“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.
(b. 1965, New Orleans, LA. Lives and works in Huntington Beach, California)
Three Disasters in a Stairwell
Video, sound, 43 sec. Best viewed in full-screen.
The artist’s description of his short film is as brisk and clear as the piece itself. “Three Disasters in a Stairwell is about how the state of the current world can sometimes seem like it is full of disasters to the point that this perspective overwhelms our psyche, even when we find ourselves in mundane circumstances, such as in a stairwell.” Short version: wherever you are, look out.