Davis, California: ART INSTALLATION and PERFORMANCE to TRANSFORM HISTORIC NATIONAL REGISTER AMTRAK STATION, JUNE 13 – JUNE 20, 2004 Contact: Jordan R. Crosby, Curator [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ UC Davis-based installation artist Daniel Glendening will perform Transit, an interactive art exhibition to be held at the City of Davis’ Historic Southern Pacific Railway Depot during the week of June 13th. Glendening will use period costume, 22 balls of twine and the public’s assistance to visually transform the waiting room of the Mission-style Amtrak Station, which is a National Register historic landmark built in 1913. Glendening, known best for his large-scale abstract paintings, shows his work regularly at UC Davis’ Basement Gallery. He says that in the choice to bypass the gallery context for Transit, “the audience becomes a natural extension of the artwork, forced to acknowledge its own presence and influence on public space.” Glendening hopes to create visual drama where art and community life intersect. By enlivening a site traditionally reserved for the passive act of anticipation, he seeks to give everyday experience new meaning. Transit is the public curatorial debut of Jordan Crosby, who is a graduate student of Art History at UC Davis. The project is an extension of her Master’s thesis in Museum Studies, which illuminates the historic relationship between adaptive reuse buildings and the display of contemporary art in America. Crosby has plans to facilitate subsequent exhibitions in Davis involving collaborators from outside the art world. Transit is sponsored by the City of Davis’ Community Development Department, and is made possible by the cooperation of Davis Amtrak employees. The Davis Amtrak Station is located at 840 2nd Street and is open to the public from 6 am to 11 pm. Transit begins Sunday, June 13th at 4:00 pm with a live performance, which will continue daily until the artist’s supply of materials is exhausted. The finished installation may be viewed through June 20. For more information, visit www.transit-art.com or e-mail [log in to unmask] ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).