“There is another world, but it is in this one,” said Surrealist poet Paul Éluard. In this exhibition, artists look to the future, imagining how we move forward from the tumultuous events of the past year. [read more]
Art in the Plague Year is an online exhibition organized by UCR ARTS: California Museum of Photography and curated by Douglas McCulloh, Nikolay Maslov, and Rita Sobreiro Souther. UCR ARTS’s programs are supported by UCR College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, the City of Riverside, Altura Credit Union, and Anheuser-Busch.
All works in this exhibition are reproduced with permission of the artists/copyright holders. Works (images, video, audio or other content) must not be used or reproduced for any purposes other than fair use without prior consent of the artists.
PublicPublicAddress poses a question and provides an answer. “What if those who cannot protest on the streets could join those who could?” The site is a “virtual protest” in support of Black Lives Matter. Anyone can participate. “Send us a short video/image of you protesting,” state the artist organizers, “and we will digitally ‘cut it out’ and stitch it into a moving collage of hundreds of other submissions.” Contributions are posted within 48 hours of submission. The result is vast and mesmerizing—the video submissions of supporters from across the country collaged into an endless stream of virtual ‘marching’ protesters.