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The origins of the children’s game Rock, Paper, Scissors are lost in time… but the fascination with the game continues, from kids deciding who goes first, to computer programmers working on chance theory. In this show, State of the Arts takes a look at art made by Rock, Paper, Scissors.
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Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 8:30 pm •
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
 Preview
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rock: the digital stone project
Currently housed at the former Stone Division of the Johnson Atelier in Mercerville, NJ, the Digital Stone Project was founded by a group of sculptors to explore the full potential of advanced stoneworking technology, and to make available the most revolutionary computer-aided stone-carving facilities. State of the Arts producer Christopher Benincasa takes viewers on a high-tech tour with director Christoph Spath and artist Barry Ball into this experimental intersection of science and sculpture.
 hear more about stone carving technology
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Sculptures by Barry X. Ball, on display at the Digital Stone Project
Stone Portrait by Barry X. Ball
“Rapid Prototype” sculptor Robert Michael Smith, 1999 – 2001
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paper: paper makers
From pulp to paper, master paper-maker Ann McKeown will show us how it’s done at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (now known as The Brodsky Center) in New Brunswick. But there’s more to the story than you think. Some artists, like German Pitre, are taking the art of making paper in some very unexpected directions.
- also visit
the brodsky center
department of visual arts,
mason gross school of the arts
33 livingston ave.,
new brunswick, nj
(732) 932 – 2222 ext. 838
rcipp.rutgers.edu
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“Bug People”
by Melanie Yazzie, 2000
“Kazoku”
by Michi Itami, 1995/96
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scissors: houtien cheng, paper cutter
When he arrived in the United States from Taiwan in 1972, Houtien Cheng first found work as a bus boy in one of South Jersey’s Chinese restaurants. Today, Master Cheng makes his living as a master of traditional Chinese paper cutting. The art form has been used to adorn walls, windows, and clothing in China for over 2,000 years, and skills of the predominantly female paper cutters were often used to indicate a woman’s value as future bride. State of the Arts producer Peter Shea follows Master Cheng as he visits a Chinese restaurant in Hamilton and introduces customers to the art of paper cutting.
see more of houtien cheng at work
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“Pandas” by Houtien Cheng, 2004
“Scissors”
by Houtien Cheng, 2005
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paper: african-american printmakers
In 2005, Aljira, the Center for Contemporary Art in Newark, surveyed 80 years of printmaking by black artists with "African-American Printmakers: The Legacy Continues". The exhibition featured works by pioneers such as Aaron Douglas, the "artist of record" for the Harlem Renaissance; Hale Woodruff and Wilmer Jennings, who created public murals for the WPA during the Great Depression; and influential artist-educators like Robert Blackburn and Vivian E. Brown.
learn more about the artists of the harlem renaissance in this clip from Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance
| In the 1920s and 1930s, New York's Harlem district witnessed a passionate outburst of creativity by African-American visual artists. Now see how those black artists triumphed over segregation and prejudice, which often kept their work out of mainstream galleries and exhibitions. View more than 130 paintings, prints, photographs, and sculptures, along with rare archival footage of artists at work. |
This State of the Arts production is available for purchase from PBS Video
- also visit
aljira, a center for contemporary art
591 broad st.,
newark, nj
(973) 622 - 1600
www.aljira.org
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“Antares, Aug. 2001, Northern Hemisphere”
by Howardena Pindell, 2002
“Hill Top House”
by Wilmer Angier Jennings, 1939
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scissors: movable books
In 1992, Rutgers University librarian Ann Montanaro founded The Movable Book Society – 450 members strong worldwide – to provide a forum for artists, collectors and other pop-up book enthusiasts. State of the Arts producer Christopher Benincasa talks to Ann about the history of the pop-up book as well as the fresh ideas coming out of the innovative studios of paper engineers like Matthew Reinhart and Robert Sabuda - the undisputed champions of the world of pop-up books, recently capturing the imaginations of both children and adults with their phenomenal three-dimensional editions of Alice in Wonderland, The Movable Mother Goose and The Wizard of Oz. Matthew will give us a behind-the-scenes look at their Manhattan studio, and a sneak preview of his upcoming book series of prehistoric creatures.
see more pop-up books
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A page from Robert Sabuda’s
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
A page from Matthew Reinhart’s
The Ark
Matthew Reinhart, Paper Engineer
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