VISA 480 Theory Class Group Exhibi tions
Opening Reception: Tuesday
November 24\, 4-7pm
November 24-28\, 2009
Hours: Wednesday-Saturday
noon-4pm
gallery located in room 112
Koerner Library
1958 Main Mall\, UBC\
, Vancouver
The gallery located in room 112\, Koerner Library present s the work of students from VISA 480 in a two-part exhibition. The class\, split in two\, proposes thematics to each other and formulates two group ex hibitions. Running from Tuesday November 24 – Saturday November 28\, Intern et Friends Don't Count is the first group's response to the challenge. The mission is to create works of art that address the ephemeral nature of cont emporary technology. With much of our social interaction happening on-line\ , what happens to our sense of immanent space? What role do artworks have i n a world where information can be deleted with the click of a mouse?
In projects that span a variety of media\, 13 artists come together to ref lect on this ongoing phenomenon. Central are ideas that focus on communicat ion\, labour\, subjectivity\, and privacy. The diversity of approaches is i ndicative of the many facets of life that are affected by technology. This exhibition hopes to draw connections between those facets.
Below are a few statements by the artists in their attempts to circumscribe the topic in question:
“In the digital world there exists data that is real ye t intangible\, hovering over these boundaries the information itself is eph emeral and should not truly exist in material form. However\, even if delet ed\, this information will have left inerasable traces of its existence in our world. “
“The modification of physical interaction has changed th rough the variable existence and experience of materials within a growing o bjectless\, immaterial world.”
“The gaze permeates and transcends man y levels of reality. Excess of physical materiality has brought us to exces s of ephemeral materiality. To be both viewer and viewed\, the inanimate ta kes on sight. The fluctuation between real and not real\, reality and illu sion\, social coherence and paranoia.”
“We lose the tangibility in th is intimate and personal moment of writing our thoughts down with a pen and paper when the instantaneity of the virtual world has made itself more app ealing...the process of returning to basics and materiality...perhaps from an initially functional act into one that becomes absurd and obsessive\, in which case\, how would it then differ from our obsession with the virtual world?”
“People of all ages\, genders and nationalities have started following the trend of documenting their personal life in a public space. T he invasion of privacy has been made easy...or\, has the idea of privacy be en lost in the online world? Voyeurism becomes an ambiguous activity.”
< p>“Temporality and space are significant components in short message servic es\; the time it takes for a message to send\, and the virtual space that s eparates the two communicating individuals.”“Exposure\, labour\, and the boundaries where the incorporeal and the material come together.”
< p>“As explorations of personal proximity in relation to the Internet\, your online friends are exercises in catharsis and social stigma.” LOCATION:AHVA Library Gallery\, Room 112\, Koerner Library GEO:49.266692;-123.254348 URL;VALUE=URI:https://ahva.ubc.ca/events/event/internet-friends-dont-count/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ahva.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/05/832.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Vancouver BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 DTSTART:20091101T090000 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR