To Believe
Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak for Visual AIDS
La MaMa La Galleria
6 East 1st Street, New York City
June 3-27, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 3 from 6 – 9 PM
Performance by Jeanine Oleson: I Ran Contraband Spirituality
and Spirit Tours 2010 (Dave Hardy & Siebren Versteeg)
Sunday, June 6
4 - 6 PM: Screening by Shana Moulton, Ben Judd, Scott Treleaven
7 – 10 PM: Visual AIDS Fundraiser at Eastern Bloc, 505 E 6th Street btw Ave A & B, NYC
Sunday June 13 from 4 - 6 PM
Screening of works by Susan MacWilliam
Sunday June 20 from 4 – 6 PM
Unarius Screening hosted by Bebe Murphy
Sunday June 27 from 4 – 6 PM
Performance by Ben Judd and Blanco & Noiry
When faced with impossible questions, the notion of mortality or dire situations, many people turn to unconventional means or practices for answers, respite or foresight. To Believe brings together a selection of artists and artworks that incorporate the actions and practices related to a range of metaphysical beliefs. Through repetition, observation and portrayal of these rituals, events and the characters who perform them, the artists embrace and sometimes question the conclusiveness of these practices and in doing so suspend their own disbeliefs. The artists in To Believe are a mixture of skeptics and believers, experts and novices, participants and observers, who through their work consider the actions taken to achieve self-fulfillment and enlightenment through the otherworldly. Participating artists include David Cannon Dashiell, Robert Flack, Frank Haines, Rachel Harrison, Ben Judd, Susan MacWilliam, Joanna Malinowska, Shana Moulton, Bede Murphy, Jeanine Oleson, Clifford Smith, Spirit Tours (Dave Hardy & Siebren Versteeg) and Scott Treleaven.
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