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SUMMARY:Subversive Dreams: Allison Maria Rodriguez
DESCRIPTION:Emerson Contemporary\, presents “Subversive Dreams\,” an exhibition featuring digital video animations by Cuban-American visual artist Allison Maria Rodriguez. \nThe exhibition is also featured as a Special Project in the AREA CODE Art Fair\, New England’s first art fair dedicated exclusively to regional artists. Images from the exhibition are available. \n \n“Subversive Dreams” features work from the “Legends Breathe” series\, an ongoing project based on interviews with different female-identified and non-binary artists about childhood fantasies that assisted them in overcoming trauma. This project speaks to a strategy of survival activated through the power of creativity and invokes the imaginary\, a force that is socially embraced in youth\, but suppressed in adulthood. \nEach of the six videos\, which are installed together as an interactive installation\, explores these individual fantasies\, highlighting their uniqueness\, their commonalities\, and their inherent power. One primary element evident in all the fantasies is a harvesting of strength and transcendence through a deep connection to the natural world. The work is populated by endangered species and threatened habitats\, conveying a link between the trauma and healing of our planet to that of the individual. \nArtist Statement: “There is power in creativity. There is strength in reimagining.”\n“Subversive Dreams” reclaims the concept of fantasy as a tool of empowerment for social change\, not as a method of escapism. Declared worthless in a capitalist society centered around white patriarchal notions of productivity\, fantasy and play are the building blocks in creating something new – they are exercises in resistance and in the possibility of reimagining our world. \nOperating at the intersection of environmental and social justice\, this work also illustrates a harvesting of strength and transcendence through a deep connection to the natural world. It conveys a link between the trauma and healing of our planet to that of the individual. Ultimately\, “Subversive Dreams” emphasizes the interconnection of our universe and celebrates the power of the imagination and its crucial role in the process of actualizing new ways of being. \nThis project was funded in part by a grant from The CreateWell Fund. \nAbout Allison Maria Rodriguez\nAllison Maria Rodriguez is a first-generation Cuban-American interdisciplinary artist working predominantly in video installation and new media. She creates immersive experiential spaces that challenge conventional ways of knowing and understanding the world. Her work focuses extensively on climate change\, species extinction and the interconnectivity of existence. \nThrough video\, performance\, digital animation\, photography\, drawing\, collage and installation\, Rodriguez merges and blends mediums to create new pictorial spaces for aesthetic\, emotional and conceptual exploration. She uses art to communicate beyond language – to open up a space of possibility for the viewer to encounter alternative ways of connecting to the emotional realities of others. \nAbout AREA CODE\nOn view August 1-31\, 2020\, AREA CODE is an inaugural art fair presenting work by contemporary artists with ties to New England. Informed by values of collective intelligence\, transparent experimentation\, and open access in the wake of COVID-19\, the Fair has been developed in collaboration with a volunteer team of Boston-area curators\, and will be free for exhibitors and viewers. \nThrough online and decentralized in-person experiences across Boston\, the Fair will feature works from New England’s most inspiring art galleries\, nonprofit organizations\, and individual artists (including recent graduate students) without gallery representation. Along with the Fair’s Main Section\, AREA CODE will debut curated sections of performance art\, drive-in or drive-by outdoor presentations of digital/video art\, and storefront displays\, along with live programming. For more information: www.areacodeartfair.com.
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