"Resonance and Repetition" Exhibition
EFA Project Space
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"Resonance and Repetition," is a group exhibition featuring work by 10 artists organized by curatorial office Rivet. Resonance and Repetition carries forward the office's ongoing research into object-oriented philosophy and its potential connections with contemporary art practice. This is the second iteration of a research and exhibition project related to the notion of resonance. Simultaneous to Resonance and Repetition, Rivet organizes a parallel exhibition and program, Resonance, at the Goethe-Institut New York's Wyoming Building in the East Village (October 26 - December 16, 2012).
Starting with the basic terms. Resonance is the capacity of a system to be perturbed -- much like a glass of milk when exposed to salt. It speaks to how entities (whether humans beings, things, social systems or ideas) act upon each other according to local conditions. Repetition, on the other hand, allows us to think about an entity's stability over time -- either through a focus on affinities, resemblances or even disappearances. When put together, resonance and repetition present a strange case for an object's autonomy while simultaneously being open to affect, and be affected by, its environment. By joining these two terms, this exhibition prioritizes dynamic networks of assemblages and analyzes contemporary life as a set of changing conditions. Instead of looking at how humans represent things, Resonance and Repetition considers things and the varying roles they may play in specific moments.
Overall, Resonance and Repetition proposes four different, yet intersecting approaches. The works by Steffani Jemison and Katja Mater highlight a single object's complexity in a singular environment by pointing to the limitations or struggles of human perception. Hector Arce-Espasas, Ion Arregui, Pedro Neves Marques and Aleksandra Domanović use repetition of a similar, sometimes even clichéd theme not only to point to commodification and ideology, but also to the limitations of such structures in understanding particular things. Julia Spínola and Sara Deraedt de-contextualize apparently simple objects to suggest, through looping or accumulation, the possibility of alternate interactions with the environment. Bestué-Vives's video performatively introduces the human body and camouflage as a way to invert common understandings of causality, agency and permanence.
[Image: Sara Deraedt, 2012]
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Schedule
from November 08, 2012 to December 22, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-11-08 from 18:00 to 20:00