ARC in the Dark Interactive Event

Organized by artist, Carla Rae Johnson in collaboration with Arc of the Viral Universe “Arc-ists,” and with Studio Theater in Exile at Hudson Valley MOCA 1701 Main Street, Peekskill, NY Interactive Event: Sunday, June 11, 2023 - 3:00 - 5:30 pm

Participants will share a real-time experience of turning and reading notebook pages via a large-scale projection in the theater. Notebook creators (“arc-sts”) will offer insights into how these notebooks illuminate their unique experience of the turbulent months of 2020/2021.

Then, just as during the early days of the pandemic, we will find ourselves in total darkness!

Participants, in turn, will use a small light to illuminate their notebooks through reading and descriptions of the imagery. The audience will be invited to join in, sharing from a notebook they have chosen.

“Arc of the Viral Universe” notebooks exhibited at a recent venue.

Notebooks created by:

Karen Allen - Inez Andrucyzk - Anne E. Bruce - Jo-Ann Brody - Angela Carrozza - Laurel Garcia Colvin - Linda Cunningham - Patricia Dahlman - Maria DeLaney - Beth DeWitt - Maureen Dillon - Flori Doyle - Linda Jean Fisher - Marcy B. Freedman -Wendie Garber Bonnie Glauber - Steve Jacoby- Claudia Jacques - Carla Rae Johnson - Barbara Lipp - Mary McFerran G. Ray Mak - Brook Maher - Willie Marlowe - Susan Obrant - Amie Oliver - Bonnie Peritz - Francine Perlman - Pearl Rosen Golden - Cristina Ramos-Payne - Jacqueline Rivera - Sharon Rubinstein - Ann Shapiro - Devin Siglock - Barbara Suggs - Peg Taylor - Lavinia Wiggins Dava Frog Wing