In conjunction with Issue #11 on Im/Migration, AREA is proud to present an exhibition of visual and media works featuring: Ben Thorp Brown, Anne Dodge, Bia Gayotto, Chiara Galimberti, Gretchen Haase and Jen Blair, Ferestheh Toosi. The artworks are in some ways portraits, uneasy depictions of realities made strange and open to contestation. Some deal with places – heritage motels, linking movement with nostalgia and nationhood; or exported standardized residential subdivisions, linking notions of home and the “American dream” with the imperative of global expansion. Some are portraits of undocumented organizers, of the relationship between desire and political action; while others explore a political moment as an intersection of overlapping histories and identities. Some are portraits of immigrants, both reinforcing and defying the violent logic of the nation-state. Places, territories and identities are not given, they are under construction.
Place/No Place by Chiara Galimberti
The exhibit will also be accompanied by a weekly series of events: workshops, discussions and readings from contributors to the current issue.
June 4 - July 4
Calles Y Sueños
1900 S Carpenter Opening event: Saturday, June 4, 7-11 PM
Closing event: A counter-nationalist cook-out, party and speak-out – Sunday, July 3, 5-11 PM
