Artists to join SE discussion
by Moderna Harwood , Reporter

    A Light Discussion on SE Campus, April 5-25, features the work of five artists.
    Participating artists include Thomas Feulmer of Fort Worth, Simeen Ishaque of McKinney, Jennifer Pepper of Dallas, Luke Sides of Plano and Luc Sokolowski of Houston.
    The artists, according to John Frost, curator, explore the relationship between communication systems and the visual language of art. The works illustrate how forms of communication impact physical, intellectual and emotional human interactions.
     As part of Fort Worth Gallery Night, Art Corridor II will sponsor a reception, Saturday, April 5, 3-6 p.m.
     In his sound pieces, Feulmer combines field recording, samples and spoken segments. By using headphones, Feulmer said he wants to create an audience of one, "exploring the internal intimacy and alienation that occurs through the terrain of daily events."
     Thomas is the assistant curator of education at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Ishaque's mixed media works on translucent fabrics, such as chiffon and georgette, incorporate figurative forms that translate as shadows and rely on body language to communicate personal narratives with multicultural significance.
     She teaches design and printmaking at Richland College.
     Computer and Internet communication inspired Pepper's installations and painting. According to Pepper, he focuses on the way computer "technology has transformed personal interaction and the nature of identity."
     Pepper is assistant curator of education of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Sides' sculpture combines objects from popular culture with text. Interested in all senses, he says he wants "to challenge the possibilities of how objects can be interpreted based on personal understanding and context relating to the language of art in contrast to the literal definition."
     Sides is a sculpture professor at Collin County Community College. Painting with both hands simultaneously, Sokolowski says he is interested in the dialogue between the conscious and subconscious.
     "One hand renders a series of invented or blended words in a calligraphic style and the other gestures random lines or marks," he said. Sokolowski is working on his master's degree at the University of Houston.
     Art Corridor II will hold an informal gallery talk Monday, April 7, 3-5 p.m.
     The free exhibit is open to the public Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m.