Friday at The Lab

Alterations
Featuring Francesca Pastine in the Front Gallery
Exhibition Dates: May 28 – June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, from 6-9 PM


"Content is reconfigured as a result of Pastine’s physical interventions with these print mediums. The sensory process of taking in information is made visceral. In this manner, she draws attention to the physicality of objects that are mentally consumed, and then discarded. Through these alterations, Pastine not only subtly shifts cultural output, she also prompts viewers to engage in an embodied experience of disembodied information."








Don’t You Know There’s A War Going On?
Featuring Erika Anderson in the Ticket Booth
Exhibition Dates: May 28 – June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6-9 PM


"Don’t You Know There’s A War Going On? is a video installation of a cat playing with, dismembering, and eating a bird, paired to a soundtrack of current BBC news radio. The actual event borders on the banal, but the footage is jolting. This piece explores the prosaic nature of violence, its prevalent and consistent presence in our lives, and our obligation, if any, to do something about it."