“Confluence: Uncertain Archives” Exhibition

“Confluence: Uncertain Archives” Exhibition

Hunter College Art Galleries (205 Hudson St.)

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“Archives​ ​are​ ​not​ ​static.​ ​Their​ ​material​ ​reality​ ​changes​ ​over​ ​time​ ​– decayed,​ ​displaced,​ ​reorganized​ ​–​ ​and​ ​their​ ​meanings​ ​shift​ ​as​ ​well, depending​ ​on​ ​the​ ​moment​ ​and​ ​context​ ​in​ ​which​ ​we​ ​encounter​ ​them.” –​ ​Mariam​ ​Ghani,​ ​​Field​ ​Notes​ ​for​ ​What​ ​we​ ​Left​ ​Unfinished

How​ ​do​ ​ideas,​ ​actions,​ ​objects​ ​and​ ​events​ ​converge​ ​for​ ​history​ ​to​ ​“happen”?​ ​Can​ ​this confluence​ ​be​ ​measured?​ ​How​ ​do​ ​we​ ​reflect​ ​on​ ​it?​ ​We​ ​mine​ ​archives​ ​for​ ​ideas,​ ​stories​ ​and people​ ​and​ ​end​ ​up​ ​also​ ​finding​ ​conflicts,​ ​gaps,​ ​and​ ​redactions.​ ​The​ ​sources​ ​we​ ​draw​ ​upon​ ​are personal​ ​and​ ​public:​ ​some​ ​artists​ ​in​ ​the​ ​show​ ​address​ ​the​ ​history​ ​of​ ​space,​ ​while​ ​others​ ​speak to​ ​a​ ​more​ ​recent​ ​past.​ ​Uncertainty​ ​occurs​ ​any​ ​time​ ​we​ ​try​ ​to​ ​construct​ ​meaning​ ​from​ ​perceptive and​ ​subjective​ ​experiences.This​ ​confluence​ ​is​ ​where​ ​we​ ​connect:​ ​to​ ​question,​ ​deviate​ ​from,​ ​and contribute.

The​ ​first​ ​iteration​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Fall​ ​2017​ ​MFA​ ​Thesis​ ​show​ ​consists​ ​of​ ​a​ ​multi-channel​ ​stream​ ​of histories​ ​and​ ​narratives.​ ​Video​ ​works​ ​by​ ​Christian​ ​Hendricks​ ​use​ ​his​ ​own​ ​body​ ​and​ ​image​ ​as both​ ​an​ ​instrument​ ​of​ ​the​ ​screen​ ​and​ ​the​ ​primary​ ​research​ ​source​ ​itself.​ ​Sculptures​ ​by​ ​Alta Buden​ ​focus​ ​on​ ​data​ ​failure​ ​and​ ​the​ ​breakdown​ ​of​ ​the​ ​human/nature​ ​divide.​ ​Paintings​ ​by Christian​ ​Breed​ ​explore​ ​the​ ​space​ ​between​ ​the​ ​spiritual​ ​and​ ​scientific.​ ​A​ ​video​ ​by​ ​Katy McCarthy​ ​wonders​ ​if,​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to​ ​understand​ ​your​ ​historical​ ​research,​ ​you​ ​might​ ​need​ ​to​ ​become it.​​ ​Anael​ ​Berkovitz’s​ ​installation​ ​speaks​ ​to​ ​collective​ ​and​ ​individual​ ​memories​ ​through​ ​ways​ ​of storytelling.​​ ​​Victoria​ ​Dolloff’s​ ​installation​ ​explores​ ​objects​ ​as​ ​place​ ​and​ ​place​ ​as​ ​memory, utilizing​ ​fragmentation​ ​as​ ​reconstruction.​ ​​Lang​ ​Zhang’s​ ​installation​ ​seeks​ ​to​ ​stretch encounters/echoes​ ​between​ ​ideas​ ​and​ ​senses.​ ​Jongwon​ ​Bae’s​ ​paintings​ ​reflect​ ​his​ ​childhood memories​ ​as​ ​an​ ​archive,​ ​repressed​ ​until​ ​it​ ​manifests​ ​itself​ ​in​ ​uncertain​ ​ways​ ​as​ ​it​ ​becomes confluent​ ​with​ ​the​ ​anxiety​ ​about​ ​the​ ​future.

Media

• Painting
• Drawing
• Photography
• Installation

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