SUBTERRANEA
SUBTERRANEA
Curated by Melinda Guillen and Elizabeth D. Miller
Curated by Melinda Guillen and Elizabeth D. Miller
December 16, 2013–January 6, 2014
December 16, 2013–January 6, 2014
Visual Arts Gallery @ SME 142
Visual Arts Gallery @ SME 142
Opening reception on Thursday, October 10, 2013, 6–8pm
Opening reception on Thursday, October 10, 2013, 6–8pm
Closing Reception on Thursday, January 16, 2014, 6–9pm
Closing Reception on Thursday, January 16, 2014, 6–9pm
In a literal sense, architectural and natural environments’ root systems, foundations, and material infrastructures lay buried or concealed underground, largely unavailable to our immediate perceptual inquiries. Subterranean structures, associated with both literal and figurative conceptions of the underground, comprise the premise of the exhibition SUBTERRANEA. Notions of the subterranean are often inflected with the properties of the unknown, evoking the arcane and the afterlife. As an allegorical or psychological space, the subterranean is the site of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground and Dante’s Inferno; as a plural term, “subterranea,” or “undergrounds,” signifies political (the French Resistance), social (the Underground Railroad), and economic (the 17th century English “Diggers”) counter-cultural movements. SUBTERRANEA presents imaginative responses that bridge and transcend the literal, abstract, and metaphoric in the areas of video, photography, sculpture, and works on paper. Participating artists: Sam Durant, Haris Epaminonda, Christopher Kardambikis, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Dominic Paul Miller.
In a literal sense, architectural and natural environments’ root systems, foundations, and material infrastructures lay buried or concealed underground, largely unavailable to our immediate perceptual inquiries. Subterranean structures, associated with both literal and figurative conceptions of the underground, comprise the premise of the exhibition SUBTERRANEA. Notions of the subterranean are often inflected with the properties of the unknown, evoking the arcane and the afterlife. As an allegorical or psychological space, the subterranean is the site of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground and Dante’s Inferno; as a plural term, “subterranea,” or “undergrounds,” signifies political (the French Resistance), social (the Underground Railroad), and economic (the 17th century English “Diggers”) counter-cultural movements. SUBTERRANEA presents imaginative responses that bridge and transcend the literal, abstract, and metaphoric in the areas of video, photography, sculpture, and works on paper. Participating artists: Sam Durant, Haris Epaminonda, Christopher Kardambikis, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Dominic Paul Miller.
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Related programs:
Related programs:
Film Screening
Film Screening
Albert Maysles, Gimme Shelter (1970)
Albert Maysles, Gimme Shelter (1970)
Thursday, November 7th, 8–10pm
Thursday, November 7th, 8–10pm
Visual Arts Presentation Lab @ SME 149
Visual Arts Presentation Lab @ SME 149
Film Screening
Film Screening
Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels (1978)
Nancy Holt, Sun Tunnels (1978)
Gordon Matta-Clark, Underground Dailies (1977-2005)
Gordon Matta-Clark, Underground Dailies (1977-2005)
Thursday, November 21st, 5–6pm
Thursday, November 21st, 5–6pm
Visual Arts Presentation Lab @ SME 149
Visual Arts Presentation Lab @ SME 149
email: subterraneaucsd@gmail.com
email: subterraneaucsd@gmail.com