From: Marian Mazzone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HALSEY INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO HOST
EMOTIONAL ARCHITECTURE: AZIMUTH OF FISSURE
WORKS BY CĂLIN DAN
Charleston, SC - The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art will be
exhibiting Emotional Architecture: Azimuth of Fissure from May 16 –
June 20, 2008. This exhibition, curated by Marian Mazzone, will
feature some of the finest examples to date from artist Călin Dan’s
on-going Emotional Architecture project, as well as work Dan created
in response to his visit to Charleston earlier this spring.
Charleston’s history, as it is traced in the city’s urban fabric and
remnant images, has been incorporated into Dan’s long-term interest in
architecture and memory. The exhibition opening reception will be
held Friday, May 16, from 5-7 p.m. A gallery talk by Călin Dan will
take place on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m.
Included in the exhibition are several works from the artist’s
Emotional Architecture series, each related to a particular place:
sony/wmf/pp (1994-2003) to Amsterdam, Sample City (2005) to Bucharest,
Romania, Trip (2006) to Tallinn, Estonia, and the new work inspired by
Charleston. Using documentary images from the 1886 earthquake
preserved in the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library at the
University of South Carolina, nineteenth and twentieth century
photographs from area archives, audio from films such as The Patriot,
and video material gathered on-site, Dan focuses our attention on the
complex, mixing layers of time and experience left on our buildings,
on our city, and on our culture—and what we make of them in our lives
today. For Dan, these images contain the ghostly traces of the past
that leave fissures on our present—like the post-earthquake fissures
left on the landscape, the cracks in the structure of Randolph Hall,
and the remnants of history that project into our present. Fissures
are also separating forces, cracks that open between spaces, allowing
us to manipulate what we see and understand about our environment.
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present this
new work by the artist, his first project in the United States.
Generous support of Călin Dan’s visits to Charleston and this
exhibition was provided by the Mondriaan Foundation of the
Netherlands, and the College of Charleston, including the Provost’s
Discretionary Fund, the Dean of the School of the Arts, and the Dean
of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is located within the Simons
Center for the Arts at 54 St. Phillip Street. Parking is available in
the St. Phillip Street Garages. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 11
– 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more information contact the Halsey
Institute of Contemporary Art at (843) 953-5680 or visit the website
at www.halsey.cofc.edu.
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