Industrial Park Cave Route, Kansas City, KS 2008
Chorography : In Search of the New American Landscape, curated by Sam Barzilay, is currenty on view at the Athens Photo Festival in Greece. Tribble & Mancenido are one (pair) of 4 artists in the show.
A term first encountered in Ptolemy’s “Geographia”, and more recently rehabilitated by German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen, chorography’s purview has always been the provision of a systematic, detailed description and analysis of a region – pushing against the rigid boundaries of geography by seeking to record more than mere topography.
In her book “Tooth for an Eye”, Deborah Luster expands upon this concept, eloquently defining chorography as “a form of geography that describes the inherent attributes of a place. These attributes may be physical, sociological, conceptual, metaphysical or sensory”.
Heavily influenced by geography throughout its brief history, the shaping of America’s socio-political landscape has developed distinct cultural fault lines – ranging from the North-South ideological divide, to the “rugged individualism” credo of the West – that continue to influence social attitudes throughout each region.
And it is along these fault lines, at the crossroads of geography and human experience that our photographers’ subjects lie, each inhabiting their own liminal state: between the physical and digital realms; between land and sea; between racial divisions; between loads. For it “is in these cracks, in the interstices of social structure, that [we] are most aware of [ourselves]” (La Shure, 2005).
Providing a visual exploration of the shifting social landscape in America – at a time of heightened economic uncertainty and social alienation – the exhibition “Chorography: In Search of the New American Landscape” features photographs by Joni Sternbach, Nate Larson & Marni Shindelman, Matt Eich, and Tribble & Mancenido.
Chorography : In Search of the New American Landscape
Athens Photo Festival
Athens, Greece
31OCT – 25NOV
The current issue of OjodePez features a portfolio of work by Tribble & Mancenido.
CPW’s Benefit Auction is this Sunday, and the artists Tribble & Mancenido are happy to have donated a piece from Hurry Up & Wait to such a wonderful organization dedicated to photography.
Center for Photography at Woodstock
Sunday, 9OCT
If you’re in and around Brooklyn this wknd, check out the Dumbo Arts Festival where you can also see CPW’s Benefit Auction Preview featuring great, great work from many artists, some of whom include Stephen Shore, Robert Mapplethorpe, Deana Lawson, Jen Davis, Justine Reyes, Erica Allen, Mary Ellen Mark, Michal Chelbin, Eikoe Hosoe…. and a print from Tribble & Mancenido.
CPW Benefit Auction Preview
Dumbo Arts Festival
111 Front Street #200
Brooklyn, NY
Friday, 23SEPT 6-9pm
Saturday, 24SEPT 11am-8pm
Sunday, 25SEPT 11am-5pm
Tribble & Mancenido currently have work up at The Gallery at Eponymy, curated by Amani Olu, for their 2011 Fall/Winter exhibition.
Tribble & Mancenido collaborated with CODE Magazine on the Black Americans story. In the age of Obama, they made portraits of influencers of today and tomorrow – Mickalene Thomas, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Hank Willis Thomas, Naomi Beckwith, Amani Olu and more.
Tribble & Mancenido have been commissioned by The Studio Museum of Harlem for their Harlem Postcards Summer 2011 project.
I Love You, Harlem 2011
Throughout the twentieth century, Harlem has been regarded as a beacon of African-American history and culture. Sites such as the Apollo Theater, Abyssinian Baptist Church, and Malcolm X Corner at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue serve as popular postcard images that represent significant places and moments in this community. Today, Harlem continues to evolve as a center of history and culture. Everyday, changes are witnessed by its residents and experienced by tourists and visitors from all over the world. Harlem Postcards, an ongoing project, invites contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds to reflect on Harlem as a site of cultural activity, political vitality, visual stimuli, artistic contemplation and creative production. Representing intimate and dynamic perspectives of Harlem, the images reflect each artist’s oeuvre with an idiosyncratic snapshot taken in, or representing, this historic locale. Each photograph has been reproduced as a limited-edition postcard available free to visitors. (via)
The Studio Museum of Harlem
Harlem Postcards – Summer 2011
14JUL-23OCT
Tribble & Mancenido’s work is currently featured on Photoworks’ new site.
Photoworks is the UK’s leading agency for photography. We produce commissions, exhibitions and events, publish books and influential magazine, Photoworks. Collaborating with the a broad range of artists and organisations, engaging the widest possible audiences, Photoworks encourages debate and inspires new thinking about photography. (via)
Tribble & Mancenido are featured as one of the Artist Corps for America: Now and Here.
America: Now and Here is a cross-country journey of art and ideas. Through art created by 150 of this country’s most celebrated artists – visual artists, musicians, playwrights, poets, and filmmakers – Americans are invited to come together for timely dialogues about America, now and here. (via)
Artist Corps is an initiative for young artists in undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs. Participants in this signature program contribute their own work to America: Now and Here and come together through a dynamic and growing community of peers – young artists who are fostering new relationships between art and American society. (via)
Images from Tribble & Mancenido’s Hurry Up & Wait series were published in last week’s Bloomberg Businessweek alongside Daniel Grushkin’s story on cargo theft in the US. Pick up a copy and read the article here.