September 8 – October 28, 2000

Opening Reception: Friday, September 8, 2000, 6:00 – 9:00pm

Sister Spaces joins together art spaces from four points on the globe, in a collaborative partnership to explore notions of alternative contemporary art and the spaces that show such work, on a broader scale than has ever been presented in the Bay Area. Sister Spaces looks at how these spaces incorporate new forms of artistic production into their programming, examples of the next generation of artist-initiated spaces, and cutting-edge work from different cultures. The Sister Spaces are IT Park (Taipei, Taiwan), The Physics Room (Christchurch, New Zealand), YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto, Canada), and Zé dos Bois (Lisbon, Portugal).  Highlighting the ingenuity that defines artist-run spaces, Sister Spaces presents a broad perspective on how individuals and organizations committed to new work and ideas operate under vastly different social and cultural structures.  Sister Spaces is formed around a series of questions that surfaced during this dialogue: what is alternative art?  What is an alternative art space?  What constitutes the margins of cultural production? Can a space be both established and alternative?  What is the gauge for metering alternative practices?  Sister Spaces addresses the shifting and non-fixed face and meaning of the alternative aesthetic, and looks at the relationship of mainstream culture to artist-driven projects and systems for exhibition. 

IT Park (Taipei, Taiwan) Artists: Michael Ming-Hong Lin, PeiLin Lu, Hung-Chih Peng and Te-Yu Wang

The Physics Room (Christchurch, New Zealand) Artists: Stella Brennan, Maddie Leach, Sean Kerr and Daniel Malone

YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto, Canada) Artists: Millie Chen, Susan Kealey (1959-2000), Robert Lee, Sally McKay, Steve Reinke and Cathy Sisler

Zé dos Bois (Lisbon, Portugal) Artists: Ana Anacleto, Leonor Antunes, Vasco Araújo, Vasco Barata, Barbara Says..., Rui Calçada Bastos, René Bertholo, Carlos Bexegas, Patrick Brennan, Inês Botelho, Mário Cameira, Catarina Campino, Teresa Cavalheiro, Nuno Cera, Filipa César, Miguel Coelho, Margarida Correia, Tiago Carneiro da Cunha, Jacob Draminsky, Alexandre Estrela, Frederico Fazenda, Jorge Feijão, Nuno Alexandre Ferreira, Marco Franco, Alice Geirinhas, God is my co pilot, Patrícia Gouveia, André Guedes, Hugo Guerreiro, Kato Ideki, Ricardo Jacinto, Victor Joaquim, Major Eléctrico, David Maranha, Edgar Massul, Maumaus - Escola de Fotografia e Artes Visuais, Paulo Mendes, Maria Marília Mira, Nuno Moita, Greg Moore, Eva Mota, Manuel Mota, N'dilo Mutima, Shelly Nelson, Luís Nobre, João Onofre, Edgar Pêra, Ana Pinto, Poesia Sun RA, Susana Pomba, Francisco Queirós, Ana Quintans, Nuno Rebelo, Pedro Diniz Reis, Rev Design [Miguel Carvalhas + Miguel Salazar], Américo Rodrigues, Carlos Roque, Miguel Sá, Acácio Salero, João Fonte Santa, Pedro Cabral Santo, Carlos Santos, Paulo Scavullo, Paulo Seabra, Secretonix [Pedro Falcão + Mário Feliciano], Noé Sendas, Nuno da Silva, Miguel Soares, Sonho Antigo [Linda Romano + Miguel Sá], Vitalina Sousa, The Last Poets, Rui Toscano, Pedro Tudela João Pedro Vale, Rui Valério, Mariana Viegas, João Vinagre, Virose and Vitriol