Curated by Matthew Flaherty

CLOSING RECEPTION // Friday, September 7th, 6–9 pm with a non-linear performance by Ann Hirsch.

KANSAS is pleased to present Streamlines, a group exhibition of new works by: Ryan Lauderdale, Owen Kydd, Ignacio Torres, Chloe Wessner, Constant Dullaart, Andrew Pomykalski, Juliette Bonneviot, Ann Hirsch, Kevin Kelly, Aude Pariset, Artie Vierkant, and Sarah Faux. Graphic design by Calvin Waterman.

In concurrent realities, images and information have evolved from Google image search to our mainstream subconscious consumption, leaving many artists with visual areans from which to cull and excavate. Are these investigations cyclically involved with the state of history in our time? Time capsules.

The new works featured in Streamlines respond to the growing need to preserve and validate image making in contemporary existence. Acting in collaboration/response between observation and products, these artists provide careful reflection on the use-value and emotive qualities of images that transpire and unravel each day in visual stimuli.

These artists are working towards a negation of cultural ephemera through slowed-down tactile pursuits, that can remain both resolute and disparaging as future cultural currency. These new paradigms will affect the progressive trends of societies’ desire–responding to developing techno-biological symbiosis and the relationship with our-future-selves.

Streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines, in fluid flows Streamline Airlines Streamliner any vehicle shaped to be less reisistant to air Streamline (swimming) the position a swimmer takes underwater after pushing off a pool wall Adobe Streamline, a discontinued line tracing program made by Adobe Systems Streamline cars Ltd, the company responsible for making the Burner Car Streamline Distributed Debugging Tool, a debugger produced by Allinea primarily for debugging parallel programs Streamline Moderne, an architectural style related to Art Deco Streamline Pictures, An American distribution company best known for distributing English dubbed Japanese animation Streamline Studios, an independent Dutch outsourcing and game developing studio Hal Roach’s Streamliners, a series of short films made in the 1940s StreamLine DTA framework, the Dynamic Traffic Assignment framework provided within the OmniTRANS transport planning software Streamline (band), a band featuring Brian Ireland of Something Corporate Streamline, (Lenny White album), 1977 Streamline (Lee Greenwood album), 1985 “Streamline” song, a song by Spanish Makina band called Newton “Streamline” (System of a Down song) “Streamline”, a song by Pendulum, from the 2005 album Hold Your Colour “Streamline”, a song by From Autumn to Ashes, from the 2005 album Abandon Your Friends’

For additional information please contact Matthew Flaherty at KANSAS by calling 646-559-1423 or emailing [email protected]