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DRIVE IN, Solo Exhibition, AIR Gallery This is the second New York solo exhibition for Angie Eng who approaches video as a tonal language rather than high tech narrative in a sensory charged video installation on the human condition. A membership at AIR gallery granted to her by a fellowship will culminate in work which probes primitive human behavior against oversterilized Modern life. Merging moving imagery, sound, carpet and automobile parts, Eng transforms the gallery into a hybrid of Drive In theatre and suburban home. The air engulfed with floral aerosol "freshner" combined with billowing sounds of windshield wipers serves as a foreboding backdrop to Eng's psychological junction . Video shots of windshield wipers are layered with black gloved hands signing words evoking cruelty, aggression and self-destruction. Side view mirrors taken from old automobiles are illuminated to reveal snapshot transperencies of tract homes superimposed onto hand signs. It is through a subtle emotional twist which Eng uses to examine underlying human inclinations and the American consumer's vicarious predisposition. This project was funded in part by Location One,a Susan and Elihu Rose Fellowship, an ETC Presentation Grant which is supported by NYSCA and contributions from Lothar Osterburg, and Joe Walker. Special Thanks: Vlasta Mikic, Claire Montgomery, Jim MacGregor, ETC, Susan and Elihu Rose, Sino Carpeting, Nancy Meli Walker, Joe Walker, Lothar Osterburg, Ross Goldstein, Benton Bainbridge, Pat O'hara,Peter Scherer, Alissa Schoenfeld, Joe Keivitz, Mom, Dad and the AIR crew. |
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