Past Exhibition
Incident Light: Gendered Artifacts and Traces Illuminated in the Archives
May 25 - July 27, 2014
Curated by Leila Pourtavaf
With works by Tara Najd Ahmadi & Hannah Darabi*, Ala Dehghan* Maryam Jafri, Jumana Manna, Nahed Mansour, The Otolith Group & Tejal Shah
*works commissioned by Azar Mahmoudian in collaboration with the curator
In photography, the term “incident light” refers to both the source emitting the direct light which illuminates a subject, as well as secondary sources which redirect light onto it to reveal unseen details. Incident Light features a group of Middle Eastern and South Asian artists whose works focus on traces of gender and sexuality within various archives from the region. The exhibit questions the authority that nationalist historiographies hold in relation to their subjects through a repositioning of the cultural artifacts from various historical depositories. Building new stories from fragmented knowledge, the exhibition harnesses generative forces that anticipate, foresee and fantasize about what was and could have been.
Current Billboard Commission
Five Minute Mirror
By Bernie Miller
May 1, 2014 - September 2, 2014
Past Event
Radicalizing the Campus
July 15 - 17, 2014
Curated by Yan Wu, led by Cohabitation Strategies
Blackwood Gallery