[spectre] CĂLIN DAN exhibition announcement

[Geert Lovink]

From: Marian Mazzone <MazzoneM at cofc.edu>

HALSEY INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART TO HOST
EMOTIONAL ARCHITECTURE: AZIMUTH OF FISSURE
WORKS BY CĂLIN DAN

> Charleston, SC - The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art will be 
> exhibiting Emotional Architecture: Azimuth of Fissure from May 16 – 
> June 20, 2008. This exhibition, curated by Marian Mazzone, will 
> feature some of the finest examples to date from artist Călin Dan’s 
> on-going Emotional Architecture project, as well as work Dan created 
> in response to his visit to Charleston earlier this spring. 
>  Charleston’s history, as it is traced in the city’s urban fabric and 
> remnant images, has been incorporated into Dan’s long-term interest in 
> architecture and memory.  The exhibition opening reception will be 
> held Friday, May 16, from 5-7 p.m. A gallery talk by Călin Dan will 
> take place on Saturday, May 17 at 1 p.m.
>
> Included in the exhibition are several works from the artist’s 
> Emotional Architecture series, each related to a particular place:  
> sony/wmf/pp (1994-2003) to Amsterdam, Sample City (2005) to Bucharest, 
> Romania, Trip (2006) to Tallinn, Estonia, and the new work inspired by 
> Charleston.  Using documentary images from the 1886 earthquake 
> preserved in the holdings of the South Caroliniana Library at the 
> University of South Carolina, nineteenth and twentieth century 
> photographs from area archives, audio from films such as The Patriot, 
> and video material gathered on-site, Dan focuses our attention on the 
> complex, mixing layers of time and experience left on our buildings, 
> on our city, and on our culture—and what we make of them in our lives 
> today.  For Dan, these images contain the ghostly traces of the past 
> that leave fissures on our present—like the post-earthquake fissures 
> left on the landscape, the cracks in the structure of Randolph Hall, 
> and the remnants of history that project into our present.  Fissures 
> are also separating forces, cracks that open between spaces, allowing 
> us to manipulate what we see and understand about our environment. 
>
> The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present this 
> new work by the artist, his first project in the United States. 
> Generous support of Călin Dan’s visits to Charleston and this 
> exhibition was provided by the Mondriaan Foundation of the 
> Netherlands, and the College of Charleston, including the Provost’s 
> Discretionary Fund, the Dean of the School of the Arts, and the Dean 
> of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
>
> The Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art is located within the Simons 
> Center for the Arts at 54 St. Phillip Street. Parking is available in 
> the St. Phillip Street Garages. Gallery hours are Monday-Saturday, 11 
> – 4 p.m., or by appointment. For more information contact the Halsey 
> Institute of Contemporary Art at (843) 953-5680 or visit the website 
> at www.halsey.cofc.edu.
>
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