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ic: the full CV ic : shows 2013.05.11-2014.04.27 the hero, the villain, the salesman, the parent, a sidekick and a servant sfu teck gallery 2013.04.27-05.25 take the easy way (video) mkg127 2013.02 chair design for blue dot 2013.01.16-24 i sent you vancouver 2012.09-anon perpetual sunset (video) vancouver 2012.08.09-09.08 as part of toolkit mkg127 2012.07 office make over asian pacific foundation 2012.05-anon nothing happens in good weather (video) vancouver 2012.02.17-04-07 feeling so much yet doing so little (fb) (video) western front 2011.11-12 light bar hoorn nl 2011.01.08-02.05 there is no romance in taking a risk (star) mkg127 2010.07.28-29 ic_chilliwack internatinal chilliwack biennial 2010.02.12-03-20 bright light: light bar (fb) vancouver 2010.01.13-30 astronomical frontiers copenhagen 2009.08.26-09.06 sum up disco fallout shelter subvision. kunst. festival 2009.08-10 solyst artist in residence centre, jyderup 2009.05.06-09.15 disco fallout shelter toronto sculpture garden 2009.02.07-05.03 how soon is now vancouver art gallery 2009.01.30-04.04 assume nothing: new social practice art gallery of greater victoria 2009.01.10-04.30 a bright future 88 BLOCKS*art on main 2008.10.18-11.15 say nothing in bright colours MKG127 2008.08 say nothing in bright colours school for non-productive learning, rum46 aarhus 2008.05.15-08-15 kuenstlerhaeuser worpswede 2008.04 light bar flaggfabrikken bergen 2008.02.09-06.06 what we bring to the table oakville galleries 2007.09.14-10.20 nooks mercer union 2007.08.31-09.03 nooks henry at bumbershoot 2007.11.24-12.22 pattern theory mkg127 2007.11.22-2008.02.05 common threads illingworth kerr 2007.06.30-09.01 happy birthday & friendly greeting mkg127 2007.06.03-09.23 common threads confederation centre 2007.05.18-07.08 wish you were here york quay centre 2007.04.13-06 encuentro internacional medellin columbia 2007.02.10-03-03 romance series poster show art metropole 2006.12.15 static wallpaper lobby gallery 2006.09.30-10.01 dark hart hart house 2006.08.26 rest stop carmada, l.a. 2006.05.12-06.10 one is never enough or gallery 2006.04.09-23 welcome to the limelight css bard 2007.03.25-04.07 beautify york quay centre 2006.03.24 perfect lobby gallery 2006.01.13-03.26 peer pleasure 1 yerba buena center for the arts 2005.12.29-2006.01.22 spring sale paul petro msw 2005.10.05-29 year of perfect days sparwasser, berlin 2005.04 presentables hoffmann's house, santiago chile 2005.02.19-03.13 what do we do when we can't be 2gether 69 pender 2004.12.04-2005.03 instant coffee: bass bed san juan poly/graphic triennial 2004.09.10-10.23 sorry, we're open / the way we work southern exposure 2004.09.10-10.23 connect the dots leroy neiman gallery 2004.09.04 1-4pm *candy factory and instant coffee 2004.03 make-out party: second-base 2004.02.14-05.17 soundtracks mackenzie art gallery 2004.02.06 stencils just seemed like the right thing to do art metropole 2004.01.09-02.01 mellow drama kmart 2003.12 xxx natural light window 2003.11.21 instant MAKE OUT party 2003.11 Bienal de La Habana 2003.10.22-12.14 soundtracks the blackwood gallery 2003.10.10-14 as a satellite for instant coffee the americas society 2003.09.20-28 UDT 2.0 CAFKA Contemporary Art Forum 2003.09.13-10.25 U-TOPOS / UDT 2.0 Tirana Biennale 2 2003.09.03-10.18 psychotopes yyz artists' outlet 2003.08.23 alchemy and mysticism #2 with hive magazine 2003.07.8-08.31 buy-sellf : import / export Quartier Éphémère 2003.06.28-09.14 soundtracks edmonton art gallery 2003.06.2-30 Un© black lab gallery, seattle 2003.04.2-30 front room off the map gallery, toronto 2003.03.13-15 i've got an answer/i've got an anthem I.A.E. portland 2003.01.2-15 january show zsa zsa 2002.12.15 TO instant coffee: caffeine screens until 2002.11 the t-shirt show 2002.10.11-11.09 instant coffee: on a stick concept album: mexican pop videos screening helen pitt, vancouver 2002.07.12-08.25 TEKKO 02 mural.exhibition 2002.05.31-06.02 photo show UDT.01 2002.04.05 pleasure dome presents concept album: mexican pop videos 2002.02.08 UDC + friends garesh galleria, mexico city 2001.11.14 another slide show + tshirt show launch 2001.09.06 instant coffee UDT SAW, ottawa 2001.08.2-27 oasis : soft show in the UDT SBCA montreal 2001.06.27 sometimes, nothing much la panaderia mexico city 2001.05.25-27 overtime@workplace 2001.03.28/04.20 the waiting room the physics room NZ 2001.03.09 TEKKO 01 2001.02.09/03.16 being + nothingness 2000.12.06-03.18 instant coffee UDT + everyone the AGO . 6 Dec 2000 logo show . 13 Jan 2001 miniature show . 18 Feb 2001 video show 2000.10.28 instant coffee currency project poster launch 2000.10.21 slide show 2000.08.18 whorehouse opening party + show 2000.07.27 9pm screening why do bad things happen to good people? 2000.07.27 9pm screening first or the worst |
Or Gallery, Vancouver
May 12 - June 10, 2006
Opening May 12 8pm
"With wavering clarity we understand that what we do is confined to the limitations of representation and we're okay with that. As a product and service Instant Coffee is an effective substitute: it mimics the real thing without the pretense of being better. It isn't that much easier to make, which is reason enough to justify it. Taste is a factor, taste being an important way to designate quality and define preference. But quality is too particular and preferences change. They are superfluous really, misnomers that distract from the basic reasons for ingesting either the real thing or its substitute. Value is in their effect. In its taste, Instant Coffee barely resembles the real thing, but its effect is the same. Regardless of taste, it still works. Quality is beside the point. In this disregard Instant Coffee becomes a medium to be used. This is Instant Coffee."*
For "One is Never Enough" Instant Coffee will conduct a series of event-based activities that center on and around a sculptural installation: a sunken living room built inside the Or Gallery. Events (both private and public) will be hosted in the "living room" throughout the duration of the exhibition and will include:
INSTANT COFFEE LIVING ROOM EVENTS
MAY 12: opening party. 8pm- late with dj granny ark & 537 security by jason fitzpatrick
MAY 18: collection night. 8pm- late
MAY 20: reading lounge. 3-8pm
MAY 26: 1st or the worst. 8pm- late
MAY 27: reading lounge. 3-8pm
JUNE 1: video screening. 8pm- late
JUNE 3: reading lounge. 3-8pm
JUNE 8: slide and after party. 3-8pm
++calendar subject to change++
Instant Coffee is an artist collective based in Toronto and Vancouver. They want more than they can give. Instant Coffee's most consistent members are Jinhan Ko, Jenifer Papararo, Kate Monro, Jon Sasaki, and Cecilia Berkovic with the recent addition of Emily Hogg and Kelly Lycan. Instant Coffee have exhibited widely, most recently at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts, San Francisco; SparwasserHQ, Berlin; the San Juan Print Triennial, Puerto Rico with an upcoming exhibition at Lugar a Dudas, Cali, Colombia.
*excerpt from upcoming article to be published in C Magazine's Manifesto Issue (Summer 2006).
Instant Coffee: Get Social or Get Lost.
The Or Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Gaming Commission, the Province of BC through the BC Arts Council, the City of Vancouver, and all our members and volunteers.
