Sondra Perry
Studio Residency
c3:initiative is pleased to host artist Sondra Perry as a studio resident while she prepares for her solo exhibition, Chromatic Saturation, at Disjecta Contemporary Arts Center.
Exhibition on view at Disjecta Contemporary Arts Center |
March 17 - April 29, 2018
Opening Reception at Disjecta | March 17, 6-9pm
ABOUT THE EXHIBTION
Sondra Perry’s Chromatic Saturation explores the intersection of technology and black history through sculptural and installation works. Examining “blackness as a technology, changing and adapting, through the constant surveillance and oppression of black folks.” Perry formulates identity through familial history and digital representations of the body.
Chroma-key blue and Chroma-key green, color hues used in video and gaming production, are painted on opposing walls between Perry’s projected video works. Executed in two channels, Lineage for a Multiple-Monitor Workstation: Number One combines family documentary with staged performance. Directly across the gallery, IT’S IN THE GAME ‘17 or Mirror Gag for Vitrine and Projection follows the avatar of Perry’s twin brother exploring 3D rendered artifacts in the MET and British History Museums. Positioned between the two works sits TK 1, TK 4, and TK 5, the newest iteration of Perry’s sculptural works. The objects are comprised of shot trainers, stationary equipment for basketball training and video monitors, allowing viewers to interface with the video through specific placement of their bodies.
Through the portrayal of lineage as documentary and 3D rendered avatar, Perry examines the impact of digital media in formulating identity. Referencing the materials and color palettes of open source 3D design, the artist responds to gaming and sports platforms that capitalize on and simulate black bodies. Utilizing a semi-autobiographical familial narrative, Perry immerses the viewer in a unique navigation of personhood.
This is the final of four exhibitions of the Season 7 Curator–in–Residence Program curated by Julia Greenway.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sondra Perry is an artist working in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Currently, Perry has a solo exhibition on view at the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington and Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London. In 2016, she presented a solo exhibition at The Kitchen in New York. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions at venues including the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2017); Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2017); The New Museum, New York (2017); Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (2016); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2015); and MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2015). Spanning the last five years, Perry has screened her videos and presented talks at institutions including the Vera List Center at The New School, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and The Artist’s Institute, New York, among others.
ABOUT SONDRA PERRY
Sondra Perry is an artist working in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Currently, Perry has a solo exhibition on view at the Seattle Art Museum in Seattle, Washington and Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London. In 2016, she presented a solo exhibition at The Kitchen in New York. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions at venues including the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2017); Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2017); The New Museum, New York (2017); Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York (2016); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (2015); and MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York (2015). Spanning the last five years, Perry has screened her videos and presented talks at institutions including the Vera List Center at The New School, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and The Artist’s Institute, New York, among others.
ABOUT DISJECTA CURATOR IN RESIDENCE, JULIA GREENWAY
Julia Greenway is originally from Detroit, Michigan. She began her curatorial practice with Interstitial a contemporary new media gallery in Georgetown. Her work focuses on how digital media influences the aesthetic presentation of gender, economics, and environment. Upon relocating to Seattle 4 years ago, she began working with Kira Burge to create venues in which new media artists could receive the maximum amount of curatorial support. From 2012 to 2014 she developed exhibitions at various galleries and institutions within the region: LxWxH, SOIL Gallery, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle Art Museum, Bumbershoot Festival, as well as participating in the Seattle Storefronts Project. In 2015, Julia was recognized by the New Foundation Seattle as part of its New Fellows program. Greenway is Disjecta’s seventh Curator in Residence.
ABOUT THE DISJECTA CURATION IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM
The Curator in Residence program provides an opportunity for emerging curatorial talent to develop and expand the scope of their practice through a one-year residency. Curators engage with a broad range of artists to create a series of exhibitions in Disjecta’s dynamic 3,500-square-foot space. Past Curators in Residence include: Michele Fiedler (2016-17), Chiara Giovando (2015-16), Rachel Adams (2014-15), Summer Guthery (2013-14), Josephine Zarkovich (2012-13), and Jenene Nagy (2011-12).
ABOUT SEASON 7
The 2017-2018 Curator in Residence season by Julia Greenway showcases four exhibitions by a diverse group of contemporary female artists. Through site-specific installations and cross-cultural dialogue, the seventh CiR season evokes themes of identity as mediated through digital communications.