whole-house-is-turned-up-side-down multimedia show. The show starts at 6 pm. Artworks by many Seattle artist - Mike Simi, Joey Veltkamp, Debra Baxter, Serrah Russell,Troy Gua, Matthew Offenbacher, Chauney Peck, Izzie Clingels, Sharon Arnold, Daphne Stergides, Ian Toms, Francesca Lohman, Carolina Silva, Leo Berk and more - it's entirely possible that I'm forgetting somebody - will be on display around the house. Serrah Russell is working on crowd-curate interactive installation for the entry room (participating artits include Claire Cowie, Nathan Lincoln, Ellen Garvens, Hannah Russell and Amelia Hooning).
Looks like we will have plenty of video pieces this year, including projects by Matt Hilger, Lauren Klenow and Robin Crookall, Neal Fryet, Mike Estabrook and live Skype transmission by Nuala Ni Flathuin (from Ireland).
In addition to that - like we won't have enough people already! - we have invited many local art professionals to be an integral part of this show. The idea is to broaden the concept of the words active and activity to include all or most external activities artists engage in. Essentially to bring to the forefront and place on a level ground all activities and people that work behind the scenes. John Boylan, Jim Demetre and Jen Graves - from the bathtub by her own request - will be doing on-the-spot interviews with artists standing on a soapbox in our shower stall. Seattle dealers and professional will be playing poker and other fun games at a (homemade) poker table downstairs (so we have recruited these poker players: D.K. Pan (in the role of a dealer),Beth Cullom, Robert Yoder, Sierra Stinson,James Harris and Eric Fredericksen). Professionals - art, gambling or otherwise - or not, all are welcome to join in.
Later in the evening there will be music/sound performances by Whiting Tennis, Hollow Earth Radio and Lara Davis. We will have projection mapping on the outside of the house by Joseph Gray (sponsored by 911 Media Arts) from 9 -12 pm.
It doesn't seem possible and necessary to fit everyone into one place so we are partnering up with various people, businesses and organizations on Beacon Hill. James Harris has graciously offered to open his house (two blocks from us) and have a German Garden in his front yard. Bavarian Village Band will be playing polka for a good part of the evening (and last time I heard something about mixed gender St. Pauli girls!).
Elsewhere on Beacon Hill - at the Festival street next to Light Rail Station - will be food by local restaurants and The Station Coffee is organizing a hot rod car show, hip-hop concert. Family friendly activities at the Garden House - organized by Rockit Space.
That's it for now. I will be back with more details as they develop.
I would recommend that your start thinking about not running!
xok
Some photos from our test walk by Erin Shafkind.
____________________________________________________________Entry from the map department:
This is what happened to the 3D map we made for our Sprout presentation. It got parked in a weird place and turned into this photo collage. Do you follow?
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Followed by a very happy entry from the grant department
We received funding from 4culture's group grant program. YAY!
Thank you 4culture! (And thank you Bond for putting the grant together!)
WATCH OUT!
FIRST EVER DON'T RUN COMING TO SEATTLE 9/10/11.
The operation that brought you several experimental artist happenings inside one, very unordinary Beacon Hill home presents an even bigger boundary-blurring, community-involving, city-loving art event that Seattle has not seen before.
Starting in Occidental Park, NEPO 5K DON'T RUN transforms an ordinary 3-mile, walk-able route through your city into an unforgettable journey (really), integrating site-specific performances, interventions and installations along the way. Walkers and not-runners will find neighborhoods, homes, galleries, storefronts and community venues turned inside out (a citywide OPEN house).
The route concludes at NEPO House, which will be hosting its (un)usual blend of art, experimentation, performance, and inversions - and of course a Beacon Hill community celebration, with all the neighbors invited.
If you're not an artist, or don't think you'll be participating in the installation side of things, please keep in mind: Anyone is invited to participate, assemble a non-racing team to engage in friendly competition with other teams that aren't running (this message is entirely open to interpretation).
Interested in participating? Sign up here.
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Call to performance artists
We are still on the hunt for enthusiastic artists to create installation and performance art along the outdoor NEPO 5K route.
We're open to just about anything: multimedia installation, dance, music, windmills, shopping carts, cool stuff we haven't heard of, and more!
(Some people have signed up already, but we won't tell you who, because surprises are fun :)
Interested? Sign up here.
Or drop us a line at info@nepohouse.org and describe what you would like to do as soon as possible. Deadline to express interest is June 20.
Volunteers and general enthusiasts welcomed year round.
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NEPO 5K DON'T RUN
9/10/11
Start @ 2pm in Occidental Park
Finish @ Beacon Hill Light Rail Station and enjoy community
celebration and (potentially) a beer garden
Stay for: NEPO show 6pm-12pm
at NEPO House
DON'T RUN route map:
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NEPO House show reframed
Hello NEPO artists!
While we were already changing everything (willingly or not) we thought what the heck and also reframed the concept for the NEPO House show. We have abandoned the idea of an auction (which felt a little tight and stifling to wild experimentation which we hope will take place). So instead of thinking of and interpreting "action" (our key concept for this event) as a merely physical, kinetic activity, we want to take a broader view and include a plethora of activities that artists engage in. We want to take a look at action as a social performance.
This is where you come in. The theme of the show at this NEPO House will be the deconstructed world of the artist. It should be a blast, and there are a lot of ways to participate. Here's the overview of what's going on.
The NEPO Rooms:
The Curator's Room: an archive of images provided by participating artists will be available in the curator's room for spontaneous and continual re-arrangement, providing a platform for perpetual re-contextualization and development of new narratives.
The Critics' Room: Seattle's art critics will be live-tweeting the event and the tweets will be physically printed (to press!) as soon as they're posted online. These print-outs will be posted on a wall in the critics' room for discussion, perusal, and further deconstruction. (Runs from 6 pm - 8 pm)
The Dealers' Room: four prominent Seattle dealers and gallerists will be seated around a round table conversing amongst themselves. (Runs from 6 pm - 8 pm)
The Soapbox: a literal soapbox in the upstairs bathroom will provide the ultimate platform for self-promotion, tirades, interviews, or performance (sky's the limit!). A live feed camera will be recording whatever happens on the soapbox and sending it to a video monitor downstairs. (Runs from 6 pm - 8 pm)
The Gallery: a room dedicated to the traditional presentation of works for quiet contemplation and viewing.
Social Room: for this NEPO House the kitchen is an area reserved exclusively for drinking (no art involved here whatsoever), emphasizing the strictly social (and free-booze-and-food) aspect of art openings. Facebook and Facetime activities encouraged.
Big Loud Art Room: - (living room) available to house a large (larger) sculpture, interactive piece or installation, performance.
Plus the "Institutions" of higher art and learning represented in some shape or form on our spiral(ing) staircase.
Stay tuned for more changes!
Questions? Ideas?
Contact: nepohouse@gmail.com
NEPO 5k documentation and newer posts here.
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