2007-2008 - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

DARK MATTERS: ARTISTS SEE THE IMPOSSIBLE
Jul 28–Nov 11, 2007 // First Floor Galleries
A group exhibition of hi-tech installations, photography,
video and conceptual projects that uncover the
unexpected, the invisible and the hidden. Delving into
the obscure and often sinister, the works allow us to
experience what we only suspect exists. Projects include
the internet-eaves dropping installation Listening Post
by Ben Rubin and Mark Hansen; surveillance projects
by artist/experimental geographer Trevor Paglen;
and multi-channel panoramic videos by Bull.Miletic.
Additional works by Sergio Prego, Walid Raad, Kambui
Olujimi, Alison Sant, Richard Johnson, Richard Barnes,
Alex Schweder and Charles Mason.
JOACHIM SCHMID: PHOTOWORKS 1982 – 2007
Jul 28–Oct 14, 2007 // Terrace Galleries
A self-described “professional looker,” Berlin-based
artist Schmid has scoured archives, the streets around
photo booths, and internet webcam sites for the raw
materials out of which he crafts his sly and sardonic
works. He invites us to re-“see” photography, questioning
the nature of authorship and the role of the
photographer. This mid-career survey includes his
signature series Bilder von der Strasse (Pictures from
the Street) to more recent multi-channel digital photo
installations. Exhibition accompanied by an artist booklet
and a monograph. Organized by the Tang Museum at
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York and The
Photographers’ Gallery, London.
BIOTECHNIQUE
Oct 26–Jan 6,2008 // Terrace Galleries
Curated by Philip Ross
Northern California hosts more life sciences companies
than anywhere else in the world. BioTechnique showcases
a visually rich assortment of organisms, semi-living
objects, and intricate life support systems, shining
light on the technologies that are changing the global
economy and the earth itself. The product of biological
techniques—the artworks in the exhibition have been
“grown” rather than manufactured. Shown alongside
these artworks are artifacts made by industrial technologists,
ecological researchers and biological engineers, in
an enlightening exhibition that explores the increasingly
fuzzy line between the technological and the natural.
YBCA 07_08 ANNUAL REPORT / BIG IDEA 1: REALITY CHECK / VISUAL ARTS / P. 0
Image: Dark Matters