Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 8:54 AM click to enlarge A still from Hugo Santana s Uncertain Site (2020).
For Contemporary Art Month’s Perennial exhibition, guest curator Doreen Rios has brought together a series of video works that are being shown in two outdoor screenings at Blue Star Contemporary. The exhibition, titled “Here, the rivers run both ways,” explores the multidimensional concept of territory, expanding “on the notion of wandering, the intimate – yet collective – daydreaming and, of course, the cultural mythologies delineated by migration, gentrification, gender, and communication systems.” The events split the exhibition into two chapters, “Territory as body” and “Territory as land,” with a unique slate of short video works centering on each theme. Featured pieces rang
Posted By Kelly Merka Nelson on Mon, Mar 1, 2021 at 12:02 PM click image Kellen Stanley via Instagram / bluestarart Blue Star Contemporary teased the CAM Kickoff with an enigmatic photo by Kellen Stanley, who collaborated with Xavier Gilmore on AnOriginal Drive. After being interrupted by the onset of COVID-19 cancellations and closures in 2020, Contemporary Art Month is returning for 2021 with pandemic safety in mind. On Friday, CAM hits the ground running with a drive-in event held in Artpace s parking lot. The annual CAM Kickoff will feature a screening of the 2021 CAM Perennial exhibition Here, the rivers run both ways and a live performance of Xavier Gilmore s AnOriginal Drive, a multidisciplinary work created in collaboration with Andrea Voca