THE TEAMS
DRIP
Artist: Jessica Hunt
Business owner: Sean McCrossin
Philosophers: Professor George Khushf
Big question: How are our lives mended together from broken pieces?
Work with broken pieces of art to create a mosaic inspired by "Kintsugi", the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold — built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections, you can create an even more robust, more beautiful piece of art.
SUNRISE ARTISAN BATH & BODY
Artist: Sadie and Guthrie Whitehead
Business owner: Tzima Brown
Philosophers: Professor Brett Sherman and Joseph Erickson (PhD student)
Big question: Can a machine replicate all that we make with our hands?
Our hands are the ultimate multitaskers. They bring warmth, empathy, art, healing and personal touch - no batteries needed. Come join us at Sunrise Artisan Bath & Body to celebrate and explore the philosophy of our hands. You’ll have time to capture an image of your hands and then assist in creating a community-woven art project. By the end, you’ll walk away with one piece of art to take home as you leave another behind for the permanent art installation that will live in the shop long term.
BOYD INNOVATION CENTER (POWERED BY GROWCO)
Artist: Dogon Krigga, Fiona Eirene
Business owner: Caroline Crowder
Philosophers: Professor Agnes Bolinska and John Schaffler (PhD student)
Big question: What is emotion? How and where is it expressed? Are emotional expressions universal?
A Soundscape of Human Emotion is a collaborative, interactive installation that seeks to reflect the inner emotional experiences of the Five Points community. Using the sonic participation of installation attendees, a recorded soundscape will be compiled, inspiring the creation of a visual collage of images sourced in the Five Points neighborhood that demonstrate the relationship between our inner and outer worlds.
THE FOUNTAIN
Artist: Carol Brady
Business owner: Heather McDonald
Philosopher: Professor Jerry Wallulis
Big question: What does ownership mean to you?
Alongside the fountain, you’ll find artist, Carol Brady and philosopher, Jerry Wallulis inviting you to participate in a community painting. What does ownership mean to you--of what you make and of who you are? Consider your role in the greater whole as you add your own marks to this large scale, abstract, painting. Additional questions for interested participants;Are you the artist of this piece? Does that mean that you own it? Does that mean that you all own it? Do we own other things?- the fountain or the city? Who owns you? - the city? Your job? Social media? Big data?
BLUETILE
Artist: Jen Ray
Business owner: David Toole
Philosopher: Professor Tyke Nunez
Big question: What is worth failing for?
Explore the common fear and intimidation associated with trying new things. We'll delve into the world of blind contour drawing, reflecting on what is truly worth embracing and overcoming the fear of failure.
ANTON + MAXINE
Artist: Tabitha Ott
Business owner: Diko Pekdemir-Lewis
Philosopher: Professor Anne Bezuidenhout
Big question: How do we wear art?
Adorn yourself with pieces of art, take photographs of your experience and creations, and discuss what we identify as art, and how personal adornment and expression create our unique identity.
ALL GOOD BOOKS
Artist: Mario Haynes
Business owner: Jenna Wallace, Clint Wallace, Ben Adams
Philosophers: Anderson Harris and Leye Komolafe (PhD students)
Big question: What are the ways we connect and care for each other?
A dissection of the ways theater can help us connect.... on our most joyful loving times and times of distress and inner turmoil. Projections and physicality will be used to explore this connection that the human condition often uses as instinct.
A LITTLE HAPPY
Artist: Ed Madden
Business owner: Ashley Lindler
Philosopher: Carter Weinstein (PhD student)
Big Question: What is your a Little Happy?
Sometimes, that small thing someone does--that unexpected gift, that small gesture--has an impact beyond its size. It makes us happy. It shifts our world, if only for a moment. With a simple sheet of office paper and some pens, we're going to tell that little story. Everyone has a memory, a story. Everyone will leave with a tiny book, a gift, a little happy.
TURNER & MOSS
Artist: Meredith Walker
Business owner: Ansley Whiteside
Philosopher: Sarah Pressman (PhD student)
Big question: What makes a moment in life worth celebrating?
What makes a moment in life worth celebrating? Join artist Meredith Walker and philosopher Sarah Pressman with Ansley Whiteside at Turner & Moss to answer this question. Guests answers will guide their color selection for a collaborative “paint-by-number” project.
BREAKPOINT
Artist: Starlitt Miller
Business owner: Lisa Barrett
Philosopher: Professor Justin Weinberg
Big question: How is it possible that dance can be communicative and original?
Dance is typically thought of as having an expressive element. It communicates ideas or feelings or actions or situations, etc. Normally, we communicate through words and symbols that have established meanings. Dance, by contrast, communicates through non-linguistic movement. To the extent to which dance involves movements and combinations of movements that are familiar, or communicates familiar meaning, what it communicates will be easier to discern. But to the extent to which dance has this familiarity, the less original it will be. And originality is something we often think contributes to the value of an artwork, including dance. There’s a tension, it seems, between communication and originality in dance. Yet there is dance that seems to be both successfully communicative and highly original. How?