Shadow Play NYC – March 3 to 28 at Revelation Gallery

Shadow Play Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Music Performance

Karen Rempel in partnership with Saint John’s in the Village invites you to attend a wine and cheese reception, art opening, and musical performance.

Logistics

  • Revelation Gallery
  • Tuesday, March 3, 7 PM to 9 PM
  • 224 Waverly Place (Between W. 11th St & 7th Avenue)
  • 212-243-6192
  • Free, but registration required at Eventbrite

The music consists of 14 one-minute original compositions inspired by the Shadow Play artwork series. The music performance will begin at 8 PM.

About the Artwork

Shadow Play is a series of 14 miniatures exploring the connections between shadow, familiar forms, color, and emotion. The series was first exhibited at the Havana Art Gallery in Vancouver, BC. The second phase of the art project took stillness into motion, adding a multiplicity of personal responses to the art, and resulted in this video. The third phase of the project brings the music dimension of 14 original compositions in response to the art. The fourth phase of the project is you!

Consent to Be Photographed

The event will be photographed and filmed. By attending you grant permission for your photograph to be used in the fourth iteration of the art project.

Further Contemplation

What is the difference between substance and its shape? Is it an absence of light, a reflection of light? The shadow seems to reveal new potentials for the object. New possibilities, alternate realities. A hint of magic, hidden within the ordinary.

The Heart Sutra in Buddhism includes the statement “Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.” A shadow is empty, yet it has form. Perhaps a single shadow is a doorway into understanding deep universal truths.

Yet the creation of this series was a playful act, form arising spontaneously from emptiness, yet never really existing. From light and shadow waves to eye, electrons, neural circuits, to pixels and bytes to dots of ink on paper, the final result is a tiny form, reflecting the inconsequential temporariness and changing insubstantiality of a shadow on a living-room wall.

Exhibition Dates

The artwork will be on display in the Revelation Gallery from March 3 to 28. Gallery hours are:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 10 AM to 3 PM

About the Performers

An exciting lineup of talented musicians will be performing original compositions and improvisations in response to each piece of art. Each performance will be one minute long.

 

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