SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 ISSUE
Looking Glass Gallery Presents Void Through September 14
The exhibition Void, a collaborative installation by David Gordon with music by Austin Fowler, will be on display in the Looking Glass Gallery on ASU’s campus through Tuesday, September 14.Void, a collaborative installation by David Gordon with music by Austin Fowler, will continue through Tuesday, September 14, in Plemmons Student Union’s Looking Glass Gallery on the ASU campus. A closing reception will be held September 14 from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the gallery. The event is free and open to the public. The exhibition is curated by Dianna Loughlin, curator for the Looking Glass Gallery.
Gordan and Fowler have turned the gallery into an environment in which light and sound combine to create a sensory experience for the viewer that challenges them to question their existence in relation to reality.
Gordon’s artistic interests are inspired by his desire to understand mental and physical place. This practice allows him to enhance simplistic visuals and sounds to create new visuals and concepts within the mind of the viewer. The visuals gain meaning through the correlation of the viewers’ body placement and the physical environment surrounding them.
Gordon’s investigation into this particular installation began with drawings and paintings, along with hours of deep and personal inward thought. The collaboration with Fowler resulted in the use of sound speakers in the piece. The result is a work of art in which Gordon and Fowler have manipulated the effects of light and music to create a new awareness of reality, unreality and of the infinite and the void.
Gordon is a senior at ASU working towards receiving a B.S. in art education and a B.F.A. in studio art with a concentration in sculpture. Though ever evolving, Gordon’s work deals with the conscious and unconscious perception of reality. Through his work, Gordon seeks to find the core purpose of his existence and what it means to be a living, breathing organism existing at a definitive point in the infinite void of time.
Fowler is a sound artist based in Carrboro. Hailing from the rural farm land of Stokes County, his work focuses on an individual’s confrontation with the modern landscape. His works involve a mixture of language and music, in which words become empty signifiers, cut up and sown across the digital field. Material is taken from a variety of sources, creating an audio-montage that simulates a grand range of the sensory experience.
Looking Glass Gallery is located on the first floor of Plemmons Student Union. Gallery hours are weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Sunday from 2:00 to 10:00 p.m. Gallery admission is free. For more information, click to www.lookingglassgallery.appstate.edu.
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