California Investigative Healing organized by Kal Spelletich
opening reception: Thursday, August 6th, 6-9pm
136 Watts New York, NY 10013 (Below Canal between Washington and Greenwich)
The Jack Hanley Gallery, New York is pleased to present California Investigative Healing, a multisensory exhibit
organized by San Francisco-based artist, Kal Spelletich. Spelletich will unveil, for the first time to a U.S. audience,
the Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic Pulsation Vacuo Engine, an exercise machine that powers eight
different apparatuses, machines, robots and a turntable that plays only Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass or Art
Machines Purport to Cure The Health Care Crisis!
The opening night, Thursday, August 6th, will feature a reading by writer Pete Simonelli, vocalist for San
Francisco band the Enablers, as well as a giant robot powered by the Herb Alpert Upper Body Hydro-Pneumatic
Pulsation Vacuo Engine. It walks, crawls, hops and Bar-B-Qs!. Art cupcakes will also be for sale.
Kal Spelletich received his MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and currently lives and works in San
Francisco, CA. Spelletich helped found SEEMEN, a collective of individuals who enjoy building extreme machines
and robots that they allow their audience to operate. He has also worked with the machine performance art group,
Survival Research Laboratories.
