Opening Art Reception: Diametric by Simone Paterson
Venue: Squires Student Center, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, March 22, 2013
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Virginia Tech's Perspective Gallery, located in Squires Student Center, will host a public reception for the artist Simone's Paterson's "Diametric" on Friday, March 22nd.

"Diametric" consists of digital images, fabric sculpture and interactive video. Paterson explores the landscape of Appalachia and Australia. She claims that the quality of light is dramatically different in the Appalachian Mountains than in the land of her birth.

“In Australia the light is intense, sharp and at times blinding. The mountain light is filtered through a veil of moisture, a gentle caress of pastel hues as vistas open up before you on the trail.” The land is represented via abstracted images that employ digital mirroring techniques highlighting the reflection of light on land and sea. Paterson repeats the landscape upon figurative fabric sculptures. Specifically the female figure becomes an iconic representation of land and sea.

“Diametric” also consists of two interactive videos, one filmed in Australia, the other in Virginia. The interaction is controlled with the software, Isadora, using a webcam to capture the movement of the audience. Audience members are transformed into white light and their movement reveals a hidden text. The text is insistent that we are not diametrically opposed to the natural world and that “we are all netted together”, Darwin’s most important principle.

The exhibition “Diametric” prompts us to consider how the continual destruction of the natural world will hasten our demise. The Australian component has been completed and exhibited during a studio residency in Artspace Sydney and PODspace Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia 2012.

The show runs from March 19 - May 11, 2013.

The Perspective Art Gallery located on the 2nd floor of Squires Student Center.

For more information, visit: http://www.studentcenters.vt.edu/perspectivegallery/shows/diametricsimonepaterson.php or call: 540-231-4053.

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