Culture House, ‘sindikit, The Muted Horn, and HSpace proudly present the collaborative curatorial project The Scribble Studies.

The Scribble Studies is the manifestation of a two-year collaborative process that embodies how researchers ideate, create, document, and present their findings using an anti-disciplinary approach.  The invited researchers eschewed the limitations of discipline-specific research in favor of something more malleable, exploratory, whimsical, and, most importantly, diaristic.  This approach gave space to be present and reflective, highlighting the shared visual and written languages they use. 

The Scribble Studies are a collection of pages taken from the lab notebooks, sketchbooks, and journals of artist-researchers Brian Korgel and James Sham. Contents include images, sensitive intellectual property, "pre-prototype" drawings for overly idealistic inventions, personal and professional aspirations, musings, and ruminations from the margins of the thought process. These pages form the platform for the additional dialogue between the artists notated across the gallery walls in response to the installation.  As the exhibit continues, additional pages will be added from invited members of the community who have a page from their inner thought process to share.

don’t miss dialogue on entropy, a new mural by the artists

on view in our Avant garden

About the Artists

Brian A. Korgel is the Rashid Engineering Regents Chair Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT). He directs the UT Energy Institute, the Center for a Solar Powered Future (SPF2050)—an Industry/University Research Center (IUCRC) funded by the National Science Foundation—and the Emerging Technologies area of the UT|Portugal program. He is an Associate Editor of the journal, Chemistry of Materials.  He works at the intersection of nano & mesoscopic materials chemistry and complex fluids, tackling problems in energy storage, chemical transformations, energy harvesting and conversion, and medicine. He is also an artist with a courtesy appointment as a Professor in the Department of Art & Art History at UT, exploring collaboration, language, and human-artificial intelligence/robot cohabitation.  He has published more than 280 papers and has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Alicante in Spain, the Université Josef Fourier in France, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.  He has co-founded two companies, Innovalight and Piñon Technologies, and received various honors, including the Professional Progress Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and election into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).

James Sham is a fundamentalist artist who has radicalized Brian Korgel to the cause.  

About the Collaborators

Muted Horn

Operating from 2016-2019, The Muted Horn was a non-institutional arts proposition located in Cleveland, Ohio. The Muted Horn's programming played a unique role in supporting the Northeast Ohio artistic community by providing a critical voice, space for alternative models of production, and frameworks for cultural exchange. Focused on solo exhibitions by regional, national and international artists, the Muted Horn aimed to promote experimental modes of practice. Through bi-monthly exhibitions, performances, lectures and related programming the Muted Horn fostered the growth of conceptual practices and dialogue across the United States and abroad.

H Space

H Space was an independent studio and gallery space which operated from 2016-2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. Serving local and regional artists as a venue for exhibitions and events, H Space provided over 3000 square feet of gallery and workshop space outside of the typical institutional or commercial setting. An artist-run and artist-focused project space, H Space created a community for new and experimental work in northeast Ohio. 

‘sindikit 

‘sindikit is a platform that includes artist projects, creative community conversations between cultural activators, visual artists and their co-conspirators.  The ‘sindikit project was founded with an interest in discussing socio-political and cultural issues that affect art and artists.  ‘sindikit  presented artist projects, hosted community conversations, and collaborated with artist-run initiatives throughout the DMV, nationally, and abroad, supported artists through acquisitions into the founders’ joint collection as well as in programming at The American University located in Washington, D.C. from 2016-2022.

The gallery is open to the public through December 17, 2022 on Saturdays from 11 am – 2 pm and by appointment.