Constructed Territory

October 31, 2010–January 9, 2011

Constructed Territory presents a variety of contemporary artists who incorporate maps, cartography, and topographical examination into their work. This exhibition investigates geographical concepts from a range of perspectives to promote themes of exploration, navigation and the representation of physical space. Assistant Professor of Art Tracy Longley-Cook curated the exhibition.

This exhibit will feature 32 artists working in photography, digital and mixed media, sculpture, drawing, printmaking and book arts. As a system of diagramed information, maps define locations, orient the viewer, graph terrain, and delineate borders. Maps traditionally present regions of space, which are transformed into condensed descriptive visual references. Borrowing from the universal language of maps and cartographic techniques, the artists in Constructed Territory examine and redefine the established conventions of our understanding and connection to place.

As a special program in conjunction with the exhibit, Christopher Dietz, a professor of music composition and theory at Bowling Green State University, will be conducting his large ensemble performance Le Chemin de Salut (The Way of Salvation) at Wright State University. This musical concert reflects on the promise, difficulties, and ultimate tragedy that accompanied French colonization in the New World. The piece, sung in its original 17th century French, is comprised of texts excerpted from the journals and diaries of French explorers. This performance will take place in the Creative Arts Center Schuster Concert Hall on January 11th, 2011 at 8pm.

The exhibition and related programs are supported by Wright State’s College of Liberal Arts, the Ohio Arts Council, and the Friends of the Galleries.

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