Round Robin Book Signing

The book signing and reception will be held on Saturday, November 5 from 2-5pm at the Rare Device gallery.

It consists of three books, each centered on a series of fifteen illustrations that are connected through an "add-on" word game. Each artist takes a turn in providing a word inspired by the one previously supplied, until 15 two-word combinations are completed (ex. A+B, B+C, C+A). Each artist uses only words written by her counterparts as inspiration for her illustration. Within each painting, the artist is challenged to create artwork on subjects outside her comfort zone. At the same time, the artist can bring the power of interpretation and imagination to bear on the topic. Thus, each illustration in the book is connected to the previous and subsequent pages in a literal sense.

Find out more at: http://roundrobinbook.blogspot.com/

In this exhibition, you will see print pieces from the first two installments of ROUND ROBIN. The exhibition will be up at the Rare Device gallery until 11/7.

round robin
noun
1 [often as adj. ] a tournament in which each competitor plays in turn against every other : a round-robin competition.
2 a petition, esp. one with signatures written in a circle to conceal the order of writing.
• a letter written by several people in turn, each person adding text before passing the letter on to someone else : [as adj. ] a round-robin letter.
3 a series or sequence : an inconclusive round robin of talks in Cairo, Washington, and New York.

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About the artists:
Daniela Strijleva is a Bulgarian-born, Canadian-raised artist currently working as a Character Art Director at Pixar Animation Studios. She has contributed to the feature films "Toy Story 3" and the upcoming "Monsters University", as well as the shorts "Day and Night" and "La Luna".

Before moving to the United States Daniela had worked in the Canadian animation industry since 1997, where she drew for 2D commercials, television series and an independent film at the National Film Board of Canada. In 2002, Daniela graduated from the Classical Animation program at Sheridan College.

Along with her career in film, Daniela cultivates an avid interest in other storytelling art forms through projects like Round Robin and live-action short films. She has taken part in the charitable group exhibits "Totoro Forest Project" and "Art Blocks For Ghana".
Daniela lives in San Francisco with her husband.
http://danielastrijleva.blogspot.com/

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Katy Wu is that nerdy and artsy girl you knew in school who grew up to do exactly what she wanted to do. She graduated from Art Center College of Design in the winter of 2007 and interned at Pixar before being released into the wild world of animation. For her first job she worked on the movie Coraline at Laika for a couple months.

Eventually she returned to Pixar as a full time employee, where she worked for two years as a Sketch Artist and met Jennifer Chang and Daniela Strijleva. Katy is currently an assistant art director at CinderBiter studios and is working on a feature film where puppets move around. In her spare time she works on art projects like Round Robin, comics, and short films.

http://thewildkat.blogspot.com/

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Born and raised in Taiwan, Jennifer C. Chang moved to San Francisco in 1999 to pursue art at the Academy of Art University. Upon graduation, she was hired by Pixar Animation Studios as a Sketch Artist for the film WALL•E. Since then she has worked on UP, Toy Story 3, Cars2, and is currently hard at work on an upcoming feature animation.

She pursues her own stories at night after work, and recent projects include a story in Afterworks 2, charity artwork for Totoro Forest Project, artwork for Tr!ckster, and Round Robin - a collaborative art book with Daniela Strijleva and Katy Wu. She enjoys meeting and working with creative people from all over the world, and is grateful to do just that both at work and at home.

http://kitosan.blogspot.com/
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About Rare Device:
Rare Device is a store and gallery that features functional experiments and original ideas in art, design, craft and fabrication. Owner Giselle Gyalzen constantly seeks out objects that are beautiful, evocative, well constructed and thoughtful. We are pleased to bring to our San Francisco store an ever-growing roster of local, national and international artists and designers for a truly "rare" experience.

Rare Device (raredevice.net) is located at 1845 Market Street between Valencia and Guerrero Streets. Store/gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11am to 7pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm.

For more information contact: Giselle Gyalzen at info@raredevice.net or 415-863-3969