Interested in catching some art, hearing some music outside of your ordinary routine, or perhaps even both? East Nashville art space Open Lot has you covered with a pair of shows tonight.
Curated by Meagan Rust and Richard Harper, Translation aims to highlight the process of interpretation from the visual medium to text and vice versa by having a number of writers and visual artists interpret one another’s work. The opening reception for Translation runs from 6pm-9pm tonight, and the show continues Saturday, April 17th, from 12pm-5pm. It’s free, it’s all-ages, and there will be beer and wine available with ID.
More details from the horse’s mouth:
The curators of Translation have selected two poems, a sculpture, and a painting that are included in the show. Visual artists were asked to create a response or interpretation to one of the written pieces, and writers are asked to create a response or interpretation to one of the visual pieces. Translation features artwork and performance by James Perrin, Lauren Youngling, Charlie Rauh + Megan Harrold (Cultural Reflex Dance), James Ford, Jonathan Lisenby, Matt Jernigan, Sara Figel, Angelica Paige Ridley, Todd Hogue, and Meagan Rust, with prose and poetry by Jeff Hardin, Richard Harper, Claudia Overstreet, Declan Gould, Drew Maynard, Laura Elizabeth Faison, and Scott Metzger.
Once the art show winds down, Open Lot will welcome Dutch composer and lutist Jozef van Wissem to its space.
Jozef van Wizzem rocks the lute (Photo: Stuart Green)
Hailed by Rolling Stone for his “tender, minimalist picking and gold-spray overdubs” (and really, how many lutists ever get reviewed by Rolling Stone?), van Wissem will reinvent the lute before your ears and eyes from 9pm-11pm. Che Chen and Robbie Lee open. Price is $10 at the door, or $15 with an open bar. Mmmmmmm, open bar.
Open Lot is located at 1307 Jewell Street here in East Nashville.
