You sea every wave
I see every wave
Berkeley Art Center
Ongoing — November 22
“This afternoon was the color of water falling through sunlight.”
Amy Lowell, September, 1918
I see every wave [sic] is a group exhibition exploring attentiveness and ecological care through a site-responsive commission, immersive video, and mixed-media drawings.
Consider: “When you look out at the water, do you just see...water? Or do you see every wave?”
L2R: Annie Albagli, Living Sculpture. Close up of the upper portion of the sculpture where you can also see the screen behind that is displaying Albagli’s ocean video; followed by the entire sculpture with hoses continuously piping water throughout the piece, and a close up of the foot of the sculpture.
Even if you only see water, you know the waves will come later, fleshing out and individuating anew, once the image is retrieved and processed into language and memory and sound. Look at the hundreds of star-filtered points bouncing off the murky gray slate of Lake Merritt, the thousands of starbursts dancing on the cerulean Pacific as far as the eye can see, and the squint-inducing flares that ricochet off the gentle, jade ripples of The Bay close-at-hand. All while the Giant Yellow Orb glints hotly from its late afternoon station.
L2R: Ruby T. Dipper; Altar for getting slammed so hard by a wave [sic], and Death Dance of the Germinated Universe.
I see every wave is an exhibition about mindfulness, close reading, a caring gesture and the importance of noticing the play of light and surface across our surroundings in nature. It takes delightful advantage of the Berkeley Art Center’s unique architecture and its natural surroundings to explore this theme, using BAC’s dark, cavernous interior, the sun-dappled park outside and the rushing cut of the creek below.
Related Programs:
Artists in Conversation:
Saturday, October 10, 3-5 pm. Curator Aay Preston-Myint in conversation with Annie Albagli and Joshua Moreno with a performance by Annie Albagli. RSVP
Public Programs:
TBD Art Workshops October/November
Closing Reception:
Saturday, November 22, 3-5 pm
For more information, click here.
Joshua Moreno, EVERYTHING FALLS EVENTUALLY (from the deck and railing outside BAC at Live Oak Park).
