New Exhibit in the Works

The new exhibition planned for November is called "Moving Pictures". It is an installation with two video works by Laura Brent, that look more like photographs. It is an experimental piece, and the videos, in which very little happens, will make the viewer wonder about what they are seeing.
The title, used before in a 2002 exhibit at the Guggenheim (NYC), included works by Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Kara Walker and Shirin Neshat, among others. The exhibit explored the affects of this new reproducible media in art making, it ability to render visible conceptual concepts and questioned the supposed objectivity of representation in itself .
This small solo presentation could never attain the drama of the museum's show, but I want the viewer to gain a sense of themselves, their youth, and their mortality. This piece follows my ongoing study of how we see things, how our media saturated culture has affected our way of looking, and visually experiencing and interacting with our environment. It is similar in feel to Brent's previous exhibits, Public Practice, and "pinching the light fantastic".

Public Practice Exhibition

Well, my new exhibit went off with a bang, even if it was last minute. I was fine tuning the particulars up to 3pm Friday, but everything worked out well. The photo-booth was a fun time, with people making faces, and laughing behind the curtains. The typewriter was a huge draw to young and old alike. Some new and amazing comments were added to the walls, and for some, it was a first time experience to use such an ancient machine (ha!). The videos, put into a loop and projected onto the wall/corner, were quite intriguing, and it will be interesting to see the creative abstraction one continue to grow and change. The gallery will be open Thursdays 12-2pm or by appointment. The exhibit will be on display through November. Visit www.valhallarts.com for more information.