Hillerbrand Magsamen are a collaborative husband and wife visual artist team made up of Stephan Hillerbrand and Mary Magsamen. Based in Houston, Texas their work draws upon the rich Fluxus practice of incorporating humor, performance, video art and everyday objects. Expanding their personal family life into a contemporary art conversation about family dynamics, suburban life and American consumer excess which they call “suburban fluxus”.
Funded in-part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Southern Constellations embeds fellowship artists into Elsewhere’s artist residency for the production of site specific projects and participation in dialog on the conditions of experimental art production.
Now entering its second year, the program seeks to bring in artists specifically from the South to create experimental site-specific artwork using Elsewhere’s extensive “Collection” of materials. There are six 2014 Southern Constellations fellows who will participate in process talks, exhibitions, member events, public studios and First Friday events at Elsewhere. The program will culminate with a gathering of regional curators, artists and returning fellows to discuss connections between art and experimentation in the South. This year’s program was collaboratively designed and curated by Jina Valentine — an artist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Art at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill — and Elsewhere’s Production Curator, Jennie Carlisle.
Constellations and Conversations is open to the public and free with $1 museum admission. Attendees are invited to stay for dinner immediately following the event; the cost of dinner is $5 for museum members and $10 for non-members.
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