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2009 MFA Exhibition: The Dark Tower curated by Cauleen Smith
Submitted by yolietorres on Tue, 05/12/2009 - 2:55pm.
Student Project | MFA Exhibition
MFA Show
The Dark Tower
Exhibit Dates: May 14 – June 30, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 14, 2009 6-10pm
Downtown Art Walk: May 14 and June 11, 2009 12-9pm
Slapshock Performance by Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cárdenas
Thursday, June 11th at 8PM
compactspace gallery, 105 East 6th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
Twenty six of UC San Diego’s Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidates are participating in The Dark Tower, a group exhibit at compactspace, Los Angeles. The Dark Tower is a multi-media salon show curated by artist, filmmaker and UCSD visual arts faculty Cauleen Smith.
The Dark Tower refers to imagery from Robert Browning’s poem (1855) “Child Rolande to the Dark Tower Came,” and Countee Cullen’s poem (1927) “From the Dark Tower.” Browning’s poem describes the arduous journey toward The Dark Tower, and Mr. Cullen’s poem leads us away. The exhibit also draws inspiration from the Harlem Renaissance salon—hosted by the late A’lelia Walker, daughter of Madame CJ Walker, hair care magnate and first black American woman to become a millionaire.
The Dark Tower Participating Artists: Shane Anderson, Susy Bielak, Crystal Z. Campbell, Micha Cárdenas, Mauricio Chernovetzky, Lili Chin, Ted Chung, Leigh Cole, Micki Davis, Monica Duncan, Nico Herbst, Glenna Jennings, Merve Kayan, Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli, Vincent Manganello, Dolissa Medina, Elle Mehrmand, Charles Miller, Jessica Mockrin, Zac Monday, Clare Perry, Brianna Rigg, Lesha Rodriquez, Louis Schmidt, Julia Westerbeke, Suzanne Wright, Claire Zitzow
Slapshock Performance by Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cárdenas
Thursday, June 11th, 2009 at 8PM
Slapshock is a performance using a Freeduino and an Arduino to create a pain sharing device. The performance by Elle Mehrmand and Micha Cardenas is an exploration of symbiotic relationality through pain, in which each performer slaps themself in turn causing the other performer to receive a painful electric shock.
The performance is one of a series studies for "mixed relations", a larger set of performances using technology to explore relations between people as well as between people and technology. "mixed relations" will involve two performers in mixed reality environments using their bodies as instruments to produce live audio, and will take place in the Fall of 2009.
More information about "mixed relations" can be found at:
http://bang.calit2.net/tts/2009/05/01/mixed-relations-won-the-ucira-emerging-fields-award/
compactspace
http://www.compactspace.com/
(626) 676-0627
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For more information about The Dark Tower please contact Sheena Ghanbari at sghanbari@ucsd.edu or 858-822-7755