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Slide Space 123
November 3 - December 2, 2016Info
5000 MacArthur Boulevard Oakland, CA 94613 Google Map »Reception
November 3, 2016 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
John Hiltunen, Untitled, 2015. Mixed media collage. 9.5 x 12.75
What are the bonds that exist between man and animal; the closeness and kinship that exist across species – between a human and a pet, animals worked with in labor and sport? In The Companion Species Manifesto, Donna Haraway speaks of the relationships between man and animal as a relationship of significant otherness: “They are here to live with. Partners in the crime of human evolution.” Valegro explores these kinships and how humans and animals live with and use each other, how we cope with the world together at the intersection of empathy and projection. Featuring work by Benjamin Ashlock, Beatriz Balanta & Mary Walling Blackburn, John Hiltunen, Sarah McMenimen, John Russell, and Jess Smith. Curated by Jackie Im, Co-founder and Director of Et al. and Et al. etc., San Francisco.