ON THE LINE
"On the Line" is a Riverside, California based program of art, performance and research that looks at clotheslines to explore aesthetic, social and ecological connections of all kinds. The project started with Susan Ossman’s 2013 solo exhibition at the Brandstater Gallery. The project gained momentum when 20 artists and anthropologists joined to remake of that first exhibition in "On the Line: a Second Look" also at the Brandstater Gallery. In 2015, the circle of "On the Line" expanded with "Hanging Out " at the Afterimage gallery at the University Village mall. Performers, ethnographers and the audeince participted in developing these events and producing an archive of "laundry stories". Artists drew on these narratives to make new work for 3 exhibitions in 2016 when “ On the Line” moved out of the gallery and into Riverside's neighborhoods. Visual artists, choreographers, musicians and storytellers from Southern California and beyond met with the public to explore connections between art and ordinary actions like washing and drying clothes outside the Arlanza, La Sierra and Casa Blanca Libraries..
Arlanza Library, Riverside, CA
La Sierra Library, Riverside, CA
Casa Blanca Library, Riverside, CA
On the Line: The Film
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Textile Artist Monica Landeros
By PATRICK BRIEN / RIVERSIDE ARTS COUNCIL Published in the Press Enterprise : March 3, 2016 Updated: 4:34 p.m. Growing up in the 1980s was inspirational for Monica Landeros. “Both my father and aunt were creative people,” said the 43 year-old Montclair resident, joking that she blames them for her artistic inclinations. “My father was a Read more about Textile Artist Monica Landeros[…]
Dancing Memories
When Choreography and Secrets Collide A Collaborative Art Project Seeks to Turn Community Memories Into Dance Zocalo Public Square | December 16, 2015 By Sue Roginski and Casey Avaunt Does a work of art have to be created by one person with a singular vision? Our experience says “no.” Art-making also works when a group of specialized Read more about Dancing Memories[…]
An Artist’s Thoughts
Beatriz Mejia-Krumbein I met Susan for about two years ago, and very soon we got involved in a regular and intense dialogue about our migration journeys as serial migrants, and art. I became very interested in Susan as an artist, and specially in her body of work: On The Line and as director of Read more about An Artist’s Thoughts[…]
UC Riverside Wins NEA Fellowship
UCR receives National Endowment for the Arts Grant to support Susan Ossman’s work “On the Line” By Mojgan Sherkat on May 6, 2015 “On the Line,” is a project made up of three outdoor pop-up exhibitions, and a digital platform, on the poetics and practice of hanging out laundry. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) – By giving grants Read more about UC Riverside Wins NEA Fellowship[…]
Unfolding of the On the Line Project
Crossing Disciplines: Art and Anthropology Carrie Ida Edinger “Is this ‘new’ anthropology but ‘old’ art. Or new art woven of the threads of anthropology?” Anthropologist and artist, Susan Ossman posed this question during the installation process of her February 2013 solo art exhibition, On the Line. To date, it is commonly known that artist and Read more about Unfolding of the On the Line Project[…]