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Pro Arts Gallery
March 17 - April 17, 2015Info
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http://www.proartsgallery.org/
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(510) 763-4361
Reception
April 3, 2014 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Terry Berlier. "Untitled," 2015.
Featuring a special performance with Terry Berlier, Luciano Chessa and Jessie Marino at 7pm
Artists' Talk: Saturday, April 11, 11am
Terry Berlier: Giving up a fantasy is harder than giving up a reality brings together newly commissioned works, including kinetic sculpture and sound installation, to explore the terrain where ecology and queerness meet. Terry Berlier borrows the title for her exhibition – Giving up a fantasy is harder than giving up a reality – from theorist Timothy Morton's essay Queer Ecology. Morton views ecology and queer theory as ‘strange friends’ that confound boundaries, reject sameness and imagine new ways for life. Berlier uses Morton’s text as a prompt to bring together two key elements in her work: environmental concerns and queer practice. In Giving up a fantasy is harder than giving up a reality, Berlier adopts a playful childlike sensibility to address larger concerns of our time (e.g. climate change). A symphony of talking toy birds reads an Adrienne Rich poem to the trees; wooden balls trace the new trade route through the once frozen Bering Strait; the live sound of trees drinking water fills the room. It's a sensory mesh of distinct, yet overlapping, works.