Reality or Illusion?
The title was born out of the tension of opposites, between hope and despair, activism and complacency. The basic question asked is, “What does it mean to be a human in these days?” The exhibit’s environment becomes a cocoon, literally a greenhouse and an embodied metaphor, which asks visitors the above question of identity.
The gallery is to be transformed into an “industrial grow” operation, a type of plant farming technique whereby participants walk through soil, plants and grow lights and “stumble into” the art exhibit. From a humidor-type feel one will enter the main hall in which steamed surfaces have been created as if misted mirrors hang throughout the space. Upon these varied canvases will be “written” words, images or swipings as one would find in a bathroom.
