Subtext Projects presents. . .
Wish You Were Here
July 2 – August 2, 2010
Curated by Alison Hearst and Leslie Murrell
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts Gallery
Opening: July 2, 7 – 9 pm
Gallery hours (July 2 – August 2): Saturdays, 1 – 3 pm
Vanessa Albury
Coexisten: Nina Barnett/Robyn Nesbitt
Gabriel Dawe
Lanie DeLay
Marita Fraser
Tetsuo Kogawa
Kris Pierce
Chris Sauter
Paul Slocum
Jeremy Wood
In this digital age, physical distance is no longer the barrier to communication, research, and collaboration that it once was. The rise of new technology has altered the very concept of what it means to be present, bridging physical distance through methods such as e-mail, text messages, and social networking sites. Although certain methods of keeping in touch are much easier, the decline of in-person interactions has important emotional and psychological impacts. Notions of privacy are also changing in response to the ability to stream one's day-to-day life to any and all who will pay heed, thereby altering the nature of intimacy. As real-life connections continue to taper, artists are increasingly interested in the growing gap between humans and their immediate, everyday surroundings. Distance is becoming, more than ever, a motivator, medium and subject of artworks.
Fort Worth Contemporary Arts is located at 2900 West Berry Street (at Greene Street), Fort Worth, Texas 76109.
As an auxiliary component to the exhibition, Tetsuo Kogawa's untitled piece is available here. It was recorded September 29, 2003 after Olivier Schulbaum asked Kogawa to contribute some sounds from Tokyo over the Internet.
Chris Sauter, The Known Universe (Childhood Bedroom), 2007
Nina Barnett and Robyn Nesbitt, Warcry, video installation, 2008
Paul Slocum, Hats, Digital video made in collaboration with Chad Hopper, 2007
Marita Fraser, 50 Works I Have Never Seen, slide projection, 2007