Dallas Medianale, Call and Response, Lilly Albritton
Call and Response
Curated by Charles Dee Mitchell and Danielle Avram Morgan
part of Dallas Medianale 2015
Lilly Albritton: ¡Qué Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
An opening reception will be held Saturday, January 17, 2015, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, located at 3120 McKinney Avenue, in the Uptown District of Dallas.
Exhibitions will be on view through March 7, 2014.
Square and Large Gallery:
Dallas Medianale 2015
Call and Response Curated by Charles Dee Mitchell and Danielle Avram Morgan
New Works space:
Lilly Albritton: ¡Qué Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
Jan 17 – Mar 7, 2015
Opening reception Saturday, January 17, 2015, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Dallas Medianale 2015
Presented by the Video Association of Dallas (VAD)
including Installations in the Large Gallery & Square Gallery
and Seated screenings in the Black Box Theatre at The MAC
The Dallas Medianale will comprise installations, screenings, and intermedia performances in the galleries and black box theater of The MAC, showcasing works by internationally renowned artists
working in film and video.
Call and Response
Dallas Medianale installations in the Large Gallery and Square Gallery
Co-curated by Charles Dee Mitchell and Danielle Avram Morgan
Pioneering computer films will be revisited alongside bleeding-edge experiments in moving images and interactivity. Works will range from iconic achievements in early video art to immersive performances with radical repurposing of obsolete video technology. Featured artists include Francis Alÿs (Call & Response, Part 1), Andrew Blanton, Kyle Evans + James Connolly/Cracked Ray Tube, Harun Farocki, Gary Hill, Owen Kydd, Liz Larsen/LZX Industries, Dani Leventhal, Jodi Mack, Sean Miller, Bruce Nauman, Tara Nelson, Jennifer Reeder, Michael Robinson, William Sarradet, Lillian Schwartz, Joe Sola, Micah Stansell (Call & Response, Part 2), Deborah Stratman, Stan Vanderbeek, John and James Whitney, and more. Multiple screenings, workshop and after party.
More information on this and all the Dallas Medianale events is available on the VAD website, the Dallas Medianale website and the Dallas Medianale Facebook Page.
Dallas Medianale 2015 Sponsors
Texas Commission on the Arts, Dallas Film Commission, Alfred Media Service, and Selig
Polyscope
Lilly Albritton: ¡Qué Viva la Virgen de Guadalupe!
A Photographic Essay
New Works Space
Albritton presents a photographic essay with an altar-installation displaying devotion to the Virgin Guadalupe along the US-Mexico border that incorporates recordings of celebratory chants. Ceremonial dance, singing, religious processions and pilgrimages are documented in order to preserve how these ever-evolving practices take place in a certain region and point in time.
Counterbalancing the violent images coming from Mexican news, Albritton introduces “unique acts of popular devotion” to new audiences. A fresh perspective arises and peace is promoted through generating an appreciation of cultural practices. Photos taken over nine years in seven cities: Mexico City; San Antonio, Texas; El Paso, Texas; Las Cruces, New Mexico; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Phoenix, Arizona; and Los Angeles, California. The narrative supports Albritton’s doctoral dissertation in Aesthetic Studies at the University of Texas Dallas.