Soundoffka Vol. 2 is an aural and visual exhibition hosted by VWVOFFKA. Opening reception will be on first friday, November 5th from 6-11pm. Closing reception will be Friday November 19th from 7-11pm. Soundoffka Vol. 2 will be featuring the work of Adam Zucker, Jason A. Maas, Sarah Weber, Corey Pace, Christopher Gage, Megan Kelley, Bonnie MacAllister, and Brian McLendon. Soundoffka is a series of exhibitions in which artists explore the use of sound as an art form, expression, and the ways we relate to the vast aural landscape around us.

Soundoffka Vol. 1 was a fresh collaboration between artists, working on individual pieces, which lent themselves towards the overall experience. It was also an interactive experience in which the audience became a crucial collaborative aspect to the overall piece. During the creation of Vol. 1 we also realized how vital the visual aesthetics of the space came into play. Soundoffka Vol. 2 will further expand upon these concepts of collaboration, interaction, and the relationship between sound and sight. The participating artists have been paired with artists they have never previously worked with. The artists will be exploring these themes through a variety of mediums. Pieces ranging from site-specific installations, video projections, aural installations, multi-dimensional performances, interactive soundscapes, and various series of drawings and paintings will provide a fresh and palatable exploration of sound as a viable, accessible medium.

10.01.10: SMALL OBJECTS

'Small Objects' is the operative name given by Linnea
Vegh and Steven Streisguth to their collaborative body of work. The
pieces are often a combination of inside jokes, second-hand anecdotes,
relationship detritus, and personal jetsam. Working in sculpture,
print, and found objects, the proximity of individual pieces form
constellations of personal mythology.

Opening on First Friday, October 1st at 6pm.
Refreshments and delicious home brews catered by Bongo Zeptobrewery

Soundoffka Vol 2. Call For Artists

Soundoffka Vol. 1 was a fresh collaboration between artists, working on individual pieces, which lent themselves towards the overall experience. It was also an interactive experience in which the audience became a crucial collaborative aspect to the overall piece. During the creation of Vol. 1 we also realized how vital the visual aesthetics of the space came into play. For Soundoffka Vol. 2, we would like to expand upon these concepts of collaboration, interaction, and the relationship between sound and sight.

The new concept for Soundoffka Vol. 2 is to pair up aural and visual artists, who have never worked together before, in groups of two or three people. Due to the nature of our space, the goal is to have 5-6 individual pieces that stimulate the senses by themselves, as well as contribute to the overall sound(offka) experiment, keeping in mind the individual listener's experience can contribute to the works end product.

Please submit a sample of your work and a short statement of your

previous installation experiences and your current objectives for your work. This does NOT mean that you must have experience doing installation,

and your submission will not be turned away if a "sample" of your work can't be squeezed into a photo or a sentence or an audio file. We just want

to know more about you in order to create sensible pairings of artists.

All artists, and sound entrepreneurs from Philadelphia and the surrounding tri-state areas are welcome to apply! Thank you! We look forward to hearing from you and working with you on this grand experiment in the aural and visual realms of human experience. Please have all submissions sent to vwvoffka@gmail.com and cc:

benjamin.contois@gmail.com with "Soundoffka Vol. 2 Submissions" in the subject line. Submissions are due on September 20th. Thank you!

2nd Annual Portside Summer Camp

VWVOFFKA invites you to the 2^nd annual Portside Art Center’s summer camp art show on September 3^rd 2010. The Portside Art Center is a non-profit art institution located in Port Richmond on Lehigh and Belgrade. For three years the Portside has been introducing arts, music and culture to its surrounding community. This first Friday VWVOFFKA will be featuring artwork made by all the children who participated in the 2010 summer arts camp. We will also be holding interactive art projects through out the night and want everyone young and old to join in and get creative!

SPECULATIVE ECOLOGY

AKA MINDSCAPES

At VWVOFFKA this month:

Four Artists, Jesse Beamesderfer, Sarah Everton, Tyler Kline and Alyssa Maucere, create their own versions/visions of an environment. Strong Visual Representations. Four artistic viewpoints depicting the balance of different worlds within their environment. Those worlds being the man-made world, the natural world and the metaphysical world. Opening Reception: Friday August 6th, 2010 at 7pm.

July @ VWVOFFKA

OLFACTICS was a huge Sucsess at VWVOFFKA. Due to interactive nature of the exhibit, the diverse crowd of Frankford Ave First Friday made for an excellent outcome.

VIEWERS CROWDING AROUND WALL OF ODOR SPECIMEN

Neuro-Absrtactionists responsible for OLFACTICS exhibition,

Chadwick, Molholt and Finazzo during a VIDEO INTERVIEW

Viewer Reaches High to Record her Ideas about A Particular Scent

Close up of the wall of Recording

A good Smell or a Bad Smell???

Viewers wait to sample a Spectrum of Scents

MORE PHOTOS

Olfactics | Arts and Culture | Philadelphia Weekly

Olfactics | Arts and Culture | Philadelphia Weekly

OLFACTICS AT VWVOFFKA

VWVOFFKA PRESENTS: OLFACTICS – a post Neolithic performative sculpture, brought to you by aspiring Neuro-abstractionists Finazzo, Molholt & Chadwick. A physical olfactogram specifically designed to sharpen one’s senses & subvert the ritual anosmia perpetuated by modern society,OLFACTICS is a multivariate analysis of odourant induced neural activity. Prepare to experience the full spectrum of scent through a pungent array of odour specimen, running the gamut of imaginable smells. Opens Friday July 2nd from 7:00 - 11:00 PM at VWVOFFKA, located at 2037 Frankford Avenue. Bring your nostrils.

6/17 WORD EXCHANGE at 7pm

June 5th: Opening Reception for Concrete, et cetera

Here at VWVOFFKA, June is the month of concrete ideas, visual word balance, and asymmetric semantics. This month's exhibit pays tribute to the Concrete Poetry movement that took the English language by storm, forcing words off the pages and spewing them into the focal point of physical reality. But that was born over half a century ago. Now along with the advent of new technologies, the pen is in a different hand, bringing new light to the fluidity of language. Concrete, et cetera will include works by Masha Badinter, Claire Buchanan, Sofie Hodara, Marshall James Kavanaugh, Matt Neff, Ingrid Pimsner, Steve Streisguth, and Jenna Wilchinsky.

Also special live words by:
Ghosts of Pasha
Dark Surfers and the Yawns
+1 more tba

Refreshments will be provided. Opening starts at 6pm.

DEAR DIARY AT VWVOFFKA 04.02.10