Larger than life
	Vivian Bang performs in Shelf Life by New York theater troupe Big Art Group.   By Lindsey Bostwick
The Wexner Center will bring New York’s Big Art Group to Columbus Jan. 30-Feb. 1 to perform Shelf Life. The play will be presented as a black box show on Mershon Auditorium’s stage. Big Art Group’s performances resemble shadowplays for a cyber generation -- employing a battery of home video cameras to build a barrage of lo-fi imagery, splitting the audience’s attention between the multiscreen video projections that front the stage and the antics of the actors partially screened behind them. Director and founder Caden Manson created the troupe to push the boundaries of performance through experimentation with structure, medium and process. This production focuses on America’s obsession with possessions, with a cast of Gen-Yers parodying shop-’til-you-drop consumerism. Tickets are $14 for Wexner Center members, $16 for the general public and $10 for Ohio State students. Call 292-3535 for tickets. For more information on Big Art Group, visit www.bigartgroup.com.

JAN. 9 ­ JAN. 23

Art

Jan. 16, Creative Writing Program Reading Series, Mike Lohre, Bill Lamp and Ariane Bolduc, 7-8:30 p.m., 311 Denney Hall, 292-2242.

Exhibits

Through Jan. 24, Thomas Nast: Prince of Caricaturists, Reading Room Gallery, Cartoon Research Library, 292-0538.

Through January, Northwood ARTSpace present ABC Quilts, 100 Northwood/High Building, 688-5590.

Through May 18, Dressing the Part, On and Off the Stage, Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, College of Human Ecology, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Wed.-Sat., 292-3090.

Jan. 11-May 4, Tony Mendoza's World View: Photographs, Words, Video, Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., 221-6801.

Events

Jan. 20, University closed to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Jan. 25, Open House, OSU Center for Wellness and Prevention, 9 a.m.-noon, OSU Outpatient Services, 2050 Kenny Road, 293-2800.

Lectures

Jan. 9, "On the Road Again -- Maximizing Teaching Efficiency," Margaret Masterson, noon-1 p.m., 244 Kottman Hall, (simultaneous broadcast to Fisher Auditorium Distance Education Room 121, Wooster Campus), 292-1206.

Jan. 15, "Electronic Publishing: New Models for Scholarly Communication," Rick Johnson and Kevin Guthrie, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Faculty Club Grand Lounge, 292-7089.

Jan. 17, "How Wills Write Lives: Burgundian Testators as Autobiographers (1450-1650)," Kathleen Ashley, University of Southern Maine, 1:30 p.m., 122 Main Library, 292-7495 or cmrs@osu.edu.

Jan. 22, University Distinguished Lecture, "Behind the Scenes on September 11: How the Federal Reserve Made Sure that Cash Machines and Credit Cards Kept Working," Stephen G. Cecchetti, 4 p.m., Wexner Center Film/ Video Theater, www.osu.edu/lecture.

Jan. 23, "Art Redfined: The Impact of Pop Art," Carter Ratcliff, 4:30 p.m., Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 292-3535.

Meetings

Jan. 14, Association of Faculty and Professional Women Luncheon, "Women's Health Matters," Marialice Bennett, and "Start the Year Right: Know Your Numbers," 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Faculty Club Grand Lounge, reservations required by noon on Jan. 10, http://afpw.osu.edu.

Jan. 14, Ohio State Faculty and Staff Photographic Society, 5:15 p.m., Faculty Club, 292-2262.

Music

Jan. 9, Klezmer Concert, "Resetting the Margins of Jewish Folklore," Khevrisa Ensemble, 7 p.m., Fawcett Center Auditorium, 292-0967.

Jan. 12, Chamber Music, Jefferson Academy of Music, 2 p.m., Columbus Museum of Art, 480 E. Broad St., admission, 292-2693, jeffacad@osu.edu.

Wexner

Through Feb. 2, From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, Belmont Building, 330 W. Spring St., 292-3535.

Jan. 6-17, Videotheque, Disgraced Monuments, (Laura Mulvey and Mark Lewis, 1994); Letters Not About Love, (Jacki Ochs, 1991), 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon.-Fri., Wexner Center Bookshop, 292-3535.

Jan. 7, Helen Molesworth, "From Pop to Now," 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. gallery talk, The Belmont Building, 330 W. Spring St., 292-3535.

Jan. 8, Cinematheque, Earth (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1930) and Arsenal (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1929), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 9, Art Explorers, Pictures of You? Pictures of Who?, ages 3-5, 1:30-2:45 p.m., The Belmont Building, 330 W. Spring St., 292-3535.

Jan. 9-11, Quick Lime, ZT Hollandia, 8 p.m., black box show, Mershon Stage, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 10-11, New Documentary, In the Mirror of Maya Deren (Martina Kudlacek, 2001), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 11, Art Explorers, Pictures of You? Pictures of Who?, ages 3-5, 11 a.m.- 12:15 p.m., The Belmont Building, 330 W. Spring St., 292-3535.

Jan. 14, Visiting Artists and Critics, Joe Davis, Future Tech: The Arts and Culture, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 292-3535.

Jan. 15, Cinematheque, Love Berry (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1926), Diplomatic Pouch (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1927) and Zvenigora (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1927), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 15-16, Talking about Traditional Cultures, James Counts Early and Peter Seitel, 4:30 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 292-3535.

Jan. 16, Cinematheque, Fate (Zeki Bemirkubuz, 2001), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, 292-3535.

Jan. 17, Art & Ideas Gallery Talk, Catherine Evans, 1 p.m., The Belmont Building, 330 W. Spring St., 292-3535.

Jan. 17-18, African Portraits, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Wilkins, conductor, Annibal Lokumbe, composer/guest artist, 8 p.m., Mershon Auditorium, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 17-18, New Documentary, Derrida (Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering Kofman, 2002), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 20-30, Videotheque, The Pocket: The D.C. Go-Go Movement, (Mike Cahill and Nicholas Schumaker, 2002), 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Mon.-Fri., Wexner Center Bookshop, 292-3535.

Jan. 22, Cinematheque, Aerograd (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1935) and Ivan (Alexander Dovzhenko, 1932), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Jan. 23, Cinematheque, Confession (Zeki Demirkubuz, 2001) and The Third Page (Zeki Demirkubuz, 1999), 7 p.m., Film/Video Theater, admission, 292-3535.

Compiled by Von Vargas