WHERE YOU BEGIN is an exhibition that I co-curated along with Christine Buchsbaum. The exhibition was located at Pirate: Contemporary Art in Denver, Colorado. WHERE YOU BEGIN was on view from September 19 through October 5, 2014.
Pirate: Contemporary Art presents WHERE YOU BEGIN, a group exhibition exploring perception and shared moments of experience.
It is a natural impulse, when confronted with an experience that we do not understand, to try to relate it to things we are more familiar with. When our past knowledge can be brought to bear on a new phenomenon, it seems to fall into place, to be readily understood and comprehended.
This attempt to gain understanding by relating new information to what we already know is as apparent in our everyday affairs; a time of day, a crack in the sidewalk, a conversation with a stranger, an architectural style of a building, etc.
When a memory is internalized, it becomes relevant to understanding, and assimilating future experiences. How we interpret things from our past is subjective, however, the notion of memory is so intriguing that humans, alike, create more metaphors for it than for any other mental phenomenon. Our memories are personal but what if, collectively, our memories are more connected than we realize? WHERE YOU BEGIN attempts to re-see how our memories are linked through a collection of visual epiphanies
- Christine Buchsbaum
INCLUDED ARTISTS:
Ethan Bradford Barrett // Elizabeth Huey // Derek Paul Boyle // Michael Bhichitkul // Jenny Magruder // William Lamson // Edgar Meza // Christine Buchsbaum // Tony Oursler // Ryan Mandell // with collaboration by Theresa Anderson, Rebecca Vaughan and Jennifer Jeannelle
Pirate: Contemporary Art presents WHERE YOU BEGIN, a group exhibition exploring perception and shared moments of experience.
It is a natural impulse, when confronted with an experience that we do not understand, to try to relate it to things we are more familiar with. When our past knowledge can be brought to bear on a new phenomenon, it seems to fall into place, to be readily understood and comprehended.
This attempt to gain understanding by relating new information to what we already know is as apparent in our everyday affairs; a time of day, a crack in the sidewalk, a conversation with a stranger, an architectural style of a building, etc.
When a memory is internalized, it becomes relevant to understanding, and assimilating future experiences. How we interpret things from our past is subjective, however, the notion of memory is so intriguing that humans, alike, create more metaphors for it than for any other mental phenomenon. Our memories are personal but what if, collectively, our memories are more connected than we realize? WHERE YOU BEGIN attempts to re-see how our memories are linked through a collection of visual epiphanies
- Christine Buchsbaum
INCLUDED ARTISTS:
Ethan Bradford Barrett // Elizabeth Huey // Derek Paul Boyle // Michael Bhichitkul // Jenny Magruder // William Lamson // Edgar Meza // Christine Buchsbaum // Tony Oursler // Ryan Mandell // with collaboration by Theresa Anderson, Rebecca Vaughan and Jennifer Jeannelle
Edgar Meza
The Capital of the World, 2010
The Capital of the World, 2010
Edgar Meza and Ryan Mandell
Ryan Mandell
Dream Homes I-VIII, 2007-2011
Dream Homes I-VIII, 2007-2011
Ryan Mandell
Dream Homes I-VIII, 2007-2011
Dream Homes I-VIII, 2007-2011
Derek Paul Boyle
Floral Fabric Over Bush, 2013
Floral Fabric Over Bush, 2013
Elizabeth Huey
Untitled, 2012
Untitled, 2012
Jenny Magruder
You Are The Only One, 2013
You Are The Only One, 2013
Christine Buchsbaum
Several Once White Towels, 2010
Several Once White Towels, 2010
Ethan Bradford Barrett
Golden, 2014
Golden, 2014
William Lamson
Emerge, 2007
Emerge, 2007
Theresa Anderson, Rebecca Vaughn and Jennifer Jeanelle
Untitled, 2013
Untitled, 2013
Tony Oursler
Deadly Landscape, 1980
Deadly Landscape, 1980
Michael Bhichitkul
Lumberjack, 2014
Lumberjack, 2014