Design 99 will host a group exhibition titled Work and Tumble: Photocopier as Illuminator, organized by Nina Bianchi and Steve Hughes.
In 1937, ceaseless experimenter Chester Carlson established the basic principles of electrophotography, which involved zinc, sulfur, a handkerchief, electrostatic charge, lunch, cigarettes, and finally exposure to a bright light. Inspired by Carlson's ingenuity and his hard work to free the people from high cost duplication, Bianchi and Hughes have curated a group exhibition. Twelve artists will present work, which, in process, utilizes xerography to duplicate, cut and paste, reassemble, enhance, reorganize, smear, transform, manipulate, mutate, explode, and activate.
In an effort to bring more art to more people, single color copies of each work of art will be produced in-house on a small press duplicator in editions of 20. These duplicates will be for sale for at the dollar store price of 99¢ each.
Participating artists include both local and national names: Kamil Antos, Kristin Beaver, Libby Cole, Tim Hailey, Ben Hernandez, Scott Hocking, Anne Harrington Hughes, Susan LaPorte, Shar McLeod, Scott Northrup, Chris Riddell, and Chris Turner.
Work and Tumble: Photocopier as Illuminator will run from November 7 - 28th, 2009 with open hours on Saturdays from 1–5 PM.