Performance and Opening Reception for Cinematic Involutions

Join us for a Projection Performance by artist Simon Liu and Opening Reception to celebrate the opening of Cinematic Involutions. Following the performance, Liu will be in conversation with curator Toby Wu and fellow Cinematic Involutions artist, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, followed by a reception on Level 1 of the Carpenter Center.

Please note: Performance depicts sequences of flashing lights.
 

6:00–9:00 pm, Opening Reception, Gallery, Level 1

7:00–8:00 pm, Performance, Lower Lever Theater 

Free and open to the public.

Seating in the Carpenter Center is limited, and will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis.

Please email [email protected] with any questions about accessing the theater.

Projection Performance by Simon Liu 
 
Harbour City. 2015. Dual 16mm projection performance. Silent. 12 min. 
Highview. 2017. Quadruple 16mm projection performance. Silent. 22 min. 
 
[on Highview] "Upon the North Point a torrential downpour of instants tease their way into sight, but never fully form. Shutter-induced memories reduced to speckles, dissipating into fog. Here, my initial disappointments in a material defect morph into opportunity - satisfying an itch to melt instances together, to see any number of places as one. I want to go home. These images were meant to show us what goes where - but I can't make out the path. Maybe we should lay them all out on the floor and try to put the pieces back together. In another five days, I'll need to leave." — Simon Liu 
 
Please be warned that this section of the program contains some flashing lights sequences.