Wed 7/21-Sat 9/25
The Sculpture Center in University Circle is pushing some boundaries with its next show, Still We Rise, which opens Wednesday July 21, the first a series called Crossroads.
Drawing on the talents of a dozen northeast Ohio African-American artists, it’s a real-life palimpsest, looking at the forgotten or deliberately erased histories of six east side Cleveland neighborhoods and how race plays into that erasure.
“Examining aspects of race and neighborhood identity, each work of art is created in response to a public site of political, cultural, or historical significance with direct community engagement,” they say. The Scupture Gallery itself will display the actual artworks, while a downloadable map will lead viewers to the sites where they can view the layers via an augmented reality app, called 4th Wall, which superimposes virtual images and sound onto the environment. The virtual reality displays in public spaces can be viewed any hour of any day. They’re located in Buckeye, Central, Fairfax, Glenville, Kinsman and Slavic Village.
“Art viewed in AR suggests a new way of perceiving what is both there and not there, spoken and not spoken, and in our present and our past,” they suggest.
The show was curated by artists/art educator/activist Robin Robinson, who is co-director of Sankofa Fine Art. Her team of artists include Lawrence Baker, Donald Black Jr, Marcus Brathwaite, Gwen Garth, Amanda King, Hilton Murray, Ed Parker, Shani Richards, Vince Robinson, Charmaine Spencer, Gina Washington and Gary Williams. The show will be on view through Saturday September 25.
Learn more at The Sculpture Center: Crossroads.