Not exact matches
Ballroom Marfa is pleased to announce Hyperobjects, a group exhibition co-organized by philosopher and Rice University professor Timothy Morton and Ballroom Marfa Director & Curator Laura Copelin,
engaging ideas from Morton's theory to confront the overwhelming
scale of today's ecological crisis.
Among the works included are Jonathan Borofsky's Untitled ping pong table, which all are encouraged to play, it posits the opponents at odds with each other as one side
of the table is a «plus» and the other is a «minus»; Andreas Gursky's large
scale photograph depicts a soccer match between the Dutch and French teams, however with no ball in sight and a player injured on the field, the image speaks to the larger nationalistic
ideas of sports; Mike Kelley's Arena # 2 (Kangaroo) is comprised
of tattered stuffed animals on a used children's blanket, creating a tableaux about loss
of innocence; Kirsten Geisler's interactive female cyborg beckons the viewer with sound recognition software to
engage in a dialogue
of sorts; Yinka Shonibare's sculpture Hopscotch incorporates a classic children's game with headless mannequins dressed in Colonial attire and Sol LeWitt plays a game
of chance in his wall drawing # 716 from 1991 in which there are eight possible lines (vertical lines, horizontal lines, arcs, etc) to be placed in each square
of a grid covered wall.
With a diverse approach to making, their works have ranged from the creation
of large -
scale, dynamic public spaces, to the organization
of a nomadic theatre company — in each instance
engaging with
ideas of collective experiences and the limitations and possibilities for creating a work
of art.
Ballroom Marfa also opens Hyperobjects on April 13, a group exhibition co-organized by philosopher and Rice University professor Timothy Morton and Ballroom Marfa Director & Curator Laura Copelin, and involves «
engaging ideas from Morton's theory to confront the overwhelming
scale of today's ecological crisis.»
I think changes
of scale is an
engaging idea in both abstract painting and sculpture.
Earlier this year, Baker McKenzie's Global Technology, Media, and Telecommunications industry group was looking for a way to involve lawyers,
engage clients, work with other areas
of domain expertise, and seed
ideas to
scale in practice.
Marriage works best and has the most logic when it can create economies
of scale between two individuals with jobs, and / or resources, either tangible in the form
of a paycheck, or intangible in their willingness to contribute parenting and domestic labor — even if that means
engaging in «ideology mobility,» as I call it, and setting aside patriarchal, «traditional»
ideas that husbands should be breadwinners.