The Gitana Mirochnik / The Citizen
We've all lost something at one point in our lives - a piece of paper, a gift, a relationship. That is the premise of this weekend's art show at Wells College.
“Lost and Found” explores a few key questions: For instance, when you lose something, why don't you go looking for it? And how long do you have something before you stop looking for it? Asking these questions is Assistant Professor of Theater Siouxsie Grady, who collaborated on the project with Professor of Dance Jeanne Goddard.
“I was walking on campus and I saw a lot of things on the ground, a lot of left-behind pieces of paper and old pieces of string and pens and notes and cans and cups and I thought that they were dropped from people. I wondered if any of them meant anything to the people who dropped them, and were they coming back to pick them up,” Grady said. “I just collected these items. And then I started thinking about things that I lost myself, that I just let go of instead of going back to get it.”
Throughout the process, Grady thought about what happens when something or someone gets found but you don't need or want it anymore. “Lost and Found” focuses on that theme, as well as the ideas of what it means to lose something and what it means to not go looking for it.
Friday and Saturday evening, there will be live performances in addition to a gallery-style art show. Those who wish to view the art show can also come on Sunday.
“There's going to be art everywhere. We're going to have dances, we'll have actors on the stage inviting people to participate or not participate at their will. In one sense, it's the traditional art gallery, where you can walk around and look at art. In the other sense, it's a theatrical performance,” Grady said.
The event will showcase a variety of 2-D and 3-D art, including approximately 15 unique maps designed by students at Wells College. For Grady, making the maps - such as “a map to becoming my mother” and the “map of me” - was one of her favorite parts.
One of the most interesting objects Grady found on her quest was a crab claw. She also enjoyed reading the various notes and poetry.
“I really think that so much that we do right now is all handled electronically. And we have so few tangible items. All of our photos are uploaded to a computer rather than actually being printed out,” she said. “So, we tend to gather more things on the Internet than we do in person, and I think it's really interesting and it's coming to the idea that if your computer crashes, so much is lost, all of your information is lost. And that were relying on that to make it happen rather than the tangible people, the tangible objects.”
Though she can't predict what people will get out of the show, Grady hopes it persuades them to take a deeper look at what matters.
“I really hope that it might encourage people to take a look around them,” she said, “and decide what level of interest they give the things, the people and the objects in their lives.”
Gitana Mirochnik
253-5311 ext. 237
gitana.mirochnik@lee.net
What: “Lost and Found” performance art
When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1
Where: String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora
Cost: Free
Info: Call 364-3232 or visit www.wells.edu
“Lost and Found” explores a few key questions: For instance, when you lose something, why don't you go looking for it? And how long do you have something before you stop looking for it? Asking these questions is Assistant Professor of Theater Siouxsie Grady, who collaborated on the project with Professor of Dance Jeanne Goddard.
“I was walking on campus and I saw a lot of things on the ground, a lot of left-behind pieces of paper and old pieces of string and pens and notes and cans and cups and I thought that they were dropped from people. I wondered if any of them meant anything to the people who dropped them, and were they coming back to pick them up,” Grady said. “I just collected these items. And then I started thinking about things that I lost myself, that I just let go of instead of going back to get it.”
Throughout the process, Grady thought about what happens when something or someone gets found but you don't need or want it anymore. “Lost and Found” focuses on that theme, as well as the ideas of what it means to lose something and what it means to not go looking for it.
Friday and Saturday evening, there will be live performances in addition to a gallery-style art show. Those who wish to view the art show can also come on Sunday.
“There's going to be art everywhere. We're going to have dances, we'll have actors on the stage inviting people to participate or not participate at their will. In one sense, it's the traditional art gallery, where you can walk around and look at art. In the other sense, it's a theatrical performance,” Grady said.
The event will showcase a variety of 2-D and 3-D art, including approximately 15 unique maps designed by students at Wells College. For Grady, making the maps - such as “a map to becoming my mother” and the “map of me” - was one of her favorite parts.
One of the most interesting objects Grady found on her quest was a crab claw. She also enjoyed reading the various notes and poetry.
“I really think that so much that we do right now is all handled electronically. And we have so few tangible items. All of our photos are uploaded to a computer rather than actually being printed out,” she said. “So, we tend to gather more things on the Internet than we do in person, and I think it's really interesting and it's coming to the idea that if your computer crashes, so much is lost, all of your information is lost. And that were relying on that to make it happen rather than the tangible people, the tangible objects.”
Though she can't predict what people will get out of the show, Grady hopes it persuades them to take a deeper look at what matters.
“I really hope that it might encourage people to take a look around them,” she said, “and decide what level of interest they give the things, the people and the objects in their lives.”
Gitana Mirochnik
253-5311 ext. 237
gitana.mirochnik@lee.net
What: “Lost and Found” performance art
When: 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 27 and 28; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 1
Where: String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora
Cost: Free
Info: Call 364-3232 or visit www.wells.edu
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