Curated by Carlos Castro Arias & Sarah Trujillo-Porter Deviate / Landscape revolves around contemporary approaches to artmaking that deal with the idea of landscape as a constructed and deconstructed space.
This exhibition is presented in partnership with San Diego State University School of Art + Design and Art Council Ambassadors
SDSU Students may enjoy free admission for opening night with a valid Student ID at the door.
Exhibiting Artists
Miguel Arzabe
Lana Z Caplan
Carolina Caycedo
Remi Dalton
Ashley Fenderson
Jessica Ling Findley
Eleanor Greer
Richard Keely
Adam John Manley
Carolina Montejo
Hillary Mushkin
Arzu Ozkal
Scott Polach
Rachelle Reichert
Jon Rodley
Daniel Ruanova
Ali Silverstein
Eva Struble
Bradley Gray Tucker
César Vázquez
Jevijoe Vitug
Trinh Mai: That We Should Be Heirs
That We Should Be Heirs encourages participants to engage in the lost art of letter writing as a method of alleviating burdens and promoting healing. By putting hand to paper and joining one another in this collective activity of personal letter writing, we can share in this intimate process of privately documenting the stories, hardships, and triumphs that connect us all.
Letters written by immigrants and families of immigrants are encouraged. Letters handwritten in participants’ native tongues are welcomed and encouraged. Writings by survivors are encouraged. This project includes on-site activities and off-site workshops during which participants will be asked to write letters to themselves and/or others to pay respect to those who have shared in our heartaches and the approaches we’ve found to quiet our pain.
All writings will be rolled and bound with string, and therefore, will remain private as part of the installation. That We Should Be Heirs aims to offer a hallowed space for the participants to release their burdens and their fears into the art. As more letters are received, the installation will continue to evolve. This project focuses on one of the most profound commonalities that we all have—our desire to heal, our constant search for new ways to alleviate our burdens, our hope to gain victory over fear, and the consistent need to let go of the things that have a way of hardening our hearts.