{"id":1952,"date":"2016-05-28T12:13:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T20:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/?p=1952"},"modified":"2016-06-02T13:21:23","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T21:21:23","slug":"mass-moca-explode-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theiff.org\/current\/events\/mass-moca-explode-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"MASS MoCA – Explode Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Origami Wall Frieze,<\/em> site specific installation at MASS MoCA, North Adams MA, 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n

EXPLODE EVERY DAY: An Inquiry into the Phenomenon of Wonder\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

@ MASS MoCA<\/b><\/p>\n

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Exhibition dates: May 28, 2016 – February 28, 2017<\/b><\/p>\n

Opening May 28, 2016, MASS MoCA’s exhibition\u00a0Explode Every Day: An Inquiry into the Phenomenon of Wonder<\/i>\u00a0includes a series of new business card origami sculptures by Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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These works, inspired by the pioneering techniques of Dr. Jeannine Mosely, have emerged from an open ended experimental process that takes its cues from the formalisms of mathematics and the open-ended dynamics of nature. On show is a 3-dimensional sculpture,\u00a0Fractal Ruin,\u00a0<\/i>constructed from 8000 psychedelic business cards\u00a0whose backbone architecture is derived from the structure of the\u00a0Mosely Snowflake Sponge<\/i>\u00a0fractal; plus two 2-dimensional works,\u00a0including\u00a0Origami Wall Frieze<\/i>\u00a0(above) that uses business card origami as a new method for “drawing” on a wall. This site-specific low-relief sculpture evokes circuit board design, set theory, early video-game graphics, needlepoint, and plumbing. In addition will be a diagrammatic rendition of the interior geometry of a level two\u00a0Snowflake Sponge<\/i>\u00a0revealing the form’s unique fractal symmetries, from which the above works have been “wildified.”<\/p>\n

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About the exhibition:\u00a0<\/i><\/b>Harnessing the\u00a0idea\u00a0of wonder as a thematic metaphor, MASS MoCA’s exhibition “Explode Every Day” features both existing and new works by twenty-three international artists, each touching on certain facets of wonder, including: the perceptual\/ visionary, the technological\/scientific, the philosophical\/meditative, time\/cosmos, and illusion\/fear.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Curator Denise Markonish remarks, “a true state of wonder agitates, mesmerizes, and is almost forcible and shocking. It is a sudden intake of breath, a gaping mouth a relinquishing understanding. As commonly used, ‘wonder’ is sometimes mistaken for curiosity, which centers on fact-finding and explanation. In “Explode Every Day,” viewers experience a purer state of wonder, a state poised between knowing and not knowing and defined by an experience of something truly new.”<\/i><\/p>\n

“Explode Every Day”, co-organized by Markonish and Ohio-based artist Sean Foley, has a\u00a0title inspired by writer Ray Bradbury’s remark: “You remain invested in your inner child by exploding every day. You don\u2019t worry about the future, you don\u2019t worry about the past\u2014you just explode.”<\/i><\/p>\n

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Participating artists:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i>Jonathan Allen,\u00a0Jen Bervin,\u00a0Lucien Castaing-Taylor\u00a0and\u00a0V\u00e9r\u00e9na\u00a0Paravel,\u00a0<\/span>Jason de Haan,\u00a0Tristan Duke,\u00a0Sharon Ellis,\u00a0<\/span>Tom Friedman,\u00a0Christopher Gausby,\u00a0Hope Ginsburg,\u00a0Laurent Grasso,\u00a0Institute For Figuring and Margaret Wertheim,\u00a0Nina Katchadourian,\u00a0<\/span>Michael Light,\u00a0Charles Lindsay,\u00a0Megan and Murray McMillan,\u00a0Ryan and Trevor Oakes,\u00a0Demetrius Oliver,\u00a0Dario Robleto,\u00a0Rachel Sussman,\u00a0Julianne Swartz,\u00a0Chris Taylor,\u00a0Fred Tomaselli.<\/p>\n

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IFF works in this exhibition have been constructed by Margaret Wertheim, Christina Simons and Jake Dotson; with design assistance from Christine Wertheim. Business card design by Cindy Kusuda.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog that includes\u00a0e<\/span>ssays from\u00a0renowned\u00a0wonder-author Lawrence Weschler,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clinical psychologist\u00a0Kay Redfield Jamison, art historian Barbara Maria Stafford, Jill Tarter (former director of the Center for SETI Research), and others; co-published by MASS MoCA and Prestel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exhibition webpage:<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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MASS MoCA<\/div>\n
1040 MASS MoCA Way<\/div>\n
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North Adams, MA 01247<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The IFF’s work for “Explode Every Day” is generously supported by grants from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the Opaline Fund of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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