"I except it: I accept it" by Simon Klein
“We’re finding meaning through these interactions together and standing in the face of an unyielding clock.”
R2 Gallery Activations as part of “I except it: I accept it”
WEDS 3/23, 7-9pm
FILM WORKSHOP
For the third iteration of Simon’s film “Through the heart of Colorado”, we made a scratch film, where the constraint is everyone has only one line to do what they want. Any configuration was possible with any coloring, but using only one line.
FRI 3/25, 4-7pm
CAUSATION
A work describing who and what as a matter of when. Volunteers sat for a video-portrait in the gallery.
Carbondale Arts presented “I except it: I accept it”, a solo exhibition by Simon Klein, at the Carbondale Arts R2 Gallery on exhibition March 4-April 8, 2022. The public was invited to an artist talk on First Friday evening, March 4, at 5:15pm at The Launchpad to hear Simon speak, along with artist Marilyn Lowey, whose solo exhibition installation “My Birthday Party” was also on display the same dates.
Simon Klein’s solo exhibition “I except it : I accept it” was a show in time. Everything here was a web of relationships between the work, the artist, and you, finding meaning through these interactions together and standing in the face of an unyielding clock.
There are many other artists, musicians, and filmmakers that joined Simon in creating the initial objects you could see and hear, an initial group of people to create more community. There were handmade films, photos, language, sounds, and images all with a sense of time.
There are things that will broke and changed, and needed to be replaced with something else. Simon’s hope was for visitors to join him in workshops or events to create something together.
To begin again.
Both exhibitions were generously supported by the Aspen Art Museum. The Aspen Art Museum is a non-collecting institution presenting the newest, most important evolutions in international contemporary art. Their innovative and timely exhibitions, education and public programs, immersive activities, and community happenings actively engage audiences in thought-provoking experiences of art, culture, and society.
This exhibition opened the same dates (March 4-April 8, 2022) as “My Birthday Party” by Marilyn Lowey.
Simon Klein, digital & mixed media installation artist, Carbondale, CO
Simon Klein is an artist based in Carbondale Colorado. He loves to collaborate with artists and those who don't consider themselves to be artists all the same. His work began with photography in the darkroom but expanded to include many forms of time-based media. He enjoys writing mantras that shouldn't be repeated, baseball, and eating whole cucumbers late at night.
He has a radio show titled Us in Flux Sunday nights from 9–11PM on KDNK where he often does live mixing. Simon thanks Carbondale Arts and anyone and everyone for the opportunity to be able to do things like this.
Click the video above to enjoy an artist talk with Simon Klein from the opening night (March 4). Simon’s talk (with intro) begins at the 3’18” mark.
Enjoy a virtual tour of "I except it, I accept it" by Simon Klein, and "My Birthday Party" by Marilyn Lowey, on exhibition at the R2 Gallery from March 4 - April 8, 2022.