HOW WE GATHER Exhibition Opening

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UC San Diego Visual Arts

The group exhibition investigates the notion of solidarity across various contemporary artists’ practices through the lens of the pandemic.

Mandeville Art Gallery

<h3>Opening Party Saturday October 7th, 2-6pm, featuring a new commission by Elana Mann and Sharon Chohi Kim, performed by the San Diego New Verbal Workshop at 4pm. </h3><h3>Taco catering 2-4pm, open bar 2-6pm*. Park at <a href="https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1005#!m/621035" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Scholars Parking Lot</a>.</h3><p>The group exhibition <em>How We Gather</em> investigates the notion and enactment of solidarity across various contemporary artists’ practices through the lens of the pandemic. The state of emergency brought on by COVID-19 both magnified existing structures of precarity and inequity, while also strengthening social bonds. In the words of writer, activist, and artist Johanna Hedva, as a society we witnessed “what happens when care insists on itself, when the care of others becomes mandatory, when it takes up space and money and labor and energy.” The failures, shocks, and losses brought on by the pandemic revealed a deficit of care in numerous realms, inspiring many artists, activists, and theorists to reevaluate how their work can generate a greater responsibility to a collective body—a stronger sense of unity, collaboration, and mutuality. From conversations on “solidarity economics” to attempts to build “solidarity infrastructures,” this exhibition takes stock of what solidarity in the arts means today.</p><h2>Participating Artists:</h2><h3>Zarouhie Abdalian, Adelita Husni-Bey, Pia Camil, Cog•nate Collective, Kimi Hanauer, Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard, Elana Mann, noé olivas, Nina Sarnelle and Selwa Sweidan, Alice Yuan Zhang </h3><aside>[Image: Elana Mann and Sharon Chohi Kim, <em>Hope is a Hammer</em>, 2023 (Documentation of a collaborative performance by Sharon Chohi Kim and Elana Mann with eleven performers and eighty sculptures, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA) Photo Credit: Ruth Kim]</aside><aside><strong>*Note:</strong> The opening celebration is an all-ages event, but alcohol will be available to adults 21+ with a government-issued ID. Per university guidance, guests are invited to sign a <a href="https://forms.gle/9aYxb5hjxu5xq6hk8" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">general waiver form</a>.</aside><p><a href="https://mandevilleartgallery.ucsd.edu/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://mandevilleartgallery.ucsd.edu/</a></p>

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