NEGATIVE LITANIES closing reception at Western Exhibitions 2/19

NEGATIVE LITANIES:
Closing Benediction

THIS SATURDAY, 2/19, from 3 to 6pm, LOCRIAN member Terence Hannum will be spinning the metal music that inspired the work in his current show AND giving intimate tours of said to one and all, a kind of closing reception. Please stop by!



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WESTERN EXHIBITIONS
119 N Peoria St, 2A | Chicago IL 60607
312.480.8390

LOCRIAN member Terence Hannum's exhibition NEGATIVE LITANIES opens

Terence Hannum:NEGATIVE LITANIES
January 14 to February 19, 2011
Opening reception, Friday, January 14, 5 to 8pm

WESTERN EXHIBITIONS
119 N Peoria St, Suite 2A
Chicago, IL 60607



Terence Hannum's drawings, paintings and video installations cull the periphery of heavy metal and hardcore music subcultures to analyze the nexus of music, myth, audience and ritual. In addition to the above work, Hannum is a prolific zine maker and for his show in Western Exhibitions’ Gallery 2, Hannum will present a box set of 12 zines, all made in 2010, as well as drawings, paintings and other work that inspired the publications.

Exemplifying the DIY spirit inherent in the scenes he’s documenting, his use of the zine relates to the format’s origin, that of the self-produced fanzine. Hannum recontextualizes elements of his drawings, paintings, installations and even sound work in his zines, at times documenting the above works, but also casting new narratives intrinsic to the multi-page format.

Every month in 2010 Hannum produced a new zine, each one taking a different format, maximizing the possibilities of the cheaply printed page. He achieves remarkable textures, surfaces and images through seemingly simple combinations of toner on white, black and gray papers. Every subsequent zine ups the ambition from the prior one, as Hannum experiments with color xeroxes, collaborations (with New York artist Scott Treleaven, Chicagoan Elijah Burgher and Swedish musician/designer Thomas Martin Ekelund), vellum, sealed wax covers, obi bands and mini-CDs. Hannum pushes the zine to its extremes, much like the extreme sonic scenes he’s documenting and influenced by.

Land of Decay Related: ACTS OF CONTRITION / Zine

For those of you who have so graciously supported the past publications, Locrian member Terence Hannum has not stopped creating publications in this monthly series. We have a limited quantity of his new zine Acts of Contrition, more info below



Acts of Contrition is the ninth zine in Terence Hannum's monthly series of publications for 2010. Printed to accompany Terence's exhibition New Rites at the Richard E. Peeler Art Center at DePauw University, Greencastle, IN in 2010 and features most of the work in the exhibition.



Acts of Contrition focuses on the live event, combining reproductions of Terence Hannum's drawings and for the first time in the series, his oil paintings, paired together into a dark narrative where the live event becomes the locus of myth, ritual and sacrifice. This locus is communicated by the view of the back of an audience witnessing a live performance, halos of stage lights, illuminations through sheets of fog, silhouettes of backlines with bonfires, candles and masses of hair in mid headbang.

2010
8.25" × 8.5" / 32 pages
Edition of 150
Black printing on black paper cover, and black and white inside
PAYPAL: $20ppd (US) / $23 (world)

SEE A WALKTHROUGH OF TERENCE'S SHOW HERE:

NEW RITES - Installation View from Terence Hannum on Vimeo.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
LOCRIAN will be performing at DePauw University on Thursday, November 4th, 2010

LOCRIAN member Terence Hannum's exhibition NEW RITES opens

NEW RITES

September 22 – December 10, 2010
ARTISTS' LECTURE & OPENING RECEPTION: September 22nd, 2010 4-6pm
LOCRIAN PERFORMANCE: November 4th, more info TBA

Terence Hannum's paintings, drawings and video installations employ the imagery and rituals of underground music subcultures as a means of exploring the transcendence and impermanence of sound and performance, and the group catharsis experienced by those who surrender to them.

As a part of the exhibition Terence's new zine for the month of September Acts of Contrition will be made available at the opening. LAND OF DECAY will be carrying it shortly.



The Richard E. Peeler Art Center / DePauw University
10 West Hanna Street / Greencastle, IN 46135

For more information, please call: 765.658.4336