Public Programs

Future Machine Conversations: 'Idea' with Electric Coffin and Jennifer-Navva Milliken

  • Tuesday, February 07, 2017:
  • 6:00 - 7:30 PM
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  • Add to calendar 2017-02-07 18:00:00 2017-02-07 19:30:00 America/Los_Angeles Future Machine Conversations: 'Idea' with Electric Coffin and Jennifer-Navva Milliken https://www.bellevuearts.org/programs-events/public-programs/2017-02-07-future-machine-conversation-idea Bellevue Arts Museum, Auditorium BAM

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Join us for a special evening celebrating the launch of Electric Coffin: Future Machine with the creative studio’s founding members Patrick “Duffy” De Armas, Justin Kane Elder, and Stefan Hofmann, along with curator Jennifer-Navva Milliken. Moderated by Dave Rosencrans, the panel will explore the thoughts and processes behind the exhibition and focuses on the concept of the IDEA as a starting point for creative pursuit.

 

Future Machine Conversations

Held in conjunction with the exhibition Electric Coffin: Future Machine, the Future Machine Conversations series hosts artists, thinkers, and industry leaders, inviting them to dissect important issues and offering diverse perspectives inspired by the exhibition. Each iteration corresponds to a phase of this seven-month evolving exhibition.

EVENT TYPE: Tours & Talks

Bellevue Arts Museum, Auditorium

Free/members, $5/nonmembers.

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Presenters

Electric Coffin

Makers of fine art objects and fantastical innovations, Electric Coffin is a multi-disciplinary studio dedicated to high-concept and craftsmanship. The studio is comprised of individuals with varied artistic skillsets that collectively make up what they like to call a “super deluxe art machine.” With backgrounds ranging from painting and sculpture to fabrication and graphic design, they have worked on commercial projects spanning everything from full design builds to specific installation monuments. Founded in 2010 and based in artistically fertile Seattle, Electric Coffin’s work demonstrates its curiosity and diverse interests, as well as its commitment to stoking a desire to narrow the gap between standard commercial mentalities and a free-form, art-driven method of working. Known for its eccentric and witty style, the studio has won numerous accolades and awards.

Jennifer-Navva Milliken

Jennifer-Navva Milliken is a curator and writer whose work gives voice, presence, and narrative to the objects we live with and the people who imagine and create them. Most recently serving as Curator of Craft at Bellevue Arts Museum, she brings a fresh yet comprehensive approach to a broad diversity of arts initiatives. Milliken uses her uniquely global perspective to bring together people, media, and contemporary work in new and surprising ways. She lives in New York and Tel Aviv.

Photo by Joanna Kresge/425 Magazine

Dave Rosencrans

Dave Rosencrans is a native Washington resident, and an active maven/connector in development of our region's future machine. He's provided direction at the intersection of creativity and commerce, holding leadership positions at vanguard Northwest organizations such as KCMU Radio (now KEXP), Sub Pop Records, EMP Museum (now MoPOP) and Chihuly Studio. Additionally, his private consultancy offers small business and design expertise to many companies, including Electric Coffin. Currently, Dave is Director of Operations for Ecotope, a leading research, design and policy team delivering energy efficiency for the built environment.