* * * * * * * * * * ORDER EARLY! All Of Your Traditional Fabulous Rosh Hashanah Dinners And Yom Kippur Breal•th•fast Tr s The red By Our Fabulous Chefs! * 'Broadcast' News Museum exhibit gives perspective to world of communication media. )( ORDER ROSH HASHANAH Break-the-Fast • Trays Dinners ewish Holiday s * 6646 TELEGRAPH • AT MAPLE • BLOOMFIELD PLAZA • 2484320800 * * * * * * * * * * * * * Suzanne Chessler Special to the Jewish News * 51 Sushi? UESDAYS chides Aveet T he work of Jewish video art- ist Dara Birnbaum is among the group exhibit "Broadcast" on view Sept. 12-Dec. 28 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. The exhibit will be joined with two other group shows —"Becoming: Photographs From the Wedge Collection" and "Business As Usual" — running during the same time period. The opening reception for the exhibit is at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, and includes a musical program per- formed by the featured balladeers of Blanche and the anarchic pop mem- bers of Gardens. "Dara Birnbaum represents the first generation of video artists:' says curator Irene Hofmann, execu- tive director of the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore and former exhibitions director at the Cranbrook Art Museum. "Her piece Hostage, with six televi- sions placed in overhead diagonals and a lower screen, addresses media coverage of a kidnapping and the role of TV in this kind of crisis situation." "Broadcast:' organized with the assistance of Independent Curators International in New York, features pieces by 13 artists offering examples of video, sound and installation projects. Seen together, they provide historical perspective to the world of communica- tion media starting in the 1960s. "This exhibit was inspired by the work of Chris Burden, one of the art- ists in the show:' explains Hofmann, who references Burden's staged hos- tage broadcast with a TV host held at knifepoint. "We were looking for the possibili- ties necessary to explore the bridging of contemporary life experience with contemporary art, and there will be opportunities for visitors to broadcast themselves:' The exhibit introduces manipulated news footage, an installation about aliens and a section about commu- nications from a ship. All the sounds, images and presentation strategies ORDER Yom Kippur fully tuna and seauxign Your new Japanese/Korean Restaurant right in the neighborhood, '15% I Dara Birnbaum's Hostage addresses media coverage of a kidnapping. off Total Food Bill Dine-in or Carry-Out (with this ad) Expires 10.22.08 Not valid with any other offers including $1 Sushi Tuesday. of mass media are used to reveal the mechanisms and power structure of broadcasting systems, according to the exhibition planners. "Becoming: Photographs From the Wedge Collection" incorporates portraiture to show the ways in which personal and cultural identity are cre- ated, affirmed and challenged. 13usiness As Usual" addresses the complex intersection of art and com- merce and the function of art in a culture dominated by the market. Five artists use everyday corporate materials, such as logos and production systems. Throughout the span of the exhib- its, there will be special programs to enhance the subjects — artist and curator lectures, family workshops, musical presentations, poetry and fic- tion readings and films. "The complex technology of "Broadcast" demands that we spend more time with the exhibit:' says Hofmann, who works with a non-col- lecting institution having a vision comparable to MOCAD. "Classes all over our region studied the collection and learned how we're a laboratory for new art." ❑ Lunch and Daily Specials • Catering • Gift Certificates Available 33214 W. 14 Mile Rd. at Farmington Rd., West Bloomfield (next to Sposita's Restaurant) Phone 248-737-4188 • Fax: 248-737-7844 HOURS: Mon.-Sat: llam - lOpm Closed Sundays f O opeLnui77cDays & Dinner WE'VE MOVED 2 DOORS DOWN! z5ezechuan dinrire Vadh a9? e8 ta rant 1 0 % o • Featuring Authentic Chinese/Asian Cooking • Complete Lunch Starts at $6.55 • Children's Menu • Healthy, Low Fat, 'Sodium Free' Choices • Vegetarian Dishes Total Bill DINE IN OR CARRYOUT Not good with any other offer 1 coupon per table • with coupon- Expires 10/15/08 39470 14 Mile Rd. (corner of Flaggei t‘ in the Ne ■ % i,err , Square Plaza), www.szechuanempire.com 248-960-7666 e t,a4,1, Banquets Weddings Showers Bar/Bat MitzvahsReunions Anniversaries Birthdays "Broadcast" will be on view Sept. 12-Dec. 28 at MOCAD, 4454 Woodward, in Detroit. Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays- Saturdays. Opening reception: $5 general admission, free for members. (313) 832-6622 or www.mocadetroit.org . Etc >c. WE CATER AT MOST SYNAGOGUES TEMPLES, HOTELS AND THE HALLS OF YOUR CHOICE ‘eat- p44cei. JEWEL CLASSIC CUISINE Approved by Council of Orthodox Rabbis KOSHER CATERERS PHILIP Taft, food & Beverage Director A8-6614050 Farmington September 11 • 2008 B15