Dispatch
Art.i.fact | July 2016
It’s the Santa Fe art market, as seen from the outside in. Local art groups SCUBA and Strangers Collective challenged 96 New Mexico artists to create representations of Santa Fe art spaces on 3 x 6-inch tiles. The grid of visual “dispatches” will fill Art.i.fact, forming a monumental map of the art establishment by artists who often work outside its boundaries. The exhibition brings two poles of Santa Fe’s art world together for new conversations.
“Each tile on this giant tabletop represents a unique viewpoint on the art world,” says Sandra Wang of SCUBA. “It’s a platform for artists to examine and discuss art spaces — and their role in the larger community — in a very direct way.” Throughout the exhibition, visitors to the show will be encouraged to mail their own "dispatches" to the featured art spaces on pre-stamped postcards. As mysterious letters appear in mailboxes all over town, disparate members of the art world will join the discussion.
“The featured artists often work in close proximity to the spaces they’re depicting in this show, but don’t necessarily have much contact with them,” says Kyle Farrell, co-founder of Strangers Collective. “What will happen when we literally bring them to the same table?”
Press
This exhibition was part of the annual Baca Street Bash, and received a spotlight in Pasatiempo’s “Mixed Media” column. It subsequently traveled to Trolley Gallery at New Mexico Highlands University, a display that featured additional works by artists from Las Vegas, NM.
My contributions: Curatorial (including call-in audio guide) with Kyle Farrell, Alex Gill and SCUBA, press relations with Alex Gill