Hunter MFA Thesis Part I

Confluence: Uncertain Archives

November 16–December 3, 2017
Opening Reception November 16th, 6–9pm 

205 Hudson Gallery
Hunter College Art Galleries
205 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
Entrance on the south side of Canal Street between Hudson and Watts

Hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 1–6pm

Jongwon Bae
Anael Berkovitz
Christian Breed
Alta Buden
Victoria Dolloff
Christian Hendricks
Katy McCarthy
Lang Zhang

“Archives are not static. Their material reality changes over time – decayed, displaced, reorganized – and their meanings shift as well, depending on the moment and context in which we encounter them.” — Mariam Ghani, Field Notes for What we Left Unfinished

How do ideas, actions, objects and events converge for history to “happen”? Can this confluence be measured? How do we reflect on it? We mine archives for ideas, stories and people and end up also finding conflicts, gaps, and redactions. The sources we draw upon are personal and public: some artists in the show address the history of space, while others speak to a more recent past. Uncertainty occurs any time we try to construct meaning from perceptive and subjective experiences.This confluence is where we connect: to question, deviate from, and contribute.