“I see in the sea nothing except the sea. I don’t see a shore. I don’t see a dove.” Exhibition
Baxter Street/ the Camera Club of NY
This event has ended.
Curated by Heather M. O’Brien. RSVP required for the artists talks. Please see details below.
“The radio tells me my school is the next target for a shooting. I practice holding my head under the desk. I wake up in a dorm room and watch the second plane hit the tower. People are holding newspapers in the subway; they show a city that’s underwater. Light beams down through a hole in the roof of the stadium. 2,500 men sit inside Orleans Parish Prison. Water rises to their chests. I finally see his eyes on the cover of a magazine. People peer beyond the fence, hoping to catch a glimpse of the ash. He tells us we will not fail. He tells us we are with him or we are with them.
I see the snow fall on her face and I’m reminded of the ash. The desert feels cold at night, even inside the trailer. They watch the shadows shimmer from above. He tells us to get on board and do our business around the country; to go and enjoy a great American destination spot, like Disneyworld. I see a tent city at the base of the skyline. It’s dusk and the light is soft. But I can’t see the prisoners. There’s a bottomless fountain but no people. There are no images of his body. I search but my eyes are tired. I search but I don’t want to see anymore. I search but I’m completely numb. I must search.
The document tells us nothing. Let’s begin there. Now, what is the site? Is it here or is it there? How do we tell this story? A conscious choice is made to tell it otherwise—to mull over media, memorial, technology, detention. That which is unseen begins to leak, and slowly we begin to see: blue, white, foam, waves.”
Please join the Camera Club of New York and Heather M. O’Brien on Saturday, April 19, from 3 - 5:30pm, for an afternoon of video screenings and a roundtable dialogue with the four artists. RSVP is required, as seating is limited. (See RSVP details below.) An opening reception will follow the discussion. A follow up roundtable event will happen on Saturday, May 10, from 2 - 5pm. To RSVP for either artist talk, please see below.
A publication in conjunction with the project will be released in the Fall of 2014; edited by Heather M. O’Brien, and published by Secretary Press.
To RSVP for the roundtable events, please email info@cameraclubny.org
Media
Schedule
from April 19, 2014 to May 17, 2014
Roundtable Event & Film Screening: May 10, 2–5pm,
Opening Reception on 2014-04-19 from 18:00 to 20:00