For Immediate Release
CONTACT James A. Wagstaff (646) 267-5339
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Suspicious devices abound
PLACE The Black Box 5th floor
Hunter College, North Building
695 Park Avenue
enter on 69th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues
New York, NY 10021
DATE Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, May 1 - 3, 2007
TIME 6 – 9 p.m.
From May 1st through May 3rd Hunter College's Black Box will house a plethora of "suspicious devices" rendered in a variety of media by multiple artists as part of a limited engagement art exhibit. More that 30 artists from all over the country and the world will participate in the event,
If You See Something, Say Something.
With a range of work will include new media, installations, film and video, photography, painting, and journalistic projects, covering topics that include inhumane treatment, free education in New York City, and popular contemporary visual culture, the artists invite visitors/viewers to become actively engaged on multiple levels—culturally, emotionally, intellectually, historically, and socially. The "suspicious devices" particularly lend themselves to this multi-level engagement.
Conceptualized by New York based Stuart Ewen, suspicious devices, recognizing and reflecting the diversity of audience and issues, are subject to varied interpretations and are intended to make connections between the audience and important social issues. Ewen's own situationist tribute to abstract expressionism subverts conventional notions of traditional painting and its formal presentation. Digital artist and graphic designer Robin Locke Monda contributes a purple gel sealed in an easily concealed, molded plastic capsule labeled in such a way as to make us think about our habits as consumers. Interdisciplinary artist, Millie Burns, incorporates graphics and text in a familiar format to challenge our reactions to and notions of "otherness" and to encourage a dialog about cultural sensitivity.
If You See Something, Say Something is sponsored by the Film & Media Department's Integrated Media Arts Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York (IMA/MFA), and EYEspeak (a graduate student association).
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