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CONTACT: Jamie Rager, College of Fine Arts
(850) 645-2706; jamie.rager@fsu.edu
FSU DEPARTMENT OF ART PRESENTS “UNSTILL LIFE: A STUDY,” CURATED BY JEAN SHON AND NIA LOVE AT THE FAB GALLERY
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida State University Department of Art and FAB Gallery will open an exhibition this October showcasing the work of students in Jean Shon and Nia Love’s co-taught class “Unstill Life”. “Unstill Life: A Study” brings together nine students participating in this class focused on combining visual art, dance, and theater to explore environmental sites around Tallahassee: the historical sculptures on the FSU campus (Site 1), Railroad Square (Site 2), and the FAB Gallery (Site 3).
Through research, body scores, and conversations around each site’s history, student artists Max Allen, Lilian Baker, Alyssa Barbee, Aryama Bej, Addison Jedd, Andres Laguna, Nneka Onwuka, Farrah Phillips, and Smyrna Troncoso create embodied responses, narratives, and generative works using the body, video, performance, installation, and sound scores. Each site is confluent upon the next, creating collective relationships, iterations of transformations, and transmissions that examine, rethink, and destabilize preconceived notions of traditional and non-traditional space and place. Ultimately, this study investigates sensory experiences and relationships to the voyeur, engaging how the body acts as both an instrument and archive within the landscape.
Regarding the Unstill Life Class, 2nd Year MFA student Farrah Phillips states:
“Unstill Life has pushed me to step outside of my initial artistic practices, in both concept and materiality alike. As a class, we have been called to research various settings in Tallahassee and respond to the information with collaborative feats of physical and tactile creativity. My appreciation for performance art as a whole has grown and deepened, and I could not be more grateful for my experiences in Unstill Life!”
The exhibit will run from October 29 through December 2, with an opening reception on Thursday, October 29 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.
For more information, including a full schedule of events associated with this exhibition, visit the FAB Gallery located in the Fine Arts Building. FAB Gallery shows and programs are always free and open to the public.