Tricks of the Eye: History and Memory in a Shifting Social Landscape

Published March 2, 2009 Artists, Events, Works, Exhibitions
James David Morgan

Tricks of the Eye: History and Memory in a Shifting Social Landscape

jane marsching artic north Tricks of the Eye: History and Memory in a Shifting Social Landscape
Still from Future North: Ecotarium (2008), from Jane Marsching’s Arctic Listening Post (2005-09)

RISD’s Office of Public Engagement opens Tricks of the Eye: History and Memory in a Shifting Social Landscape this Thursday. The exhibition highlights the ways that local and national artists respond to the shifting landscapes that backdrop and underline our society’s actions and intentions.

Artists and projects in the exhibition include:

220 Glimpses of Utopia (John Malpede and the Los Angeles Poverty Department, Los Angeles, CA)
Arctic Listening Post (Jane D. Marsching, Boston, MA)
Armadillo FEMA Trailer Project (Jae Rhim Lee, MIT, Cambridge, MA)
Blue Hammer and ReMEMBERING WILDE(Leon Johnson, Portland, ME)
Celebrate Peoples’ History Poster Project (Josh MacPhee, New York City, NY)
Just Fish (Pam Hall, St. John’s, Newfoundland)
Navigating the Space between Home & Exile (Sheryl Mendez, New York City, NY and Iraq)
The NY Times Special Edition (Steve Lambert, New York City, NY)
Meyers Bitter Survey (The National Bitter Melon Council, Boston, MA)
Voices and Visions (Holly Ewald, Warwick, RI)

In addition, RISD Public Engagement is programming a series of discussions throughout the month around emergent and interconnected themes, featuring presentations by exhibition artists, informal panels, and class visits.

More information at RISD | Public Engagement’s website and blog.