Vox Populi (art gallery)

Vox Populi is a nonprofit art gallery and collective in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988,[1] it presents experimental art and ideas via monthly shows, performances, and gallery talks.[2] Located on North 11th Street, it is the longest running artist collective in the city.[3]

Among the artists whose work the space has hosted include Kembra Pfahler, Paul Thek, Alvin Baltrop, Taisha Paggett, Adam Pendleton, Cecilia Dougherty, Guy Ben-Ari,[1] Virgil Marti[4][5] and Brainstormers member Maria Dumlao.[6] Musical performers at their old location on Cherry Street included Gang Gang Dance, Comets on Fire, CocoRosie, Growing,[7] Wolf Eyes[8] and many others.

History

In 2011, under the Executive Directorship of Andrew Suggs, Vox Populi opened a 1,000-square-foot black box performance space, AUX, which highlights interdisciplinary time-based art with sound art, film screenings, performance, dance, and experimental theater as well as hosting classes, workshops, and other events.[9] AUX has hosted programs with performers and media artists such as Dynasty Handbag,[10] Jacolby Satterwhite,[11] C.A. Conrad, Angela Washko,[12] Ann Hirsch,[13] and Miguel Gutiérrez[14] 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.[15]

In 2010, Vox Populi was invited to participate in "No Soul For Sale" at the Tate Modern, a festival of 70 international independent non-commercial art spaces, held in the Turbine Hall as part of the museum's 10th anniversary celebrations.[16] Four years later, Vox Populi hosted the show "Alien She," the first exhibition to examine the lasting impact of Riot Grrrl on artists and cultural producers working now co-curated by Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss.[17]

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.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Guy Ben-Ari: Yes to Burning Eyes at Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia". artiscontemporary.org. Archived from the original on 2014-10-01. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  2. ^ "Art Spaces: Vox Populi". New Museum.
  3. ^ "ICA Philadelphia Field Trip". 17 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Curriculum Vitae". virgilmarti.com.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Maria Dumlao". Vox Populi.
  7. ^ "Philadelphia Weekly-2005 Summer of Live". 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Video: Wolf Eyes @ Vox Populi - Philadelphia, PA". Prefix mag. 3 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Philadelphia Inquirer- Vox Populi Opens Performance Space". 15 July 2011.
  10. ^ "Dynasty Handbag at AUX".
  11. ^ "Jacolby Satterwhite at AUX".
  12. ^ Populi, Vox. "Vox Populi > SCREENING & in Conversation with Angela Washko". voxpopuligallery.org. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  13. ^ Populi, Vox. "Vox Populi > In Conversation: Ann Hirsch and Jacolby Satterwhite". voxpopuligallery.org. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  14. ^ "COUNTER/ACTS at AUX".
  15. ^ "Artist Pension Trust-Matthew Suib".
  16. ^ "Tate Modern-No Soul For Sale".
  17. ^ "Vice Magazine- Go see Alien She". 7 March 2014.
  18. ^ "Vox Populi". Pew Center website.


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