External Influences is an exhibition that will explore the collaborative
process between human and machine through the medium of drawing. Peter Foucault
has developed circumstances in which small
robots will interact with Bay Area
visual, performance and sounds artists, and the public to create a series of
large-scale, abstract drawing compositions.
What is unique about External Influences is that the majority of the works
being shown will be created on-site at the Richmond Art Center over the course
of the exhibition, transforming the gallery into an active project space that
will constantly be generating new images, ideas and synchronicities.
During the length of the exhibit, a number of exciting events will be hosted by
guest artists onsite at the Richmond Art Center. The artists will be
interacting with the robots to affect the evolution of the exhibit.
Dates, times, and descriptions of these events will be listed in our monthly
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Peter Foucault, Robot Drawing Dog
The Neighborhood Public Art Project
This exhibition will highlight the projects created during the current cycle of
the Neighborhood Public Art Project. The Neighborhood Public Art Project is a
community collaboration between the City of Richmond, the Richmond Arts
and Culture Council and the Richmond Art Center with additional support from the San Francisco Foundation.
NPA has served as an innovative
model for community engagement by providing a platform to seed and nurture
community based art practices in Richmond, CA. Over a nine-month period,
community organizations are partnered with professional artists, who work
together to develop and produce new
temporary or permanent public artworks of
their own design. Current projects are taking place in collaboration with the
Shields-Reid Community Center, the Laurel Park Neighborhood Council, the
Parchester Village Community Center, The Tent City Peace Movement, The Richmond
Main Street Initiative, and Familias Unidas.
