stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes, Curated by william cordova , Emerson Dorsch Gallery
Channel: MSA eXperimental
Date: 2022-05-14

stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes, Curated by william cordova , Emerson Dorsch gallery


stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes, Curated by william cordova

“in one case, the out of field designates that which exists elsewhere, to one side or around; in the other case, the out of field testifies to a more disturbing presence, one which cannot even be said to exist, but rather to insist or subsist, a more radical elsewhere, outside homogeneous space and time”

-Gilles Deleuze (Cinema I: The Movement-Image, 1983)

Emerson Dorsch is pleased to announce stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes, a group exhibition curated by william cordova. The exhibition opens Sunday, April 24th, and will be on view through June 18th, 2022.

stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes explores the concept of the lens as a portal, frame, or window; an entry point that one can further investigate to unlock narratives beyond the limits of a two-dimensional plane, one that is informed, constructed, and activated by the the our personal experiences. The mobility/immobility of this two-dimensional lens operates as a static object on the one hand while penetrating through the fabric of our consciousness with implied narratives on the other. We, as spectators, enter these portals constantly seeking paisajes or landscapes. Still, we encounter these landscapes through the comfort and familiarity of our individual lenses -further eliminating the possibility of experiencing new discoveries and perspectives.

These familial experiences can be altered by allowing ourselves the time to expand the way in which we interpret the landscape. In doing so, we process and disseminate the parallels between familiar and distant moments/memories; in many cases, those that have been forgotten or displaced. Juxtaposing known images, sounds, and situations with foreign ones slowly create a paradox between the familiar and unfamiliar. By threading, constructing, and overlapping multiple narratives, the artists in stand up next 2 a mountain: portals y paisajes propose alternative perspectives that reconsider the known physical and psychological terrain.