Janelle Iglesias: Even a Simple Call Can Turn Into A Complex Racket
Janelle Iglesias: Even a Simple Call Can Turn Into a Complex Racket
February 12–July 9, 2016
Janelle Iglesias is the —a program in which artists are invited to mine CU Â鶹ӰԺ’s creative and intellectual resources and collaborate with faculty and students to produce new artwork. Fascinated by the human impulse to collect and throw things away, Janelle is always on the lookout for natural and cultural artifacts that present an archeology of place. She amasses materials like driftwood, Styrofoam and glass that have been processed by time and nature and up-cycles them into intricate environments. Janelle will incorporate actual and copied objects from CU Â鶹ӰԺs’ various collections, including the Museum of Natural History, the Evolutionary and Ecology Greenhouse and trees on campus, into an ever-evolving sculptural installation. Her mechanisms of display employ translation, mimicry, and mirroring to heighten the interconnectedness of things and people. The museum will become a flexible space: a site for viewing and performance, a think tank and a playground, where audiences can interact with the artist and participating students as they transform the gallery over time.
Curated by Sandra Q. Firmin, director, CU Art Museum.
This exhibition is generously supported by a Roser Visiting Artist Endowment, an Arts Mini Grant funded by the College of Arts and Sciences, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Student Arts and Cultural Enrichment fees, and CU Art Museum members.
View installation images of the exhibition, phase one, here.
View installation images of the exhibition, phase two, here.