Inquisitive Machines & Melodramatic Scenes: Tommy Becker & Andrew Kleindolph

WHAT: Salon Series with artists Tommy Becker & Andrew Kleindolph

WHEN: Tuesday, August 23, 7:30PM (Dinner @ 6PM)

WHERE: Building 944, Eastwing, Headlands Center for the Arts, Golden Gate National Recreation Area,Marin Headlands, Sausalito, CA 94965 (www.headlands.org/Directions/)

ADMISSION: FREE
(Dinner @ 6PM: $15 per person. Reservations for dinner are required three days prior to each event. For reservations please call 415.331.2787, ext. 31.)

CONTACT: Pamela Coddington
415-331-2787 ext. 22
pcoddington@headlands.org

Information: www.headlands.org

Current Headlands Center for the Arts Artist in Residence Tommy Becker and Affiliate Artist Andrew Kleindolph explore so-called conventional behaviors, from general notions of conduct to our most basic interactions with machines. Both artists create work that challenges the way we understand a hybrid life where apparent behaviors and functional machines crossbreed with irreverent inclinations and dysfunctional devices.

Becker, who is currently exhibiting at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' "Bay Area Now 4,", creates videos that combinine performance, sound, found objects, spoken word and costume design to create quirky vignettes in which individuals struggle to overcome ambiguous relationships and adverse scenarios. Becker has also exhibited and screened his work locally at Catherine Clark Gallery, Pacific Film Archive, Southern Exposure, SF, and most recently at White Columns, NY. Becker received his MFA in Film/Video/Performance from the California College of the Arts.

A simple encounter with current Affiliate Artist Kleindolph’s curious low-tech machine sculptures often requires unexpected interaction or frivolous knob turning that may result in seemingly trivial outcomes. Kleindolph exhibits nationally and throughout the Bay Area. He received his MFA from Mills College, Oakland, CA.

Salon Series events bring the public together with Headlands Center for the Arts' Artists in Residence, giving the artists an opportunity to share work in an informal, personal setting while giving visitors a chance to connect with the creative energy, spirit of exploration and the unique collaborations that are cultivated at Headlands.


Dinner at the Headlands

The public is invited to join us for a sumptuous, family-style dinner in Headlands' Mess Hall at 6 PM in conjunction with this program. The fee for dinner is $15 per person. Reservations are required three business days prior to each event. For reservations or additional questions, please call (415) 331- 2787, ext. 28.

About Headlands Center for the Arts

Located in a cluster of artist-renovated military buildings in the Marin Headlands, a 15 minute drive north of San Francisco, Headlands Center for the Arts (Headlands) runs an internationally-recognized Artist in Residence Program, hosts interdisciplinary public programs, and offers subsidized studio rentals for Bay Area artists of all disciplines. Headlands is a laboratory for the birth of new work and ideas, where artists and creative thinkers are given the rare gifts of time, space and support in a breathtaking natural setting. Through programs for artists and the public, Headlands facilitates collaboration, creative exchange, and cross-disciplinary experimentation helping to extend appreciation for the role of artists in society. Please visit www.headlands.org for additional information.