nonprofit
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art gallery and
collective
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in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. Founded in 1988, it presents experimental art and ideas via monthly
show
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Competition, event, or artistic production
* Agricultural show, associated with agriculture and animal husbandry
* Animal show, a judged event in the hobby of animal fancy
** Cat show
** Dog show
** Horse show
** ...
s,
performances
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Performance has evolved glo ...
, and gallery talks. Located on North 11th Street, it is the longest running
artist collective
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in the city.
Among the artists whose work the space has hosted include
Kembra Pfahler
Kembra Pfahler (born August 4, 1961) is an American interdisciplinary artist and rock musician.
Her film work is associated with the movement known as the Cinema of Transgression. As a musician, she leads the band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen ...
,
Paul Thek
Paul Thek (November 2, 1933 – August 10, 1988) was an American painter, sculptor and installation artist. Thek was active in both the United States and Europe, exhibiting several installations and sculptural works over the course of his life. Po ...
,
Alvin Baltrop
Alvin Baltrop (December 11, 1948 – February 1, 2004) was an American photographer. Baltrop's work focused on the dilapidated Hudson River piers and gay men during the 1970s and 1980s prior to the AIDS crisis.
Early life
Baltrop was born i ...
Adam Pendleton
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Gang Gang Dance
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,
Comets on Fire
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Growing
Growing may refer to:
* Growth (disambiguation)
* Growing (band), an American noise band
* ''Growing'' (Rina Chinen album), 1998
* ''Growing'' (Sleeping People album), 2007
* ''Growing'', a 1961 autobiographical book by Leonard Woolf
See also ...
,
Wolf Eyes
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and many others.
History
In 2011, under the Executive Directorship of Andrew Suggs, Vox Populi opened a 1,000-square-foot
black box
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performance space, AUX, which highlights
interdisciplinary
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time-based art with
sound art
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, film screenings,
performance
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Performance has evolved glo ...
, dance, and
experimental theater
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as well as hosting classes,
workshop
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s, and other events. AUX has hosted programs with performers and media artists such as Dynasty Handbag,
Jacolby Satterwhite
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Angela Washko
Angela Washko is an American new media artist and facilitator based in New York. After nine years as a professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University, she is currently the Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor of Art at University of Michiga ...
,
Ann Hirsch
Ann Hirsch (born 1985) is a contemporary American video and performance artist. Her work addresses women's sexual self-expression and identity online and in popular culture.
Early life
Hirsch received a BFA in sculpture from the Sam Fox Schoo ...
, and Miguel Gutiérrez among others.
Vox is also home to Fourth Wall, a dedicated video lounge which the collective invites outside curators to program for 2 to 3 months at a time. Fourth Wall was founded as an independent gallery within the space called "Screening" in 2007 by collaborative video artists and former members Matthew Suib and Nadia Hironaka.
In 2010, Vox Populi was invited to participate in "No Soul For Sale" at the
Tate Modern
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, a festival of 70 international independent non-commercial
art space
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s, held in the
Turbine Hall
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as part of the museum's 10th anniversary celebrations.
Four years later, Vox Populi hosted the show "Alien She," the first exhibition to examine the lasting impact of
Riot Grrrl
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on artists and cultural producers working now co-curated by Astria Suparak and
Ceci Moss Ceci () is an Italian surname that literally means "chickpeas". It may also be a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
*Cody Ceci (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
*Parri Ceci (born 1961), former Canadian football player
* ...
.
Funding
The galley's programming is made possible in part by funding from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage among other charitable foundations and private individuals.