It Is What It Is (Subject to Change)

The exhibition It Is What lt Is (Subject to Change) consists of five artists who explore the mutability of video, with approaches ranging from the documentary to the poetic. Diana Duncan Holmes uses a low res, almost primitive video to document a Shaker Village and at the same time answer questions about favorites in life (animals, authors, etc.). Russel Johnson documents the process of turning the sap of maple trees into syrup, boiling something down to its essence. Mark Patsfall inserts myriad video records into static paintings, changing the meanings of both. Charles Woodman collaborates with composer Belinda Reynolds and poet and pianist Luo Ting to create a work that is pure visual and aural poetry. Alice Pixley Young creates a riff on the surrealists “exquisite corpse” drawings by mapping changing landscapes into a visual tapestry.

Artists: Diana Duncan Holmes, Russel Johnson, Mark Patsfall, Charles Woodman, Alice Pixley Young