The stars may not align but our programming will for an exciting night of art at UMBC. We have a fantastic night of events coming up on Thursday, September 29: The opening reception for the exhibition "Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television" at the
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture from 5-7 p.m. and Tracy Broyles' "The Observer Effect" multimedia dance performance with live music and projections in the Dance Cube at 7pm. Hope you can make it!
Revolution of the Eye: Modern Art and the Birth of American Television is the first exhibition to explore how avant-garde art influenced and shaped the look and content of network television in its formative years, from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. During this period, the pioneers of American television had adopted modernism as a source of inspiration. Revolution of the Eye looks at how the dynamic new medium, in its risk-taking and aesthetic experimentation, paralleled and embraced cutting-edge art and design. The exhibition runs through December 10.
Tracy Broyles: THE OBSERVER EFFECT is a richly layered performance: a dancer, two musicians, and a video artist respond to the quantum puzzle that suggests there is no passive witnessing in the universe, and that we are at once subject and object of our own creative forces. Created collaboratively, the piece is both structured and improvisational, with the performers responding to a spacious score that supports moment to moment decision making. Inviting, visceral and abstract, this interdisciplinary work deeply engages the viewer in an otherworldly and dream-like experience.
Dancer/choreographer Tracy Broyles '95, dance, returns for the first time to the area to perform. She is working with live musicians Adrian Hutapea and Lisa DeGrace, and video artist Stephen Miller. The performance begins at 7 p.m. in the Dance Cube (337 PAHB) with tickets available at the door or through MissionTix.
