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CURTAIN: An Installation by Erika Johnson

CURTAIN: An Installation by Erika Johnson

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5/5/2008
All Day
Contact:
Brenna Cothran
URL:
http://www.parthenon.org
Location:
The Parthenon, Centennial Park, 2600 West End Ave. 
Category:
Open to the Public

Erika Johnson, who worked with acclaimed feminist artist Judy Chicago at the Vanderbilt University invitational in 2006, will create an installation in the Parthenon's West Gallery. The installation, titled Curtain, explores the ways modern technology connects us but also hinders attempts at true communication. Because the amount of information available on the internet is so vast, it can become an impediment to action. Johnson explores this issue especially as it relates to the overwhelming amount of information available about global societal problems such as world hunger and genocide. Though modern technologies call us to action by making us aware of these issues, their sheer number can render us helpless.

Johnson's installation is an attempt to address and reconcile these issues. As she states, "Curtain is an installation, a fearful, playful, hopeful attempt at reclamation, an invitation."

An opening reception will take place at the Parthenon on Saturday, May 3 from 6-8 p.m. Sponsored by the Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, this reception is free and open to the public.

The Parthenon (directions) is open 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday. Admission is $5.00 for adults and $2.50 for seniors 62 and over and children 4-17. Children under 4 are free.

Image caption: detail of Curtain installation by Erika Johnson, mixed media, 2008.

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