Tonight our dear friend Alice Cohen is having an opening reception for her video and art installation at Live with Animals. The exhibition will run through August 29. Come by and say hello and see what all the fuss is about!
From
Live With Animals:
"Mirror Moves for Private Eyes" is an exhibit of video, collage and installation, featuring a new video piece by the same name. This work explores the idea of The Mirror as a psychic receptor; a magical portal to visionary and ecstatic states, through self-reflection and visualization. The ritual use of beauty tools such as make-up, hair brushes, perfume, and other transformative implements, infuses these objects with a symbolic charge. Spaces such as movie theaters with lit-up marquees, and boudoirs with mysterious dressing tables, act as portals as well - power sites where time is fluid, and past and future co-exist. Auras of glamour, artifice and fantasy are used in a hypnotic, meditative way, creating pathways towards transcendence and personal gnosis. The collages in the show are composed of elements which were also used in the video, creating a reflexive cast of characters and symbols, which mirror back and forth, referencing each other.
Alice Cohen lives and works in Brooklyn NY. A long-time musician, she has released records since the 1980s as a solo musician, composer, and as a member of various bands. A long-time collagist as well, she started animating her collage materials during the last few years, and has created music videos for bands such as Ducktails, Coasting, and Talbot Tagora, amongst others.
