Alter Ego at the Nave

Clearly, I suck at blogging and will give any of y'all still checking in on this thing a serious update soon, but for now, I wanted to link over to the show Greer and I just curated at the Nave Gallery in Somerville. The opening is this Thursday from 7-9, and we'd love to see you there! We're super proud of this show and the artists involved. Also, fellow Clarkies Cade Overton and Sara Lawler are featured, as well as fellow Worcesterites Erica Sidor and Eric Nichols. We'd love to see you at the opening!


http://www.navegallery.org/nave/2009/alter.html


Please Join us for "Alter-Ego!"
An exhibition of images made with toy cameras and alternative photographic processes.

Curated by Bridget Kane and Greer Muldowney

May 2-21st
Opening Reception Thursday, May 7th 7-9PM.

Curators’ statement:
During times of change, there are always those who rebel. In the current era of digital media, many photographers are reaching for ways to create work that is relevant in the world today, but by using manual processes that have enriched photography since it's inception. Be it with taped up plastic toy cameras from the 1970s, to making their own pinhole cameras, to creating cyanotypes outside in the sun—these are not photographers who simply want to plug in their memory card and click away to create an image. There is a lot of trial and error, duct-tape and elbow grease in making each of these images.

Many alternative photographers live by the mantra “don’t think, just shoot”. There are minimal options and settings in the cameras, and much is is left to chance, intuition and happy accidents. The process takes on a life of its own--be it light leaks in the camera, one frame overlapping to the next, or variations in environment and chemistry-- the intentional loss of control over the medium gives the artist an ability to let go of what might be sacred, as what is being captured through these mediums many times is unknown until the film is processed. It is a balance of give and take between the artist and the medium.

These photographers portray work that is whimsical, nostalgic and engrossed in their respective mediums to create the work that has been chosen to display. With polaroid, cyanotype and other analogue techniques falling to the wayside in this digital age, we hope to celebrate these artists and their unique processes at the Nave.

Artists Displayed in Show:
Leslie Bastress
Heather Blakney
Kayla Brenes
Mark Richard Brown
Derrick Burbul
Myriah Leshea Douglas
Erica Frisk
Alice Grossman
Melissa Grutkosky
Ariel Kessler
Theresa Kelliher
Mary Kocol
Sarah Lawler
Cassandra Martin
Karen Molloy
Natasha Moustache
Dana Mueller
Denyse Murphy
Eric Nichols
O. Gustavo Plascenica
Cade Overton
Serrah Russell
Erika Sidor
Annie Smidt
Roberta Stone
David Strasburger
Andy Takats
Molly Van Nice
V Van Sant
Anne Zelle
Lexie Zippin
Shayna
Tricia
Janisha
Christina