WHAT MATTERS MOST?

April 15 - 28, 2010

in Exit Underground

 

EXHIBITION // EVENTS // ABOUT ECOARTSPACE

EXHIBITION

 

What Matters Most? is an exhibition and event series to benefit ecoartspace, a leading ecoart organization founded in 1999 by Patricia Watts and co-curated by Watts and Amy Lipton.

 

What Matters Most? began with responses to this question posted on Andrew Revkin’s New York Times blog, Dot Earth, by leading environmental experts, writers, and readers. Artists participating in this exhibition were asked to either create an original artwork related to the blog entry of their choice or to donate a relevant existing work. All proceeds from this benefit exhibition will support ecoartspace's activities and programs.

 

Organized by Amy Lipton and Patricia Watts of ecoartspace.

 

Over 276 artists donated works to What Matters Most?. They include:

 

Joan Bankemper, Andrea Reynosa, Joy Garnett, Michele Brody, Chrysanne Stathacos, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Diane Burko, Sandy Gellis, Fritz Haeg, Steven Siegel, Joanne Greenbaum, Lisa Hoke, Dove Bradshaw, Jaanika Peerna, Chris Kennedy, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky, Teri Hackett, Elizabeth Demaray, Robert Lobe, Kathleen Gilje, David Schafer, Claudia Hart, Lori Nozick, Christy Rupp, Kathe Burkhart, Joanne Howard, Abigail Doan, Alan Wexler, Charles Goldman, Marion Wilson, Emily Brown, Katie Holten, Robin Kahn, Nina Yankowitz, Carter Hodgkin, Geoffrey Hendricks, Nina Katchadourian, Hunter Reynolds, Erik Hanson, Janet Pihlblad, Kunie Suguira, J.J. L’Hereux, Austin Thomas, Mikael Levin, Rhona Bitner, Michael Somoroff, Sandi Slone, Jill Levine, Steve Keister, Alison Moritsugu, LC Armstrong, Stacy Levy, Jan Harrison, David Webster, Simon Draper, Mary Mattingly, Susan Leibovitz Steinman, Ann Rosenthal, Steffi Domike, Mary Ann Strandell, Kazumi Tanaka, Aviva Rahmani, Robin Lasser, Brandon Ballengee, Shan Wells, Carla Gannis, James Brady, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Lenore Malen, Thomas Huber, Rick Mills, Alan Michelson, Lisa Adams, Chrissie Orr, Susan Silas, Elisa Pritzker, Joy Episalla, Carrie, Yamaoka, Eve Andree Laramee, Jenny Hankwitz, Sant Khalsa, Melissa McGill, David Nyzio, Molly Herman, Mary Anne Davis, George Lea, Ruth Hardinger, Glenna Cole Allee, Suzan Shutan, Cathey Billian, Leonard Bullock, Stefan Hagen, Barbe Slitkin, Stefanie Nagorka, K.K. Kozik, Carla Goldberg, Claudia Schwalb, Joan Perlman, Monika Teal, Bill Schuck, Despo Magoni, Gregory Botts, Steven Kenny, Jackie Brookner, Tom Snelgrove, Lisa Adams, Dianne Bowen, Catherine Harris, Jennifer Cecere, Truman T. Lowe, Doug Henders, Rodney Samuelson, Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Mimi Smith, Kathryn Lynch, Basia Irland, Joel Tauber, Xavier Cortada, Beverly Naidus, Peter Bynum, Kathleen Sweeney, Anne Senstad, Brian Alfred, Ron Klein, Cameron Davis, Catherine Chalmers, Daniel Reiser, Suzy Sureck, Yo Park, Karen Dolmanisth, Susan English, Oliver Wasow, Catherine Howe, Deborah Kass, Song Xin, Richard Bruce, Sharon Butler, Jill Slaymaker, Terri Amig, Charlotte Schulz, Brenda Zlamany, Jennifer Zackin, Sarah Bliss, Abigail Stern, Brenda Zlamany, Peggy Cyphers, Mauro Zamora, Marilla Palmer, Daniel Wiener, Bill Schuck, Cynthia Robinson, Chuck Agro, Laura Lynch, Gabriella Russomagno, Ed Bisese, Matt Bua, Jill Vasileff, Janet Biggs, Lorrie Fredette, Tânia Pires, Judy Glantzman, J. Henry Fair, Mary Jones, Kim Holleman, Jane Marsching, Ming Fay, Rosa Valado, Nikki Johnson, Sarah Hinckley, Ryan Cronin, Paul Dacey, Kyle Gallup, Amy Caterina, Constance Merriman, Vaughn Bell, Philip Krohn, Andrea Polli & Joe Gilmore, Gary Brewer, John Rolof, Sarah Pedlow, Ruri, Stephen Kaltenbach, Nils-Udo, Samanthan Fields, Ned Kahn, Sylvia Tidwell, Lillian Ball, Mark Andrew Gravel, Karen Rietzel, Therese Lahaie, Mark Brest van Kempen, Joan Perlman, Joan Baron, Alastair Noble, The Canary Project, Jason Houston, John Hitchcock, Jenny Hankwitz, Ulricke Arnold, Nina Dubois, Dianna Cohen, Talia Cotton, James Andrews, Nsumi Collective, Jacki Apple, Annie Kyle, Larry Krone, Nikko Sedgwick, Lewis de Soto, Cary Peppermint, Mardi Burnham, Nathan Goddard, Lawrence Miller, Robin Tewes, Roy Staab, Aleta Wolfe, Federica Matta, Suzanne McClelland, Peter Iannarelli, Nick Lamia, Todd Sargood, Ruth Wallen, Nitin Mukul, Alyce Santoro, Peter L. Johnson, Suzanne Stryk, Raquel Rabinovich, Amy Bassin, Thomas Eller, Jennifer Zackin, Catherine Tirr, Laura Lynch, David Chow, Maxine Henryson, Marika Arapoglou, Christopher Beatty, Christopher Been, Margaret Carey, Kristin Chin, Karen Chubak, Alicia Duque, Lourd Bennett Galvez, Karen Koo, Aubin Norwood, Philip Song, Alison Schuettinger, Claudia Seniro, Claire Snavely, Michelle Tse, Patrick Janssen Toh, Hannah Zingre, Helene Wasserman, Jennifer Timmer, Sarah McCoubrey, Veru Narula, Craig Wickwire, Sheilah Rechtschaffer, Joseph Smolinsky, Suzanne Anker, Janet Faith Farb, Chere Krakovsky, Kim Mayhew, Lael Marshall, Arlene Rush, Norm Magnusson, Gina Vigliarolo, Frie J. Jacobs, Aline Mare, Greg Patch, Rosalind Schneider, Dennis Mcleod, Bill Schuck, Santiago Adeoye, Jason Middlebrook, Kimberley Hart, and Mary Miss

PUBLIC EVENTS

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 / 5-9pm

$5 Suggested Donation

 

5pm: Film screening of Crude: The Real Price of Oil by filmmaker Joe Berlinger

 

7pm: New York City-based eco-artist Jackie Brookner will read from her recently published book Urban Rain. She will speak about the philosophical context of Urban Rain, her award winning water filtration public art project in San Jose, California. In addition to their functionality, her works provoke questions about where our bodies begin and end, about defining community, and about what the being of human can mean today.

 

8pm: Buckminster Fuller Institute Executive Director, Elizabeth Thompson, will present information about the finalists for the 2010 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award.

 

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge was launched in 2007 as the world’s only large prize program rewarding integrated, whole-system approaches to solving the world’s sustainability crises. Each year, the BFI awards a $100,000 cash prize for the development of a “trimtab” solution which best demonstrates the capacity to catalyze systemic change. Elizabeth Thompson will discuss The BFI Challenge and share the work of the 2010 semi-finalists. For more information on the award, click HERE.

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 / 6-9pm

Benefit Auction and Party

 

Musician and author David Rothenberg will perform music created with whales as featured in his recent book, Thousand Mile Song, and on his recent CD, Whale Music. Special guest DJ / trumpeter Ben Neill will perform from his new CD, Night Science.

 

Food and wine sponsors include:

Izze Sparkling Juice Fresh Company

Hudson Valley Caterers

Gourmet Garage

Bottino Restaurant

Chipotle

 

TICKETS

$135 advance / $150 day of event ticket includes one work of art, first come first served

$35 for admission only, can be applied towards purchase of artwork

 

CLICK HERE to purchase advance tickets.

ABOUT ECOARTSPACE

 

Ecoartspace is one of the leading international ecoart organizations established as a non-profit in 1999. Providing a platform for artists addressing environmental issues, Ecoartspace promotes a diverse range of artworks that are participatory, collaborative, interdisciplinary and educational. Their philosophy embodies a broader concept of art in its relationship to the world and seeks to connect human beings aesthetically with the awareness of larger ecological systems. For more information, visit http://www.ecoartspace.org.