REFRACTORY will take place Friday, October 15 at the former Tampa Armature
Works (also called the Trolley Barn) building in Tampa Heights (1910 N Ola Ave). This special, one-
night-only show runs from 8PM – 11PM. Admission to the show is a suggested donation of $5.

For one night only, an abandoned factory on the Hillsborough River will be transformed into a
kaleidoscope of moving images and media art in an exhibition that engages the historic nature of
the building and explores the interstitial space between. This beautiful industrial setting will be the
backdrop for more than a dozen local and national new media and video artists. Add to this the
installation of the largest Dream Machine ever constructed and you’ve got an amazing visual
experience and artistic product that may be the most exciting art event of the Fall season.

Featured artists include Robert Chambers, Genesis P. Orridge, Negativland, Spanky and Maureen
Hudas, Richard Kern, Gerhardt Gruen, James Johnson, Clem Crowder, FaFa, Gean Moreno,
Michael LeMieux, Kurt Piazza, Robb Fladry + Aaron Hutcheson, Brian Taylor, Noelle Mason and
Ellen Mueller.

Some highlights of REFRACTORY include:

Dream Machine Installation A stroboscopic flicker device pioneered by the late artist Brion
Gysin comes to life in massive proportions. While originally designed as a table-top
meditative device, this version is a giant pillar of moving light that creates a striking visual
display.

Negativland The collective known as Negativland creates music, video, fine art, books,
radio and live performances using appropriated sound, image and text. Mixing original
materials and original music with things taken from corporately owned mass culture and
the world around them, Negativland re-arranges these found bits and pieces to make them
say and suggest things that they never intended to. Over the years, Negativland's "illegal"
collage and appropriation-based audio and visual works have touched on everything from
pranks and media hoaxes to advertising the bizarre banality of suburban existence.

Genesis P. Orridge Recently retired from his involvement with Psychic TV and Throbbing
Gristle, musician and artist Genesis P. Orridge is a contemporary of Brion Gysin and William
S. Borroughs and has spent recent years focusing on art and writing.

Robert Chambers Best known for his contemporary sculptural installations, the art of
Robert Chambers has been exhibited across the country at locations including Miami,
Philadelphia, and New York. He has been featured in Art in America, artnet and Arte al Dia
and has work in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City.

Sound Installation by Tetromino Sound artists John Russell and Yousef Danak team up to
create a site-specific sound installation piece based on the cut-up technique of William S.
Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and other Beat Hotel-era artists.

REFRACTORY is organized by a collaborative of well known Tampa Bay cultural activists including
Ken Cowart, Joe Griffith, and T. Hampton Dohrman with assistance from Adam Kitzerow, Gregory
Green and Ellen Mueller. This event is made possible through the hard work and generosity of
ASD, Experimental Skeleton, Hampton Arts Management, SuperTest and The Heights of Tampa.