Event: Camera Lucida (August 27 2016 - January 7 2017, Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Alabama, USA)

Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art

901 South College Street | Auburn, Alabama 36849

Aug. 27, 2016 to Jan. 7, 2017
Bill L. Harbert Gallery and Gallery C

Galleries Hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday through Saturday: 10 am to 4:30 pm
Thursday: 10 am to 8 pm
Sunday: 1 to 4 pm

"Popular culture has been molded by television and electronic graphic information since the mid-20th century. Whether appearing on a TV console, computer monitor, or smart device, video has become a comfortable, accessible, and preferred medium for both consumption and creation, especially to those among us under 30. Many critics today consider it to be this generation’s quintessential format for expression. Camera Lucida features eight contemporary artists from around the world who work with video and digital moving imagery. Artists Jay Bolotin, Rob Carter, Joe Hamilton, Yeon Jin Kim, Ligorano Reese, Jillian Mayer,

, and Rick Silva offer fresh perspectives on enduring concerns and new issues, using a technology that is widely familiar through common exposure, if not as broadly known as an independent art form. Yet video has been used as an eloquent and powerful vehicle by artists for more than 50 years, ranging from early documentary formats and narrative expositions to digital abstraction and game-playing interaction. JCSM’s survey provides a compelling look at the state of the medium today, where age-old intentions find new purpose in new applications."