The PLAySPACE of the California College of Arts Presents:
The Multispecies Salon II Art Show
November 10- December 6, 2008
This art exhibit will explore the worlds of microbes, animals, and plants. Works by artists, scientists, and schoolchildren will be on display from November 10 through December 6 in the PLAySPACE Gallery of the California College of Arts. The event is free and the gallery will be open to the public. Gallery hours are Tuesday 3-7pm, Thursday 3-7pm, and Saturday 12-2pm.
Living organisms will be brought from the intimate spaces of homes and scientific laboratories to the Multispecies Salon II. We will display creatures that are flourishing in unexpected places alongside representations of species in danger of extinction. Working with fragile organisms in a foreign space, we will engage with issues relating to care, contact, and contagion. Encounters between natural and cultural worlds are transforming our ideas about what it means to be human.
The art exhibit involves serious play, curiosity, and risk-taking. We are using the gallery space to open up opportunities for collaboration across disciplinary divides and social boundaries that rarely get crossed.
The Multispecies Salon II art show will take place alongside a series of events at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers, November 19-24.
