During the two-week AxS Festival: Curiosity, our experimental tours and dances, group naps, operatic bird beaks, seances, videos, architectural lawn furniture–and a secret Swiss-Japanese fusion restaurant–transform and reveal the history and visual ideas behind the Gamble House in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
Complementing those live events, our installation of contemporary paintings and sculptures by notable California artists throughout the house juxtaposes today’s artistic ideas with 1909’s architectural style. On-site, hands-on workshops offer lessons in topics ranging from soap-making to solar robotics, from Craftsman-style cat houses to basic electronics, brings the Arts and Crafts movement in parallel with today’s Maker groups.
Projects are listed in detail below, on display will be works by: Jeff Elrod, Cayetano Ferrer, Asher Hartman, Katie Herzog, Emily Joyce, Candice Lin, Sandeep Mukherjee, Rebecca Morris, Michael O’Malley, Laura Owens, Lauralee Pope, Jennifer Rochlin, Anna Sew Hoy, Ricky Swallow and Henry Taylor.
The Gamble House was designed in 1908 by the brothers architects Charles and Henry Greene. It was commissioned by David and Mary Gamble. Ten months later, the house was completed using a team no larger than ten craftsmen.
Exhibitions
- Gamble House Roof Sculptures by Matthew Au
- The Swirling Mess Below the Sleeping Porch Soon Solidified into A Crest of Phantasmagoric Weight that Creaks Between the Doors, the Floors, and a Form that Could Never Be a House Again by Patrick Ballard
- The Ultimate Bungalow! by Jessica Cowley
- Lawn Drawing (Gamble House Interior Detail) Ken Ehrlich
- Object for Plants by Michael O’Malley
- Psychic Reading of the Gamble House by David Fenster and Asher Hartman
Performances & Workshops
- Sep 14
- Audience Apparition by Nate Page
- Sep 20
- Solar Sun Chime Workshop with David Casey
- Sep 20
- Plant Preservation and Natural Perfumery Workshop with instructor Divya Anantharaman
- Sep 20
- Paper Cutting Workshop with Kaitlynn Redell
- Sep 21
- Letter Writing Workshop with Mercedes Teixido
- Sep 23
- Materiality and Signification Tour with Ryan Taber
- Sep 23
- Joinery and Decoration Tour with Ryan Taber
- Sep 30
- Joinery and Decoration Tour with Ryan Taber
- Sep 23
- Tone and Cadence Tour with Ryan Taber
- Sep 24
- Curator Tour with Mark Allen
- Sep 26
- Gamble House Archeological Dig by Annie Danis
- Sep 27
- Gamble House Archeological Dig by Annie Danis
- Sep 27
- Waterfall by Nick Duran
- Sep 27
- Secret Restaurant by Bob Dornberger
- Sep 27
- Poets in Closets by Machine Project
- Sep 27
- MASS (at home) by Milka Djordjevich
- Sep 27
- Bed Conversations by Sasha Archibald
- Sep 27
- Decho Tech Sunshine by Animal Charm
- Sep 27
- Projected Shadows Video Installation by Raphael Arar & Chris Weisbart
- Sep 27
- The Hour of the Cat by Johanna Hedva
- Sep 28
- The Gamble Birdhouse Workshop with Scout Regalia
- Sep 28
- Afternoon Tea with the Women of the Gamble House with the Women’s Center for Creative Work
- Oct 1
- Curator Tour with Mark Allen
- Oct 1
- The Urban Cat Architecture Workshop with Keith Rocka Knittel
- Oct 2
- Poets in Closets by Machine Project
- Oct 2
- MASS (at home) by Milka Djordjevich
- Oct 2
- Projected Shadows Video Installation by Raphael Arar & Chris Weisbart
- Oct 2
- Necessary Interruption by Jibade-Khalil Huffman
- Oct 4
- Soap Making Workshop with Lisa Anne Auerbach
- Oct 4
- Embroidering in Architecture Workshop with Jenny Hart
- Oct 5
- The Hand is the Window onto the Mind by Sarah Roberts
- Oct 5
- Group Naps by Paul Fraser
- Oct 5
- Landslide by Rafa Esparza
- Oct 5
- Drawing With Ghosts