A Common Thread Oakland
A Common Thread OAKLAND, curated by Fernando Reyes and Ruth Tabancay, offered a mission to a group of artists: Feel this city...macro/micro; filtered/raw; spectrum/monochrome; people/place...show us. Through sculptural installation, video, photography, and painting, eighteen Mercury 20 artists and thirteen guest artists beckon us down various paths of thought and feeling inspired by this fascinating city.
Found objects and images are manipulated by some artists. For others, physical structure or space serve as guide for exploring themes. Some artists ask us to embrace big issues of social reform, while others invite us to feel the need for it in a very personal way. An example of the latter is an interactive installation in which PK Frizzell and Josh Garlick collaborate to pull us in emotionally, using two-way mirror and video portraits of diverse Oaklanders...visitors will first only see themselves in the mirror, but then gradually see their face overlaid with others.
A Common Thread OAKLAND, curated by Fernando Reyes and Ruth Tabancay, offered a mission to a group of artists: Feel this city...macro/micro; filtered/raw; spectrum/monochrome; people/place...show us. Through sculptural installation, video, photography, and painting, eighteen Mercury 20 artists and thirteen guest artists beckon us down various paths of thought and feeling inspired by this fascinating city.
Found objects and images are manipulated by some artists. For others, physical structure or space serve as guide for exploring themes. Some artists ask us to embrace big issues of social reform, while others invite us to feel the need for it in a very personal way. An example of the latter is an interactive installation in which PK Frizzell and Josh Garlick collaborate to pull us in emotionally, using two-way mirror and video portraits of diverse Oaklanders...visitors will first only see themselves in the mirror, but then gradually see their face overlaid with others.
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