Opening at the UC Art Gallery
Jen Lindow
Students reflect possibilities in Windows on the Future
at The University Center Art Gallery
What if you could glimpse the future, for just a moment? A scene rushing by
the window of a subway train. Or a still frame, an image frozen in
time-yet-to-be. A shape, a sound, a structure, a word --- what represents
future? Five Carnegie Mellon students exhibit their individual
interpretations of this timely theme as part of Windows on the Future at The
University Center Art Gallery, March 7 11, 2000.
Four works represent varied media and speculations of the possible future:
Ziva Borlja, a third-year art student, exhibits mixed media sculpture
contemplating the future of biomedical technology. "Will I know the touch
of only silicon?" Borlja presents one frightening possibility while
retaining the hope that his own life remains "mediated through flesh and
nerve."
Michael Jehn, a first-year architecture student, displays his renderings of
futuristic skyscrapers, including his own design for one of the world¹s
tallest buildings. These towering structures reflect a stainless urban
future in their own clean windows and crisp lines.
Mortimer Lebigre and Tom Lin, fourth-year art students, developed Alfie and
Marvin in 1998 as part of the "Art in Context" course at CMU. Their vision
defies the stereotypical post-nuclear holocaust world by showing the lighter
side of "death, destruction and decay." Complex issues such as faith are
treated with comedy and hopefulness in this 7-minute animation.
Laura Nelson, a second-year art student, works with contemporary material,
breaking conventions of traditional dressmaking. Her exhibited mixed media
piece incorporates Plexiglas and copper wiring. She creates a dress form
that emphasizes both simplicity and nakedness.
This exhibition is held in conjunction with the Carnegie Mellon Career
Center¹s arts careers conference, Making A Living, Living Your Dream: A
Forum for Students and Arts Professionals , scheduled for March 8 9, 2000.
A public gallery reception will be held during a campus-wide arts tour,
T.B.A. Refreshments will be provided.
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The University Center Art Gallery is located on the campus of Carnegie
Mellon University at 5000 Forbes Avenue in Oakland, inside the University
Center. Metered parking is available in the university garage on Forbes
Avenue.
The University Center Art Gallery is supported by Carnegie Mellon¹s Student
Activities Office. It aims to increase cultural awareness throughout the
university community by offering a diverse schedule of creative media and
theme presentations.
The Gallery is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.;
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays from noon to 3 p.m. during
the academic semester.
For further information, please call the university information desk at
(412) 268-2107.