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Two students peer into the LaVerne Krause gallery in Lawrence Hall to view its lastest art exhibit, visible only through the windows.
Looking into a ‘Hermetic’ World
■The display, seen only
from the outside, includes
miniature metalsmith work,
sugar jewelry and a ‘Peter meter’
By Anne Le Chevallier
Oregon Daily Emerald
When some metal
smithing and jewelry
graduate students re
ceived the LaVeme
Krause gallery to display their work,
they faced an aesthetic and artistic
problem — the four artists didn’t
know how they could use the spa
cious gallery to display their small,
intricate designs.
So they decided to lock the doors.
The new exhibit is open until Fri
day in Lawrence Hall, but the pub
. lie can’t go inside. However, the en
tire show can be seen through the
gallery’s four sets of windows.
Based on a theme of “Closed
Doors, Open Windows,” the show
is called “Hermetic Insights.”
“I didn’t know what (hermetic)
meant at first,” said Nick Dong, a
graduate student from Taiwan. “I
had to look it up in a dictionary.”
Hermetic means airtight.
Instead of visiting art in a gallery,
Dong said the exhibit allows viewers
to visit art through something more
familiar — a window. Dong said this
new perspective offers the artists dif
ferent ways to present their work.
They can show their work behind
and through windows. Or using the
concept of “window shopping,” the
artists can also display their work on
a pedestal. Dong added that the win
dows’ false perspective creates a
miniature gallery for the work.
Dining the show’s “opening,”
which was held Monday evening, the
gallery’s doors remained locked and a
reception was held at the front door.
“People have an excuse to stand
outside and keep eating, ” Dong said.
The viewers didn’t have to move
far to view the exhibit. On two spot
lighted pedestals behind the win
dows of the gallery doors stand
Dong’s “Peter meter” and “Hooter
meter.” The silver, life-size devices
can extend to measure the size of a
man’s penis or a woman’s breasts.
Dong said his metal work was in
spired by a taboo topic — the phe
nomenon of how people judge oth
ers by their bank accounts, family
background, hair color, height,
weight, breast size and penis size.
“I made (the pieces) after observing
people’s social behavior in a culture
I’m not yet familiar (with),” he said.
In order to present his art more ef
fectively, Dong said he created a
movie to demonstrate his art work
as a functional object.
Dong said he hopes passersby will
see his works’ reflection in the win
dows and try to investigate. By block
ing the light with their hands, viewers
can see Dong’s corresponding cre
ation, a short video projected onto two
picture frames. The video shows a
man using the “Hooter meter” to meas
ure a woman’s breasts, and a woman
using the “Peter meter” to measure a
man’s penis. After this measuring, the
characters’ expressions change.
Dong said he hopes that after
viewers laugh, they will reflect and
re-examine themselves.
Metalsmithing and jewelry stu
dents Maria Almeida, Ukiko Hon
da, and Jennifer Dekoeyer have also
displayed their work in the other
windows. Almeida’s work, shown
closest to the hall’s doors, presents a
double temptation: she created jew
elry made of sugar.
First-year graduate students Hon
da and Dekoeyer, who said they
were most interested in perspective,
used the identical far windows for
a collaborative project. They created
a miniature gallery that showcases
their different metalsmithing tech
niques. Like a real gallery, their
miniature works have lights, hall
ways and space blocked from the
path of vision. They also bought fig
urines to appear to stroll around.
“It’s not about the individual
pieces of work,” Dekoeyer said, “it’s
about the entire gallery. ”
Anne Le Chevallier is a features reporter for
the Oregon Daily Emerald She can be reached
atannelechevallier@dailyemerald.com.
Yesteryear’s news
An Emerald look at University
history — from the Oregon Daily
Emerald, Nov. 13,1972.
ASUO mounts attack
to repeal Newbry measure
ASUO President Bill Wyatt and
other key members of the ASUO
are presently mounting “a legisla
tive attack in hopes of repealing
the Newbry Amendment.”
If the Newbry Amendment be
comes effective on July 1,1973, as
scheduled, the ASUO will be faced
with the possibility of receiving no
funds from the incidental fee. Now
the ASUO is almost completely
funded by the incidental fee.
The Newbry Amendment will
give the State Board of Higher Edu
cation the authority to allocate the
incidental fee to only those pro
grams they considered “education
al.” Students would have the option
to contribute to “uneducational”
programs but these contributions
would not be mandatory as they are
now....
Senator Lynn Newbry ... named
the Oregon Student Public Interest
Research Group as the only group
he thought should cease to be
funded by the incidental fee. ...
Wyatt said the amendment
would cause “many of our valu
able programs not to be considered
educational, programs like the
ASUO Housing Office, the Athlet
ic Department, or EMU.”
Student Life Events
Tuesday, Nov. 13
Presentation: University alumni
Chad Sullivan and Agatha Schmaedick
worked with United Students Agair
Sweatshops this summer and wil.
discuss their experiences interviewing
workers in Indonesia. S p.m.
110 Willamette, rree.
Reception: Oregon Hillel and Jewish
Professionals and Graduate Students
present a wine and cheese reception
at Hillel House, 7 p.m. 1059 H%ard
$t Free.
Wednesday, Nov. 14
Book b iwse m tyP ncal
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Browse and Tea ft nng
North' ibeth
Reis Nfaryana Vollstedt and others,
i Hundreds of books will he available
for discussion and purchase, and
donations and 20 percent of sales go
to ICMA scholarships and community
education projects. 10 a.m.«5 p.m.
4903 Blanton Rd. $3 donation
suggested.
Thursday, Nov. 15
Meeting: League of Women Voter’s
third Thursday meeting, titled "The
European Approach to Adolescent
• Sexuality,” will meet at Spaghetti
Warehouse. Mary Gossart, education
director for Planned Parenthood,
Kitty Piercy, public affairs director
for Planned Parenthood, and Diane
Duke, associate executive director tor
Planned Parenthood, will discuss the
European approach to sex education.
12:15 p.m. 725 W. first St Free.
Friday, Nov. 16
Family night. Eugene Family YMCA
hosts a night of family fun. including
a« aikido demonstration^
introduction to scuba diving,
basketball and food. 6-9 pin.
2066 Patterson St. Free.
Safety campaign: Lane County
Chapter of Mothers Against Drunk
Driving presents their 2001 Red
Ribbon Campaign,'Tie One On For
Safety.” MADD asks drivers to tie a red
ribbon on theif vehicles and sign a
pledge board to show thei r
commitment to not drink and drive,
and MADD will be providing free
ribbons. Noon-2 p.m, Kendall Honda,
Coburg Road. Free.
Sunday, Nov. 18
Chorus: Spiritual Growth Center hosts
the Soromundi Lesbian Chorus
singing selected music during service.
10a.m. 390 Vernal St. Free.
Monday, Nov. 19
Flu clinic: Lane County Public Health
offers flu shots for $15,9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wheeler Pavilion, Lane County
Fairgrounds.
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