ArtSPEAK@FSW Lecture Series Welcomes Musician Stephen Vitiello
Jul 22, 2016
Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) will host electronic musician and media artist Stephen Vitiello in the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW this Saturday at 1 p.m.
Vitiello’s appearance is the next installment in the college’s ongoing ArtSPEAK@FSW lecture series, bringing internationally-renowned artists to speak at the college and to the Southwest Florida community.
A pilot participant in the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency Program in 2012, Vitiello (and collaborator Taylor Deupree) released the double-vinyl album “Captiva” based on field-recordings including audio-tracks “From the Main Studio” and “From The Fish House.”
Vitiello recalls: “The presence of Rauschenberg’s history and maybe his welcoming ghost were always felt… if possibly not heard [on these recordings].” He will provide both an overview of his work and a recounting of his experiences while in residence at the Rauschenberg compound on Captiva Island, Fla.
Collaborating on music projects and performing with Pauline Oliveros, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Scanner, Machinefabriek, Yasunao Tone and visual artists including Tony Oursler, Joan Jonas and the late, great Fluxus artist and “Father of Video Art” Nam June Paik, Vitiello has composed for independent films, experimental video projects and art installations for more than two decades
Events at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at FSW are free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday – Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Closed on Sundays and Holidays.
Learn more at www.RauschenbergGallery.com or by calling (239) 489-9313.
About Stephen Vitiello:
Collaborating on music projects and performing with Pauline Oliveros, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Scanner, Machinefabriek, Yasunao Tone and visual artists including Tony Oursler, Joan Jonas and the late, great Fluxus artist and “Father of Video Art” Nam June Paik, Vitiello has composed for independent films, experimental video projects and art installations for more than two decades. With major solo exhibitions including “All Those Vanished Engines” at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2011-2016); “A Bell For Every Minute” on The High Line, NYC (2010-2011); “More Songs About Buildings and Bells” at Museum 52, New York (2011); and “Stephen Vitiello” at The Project, New York (2006), the artist has also performed nationally and internationally, at locations such as the Tate Modern, London; the San Francisco Electronic Music Festival; The Kitchen, New York; and the Cartier Foundation, Paris. As a media curator, he has organized “With Hidden Noise” for Independent Curators International; the Sound Art section to the Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibition “The American Century: Art and Culture 1950-2000”; a video program for the Museum of Modern Art in New York; and “New Sounds, New Spaces” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Lyon, France. A recipient of prestigious Creative Capital (2006), Alpert/Ucross and Guggenheim Fellowship (2011-2012) awards and subject of the documentary “Stephen Vitiello: Listening With Intent” (2011) produced by Australia’s ABC-TV, the artist currently lives and works in Richmond and is a professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University.
About The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery:
The Bob Rauschenberg Gallery was founded as The Gallery of Fine Art in 1979 on the Lee County campus of Florida SouthWestern State College/FSW (then Edison Community College). On June 4, 2004 the Gallery of Fine Art was renamed the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, to honor and commemorate our long time association and friendship with the artist. Over more than three decades until his death, the Gallery worked closely with Rauschenberg to present world premiere exhibitions including multiple installations of the ¼ Mile or Two Furlong Piece. The artist insisted on naming the space the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery (versus the “Robert Rauschenberg Gallery”) as it was consistent with the intimate, informal relationship he maintained with both our local Southwest Florida community and FSW.
About FSW:
Florida SouthWestern State College is Southwest Florida’s largest and one of the most affordable institutions of higher education. Annually serving more than 22,000 students globally, FSW offers a variety of nationally-ranked, career-focused academic programs with two- and four-year degrees, and professional certifications. Students are also active in clubs and programs catered to their interests. FSW debuted its intercollegiate athletics program in the fall 2015. Visit www.FSW.edu for more information.
Last Updated: July 22, 2016
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