From February - June 2019 I had an installation and series of activations and programs at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati as part of the exhibition ‘Archive As Action.’ Curated by Steven Matijcio, I shared the 2nd Floor of the CAC with installations by Amanda Curreri and Lindsey Whittle. I chose to use this exhibition as an opportunity to make visible my creative labor as a program developer and community organizer.
This work is rooted in my deep belief that public art institutions should be places of creative commons, and in my persistent optimism that in bringing people together, we can bridge the deep divides in our society.
The space created for this exhibition is an attempt to make visual my work as a creative organizer, and to claim this sort of fertile administration as my art practice. More importantly, this space is intended to upend the status quo of most gallery spaces by placing people at the forefront and objects as secondary, simple props to stimulate conversation.
This project is an endeavor to foster exchanges that may lead to connection, understanding, and hopefully real transformation.
A review of the work: https://hyperallergic.com/495050/archive-as-action-contemporary-art-center-cincinnati/
