Mirroring Horizon
Mirroring Horizon: A Site-Specific
Project by Jessica Angel
Curated by Manuela Reyes
Thursday, February 26, 6:00--8:00 pm
CP Projects Space
132 West 21st Street, 10th floor
New York, New York, 10011
macp.sva.edu
Free and open to the public
MA
Curatorial Practice presents “Mirroring Horizon,”
a site-specific project by Jessica Angel. The artist
will take over the architectural interior of the CP Projects Space, exploring
the possibility of visual illusion and space transformation. Jessica will draw
over the apexes of the room, enhancing its architectural qualities to then mirror
the lines and planes onto the floor, paying tribute to the actual exhibition space,
and honoring it as a hub for the acquisition and interaction of knowledge. She
will use text-wallpaper and hand-cut adhesive vinyl. The artist is interested
in juxtaposing the physical space of the building against the intellectual
space where concepts take place; Making an analogy between the conventional
three-dimensional world we live in, and the possibility of a fourth-dimensional
space that holds our systems of thought together.
Jessica Angel is a New York City-based Colombian artist. Her recent and upcoming projects aim to foster cross-disciplinary initiatives. Her last installation, Limitless Alignment, at Seton Hall University will be up until March 2015, and it reflects upon an interest in astrophysics. She will be part of a group of panelists that will discuss the ideas of infinity in the realms of art, mathematics, physics and philosophy. Her last solo project in 2014, at the AC Institute in NYC, also enabled forms of collaboration among sciences, philosophy, music, art, and new media. In 2013 she organized Pintura Abierta, a collaborative project that prompted the circulation of ideas about painting. In an attempt to consider this language through its practice, the laboratory gathered different proposals by Colombian painters by means of on-site paintings. The project took place in the Parqueadero space of the Museo del Banco de la República.
While living in New
York City Jessica has been awarded the BRIC Media Arts Fellowship and the
Cooper Union Summer Residency (2012), City Walls (2010) with the Brooklyn Arts
Council and BOFFO-NY Artist in Residence (2009). She has exhibited solo at the Museum
of Modern Art of Bucaramanga (2008), at the Salamanca University Cultural
Center in Bogotá (2008), The Project Room of Los Andes University in Bogota,
and at Casas Riegner Gallery (2006 and 2009). Her work has been showcased in
group shows both locally and abroad in Bogota, New York, Miami, Washington, La
Paz, and mexico city.
Panel Discussion - "Grasping Infinity"
The
ancient Greeks are the first culture credited with recognizing the concept of
infinity, although they were not appreciative of its potentialities. To be
without limits was not a desirable state. It lacked the order and perfection
the Greeks valued. Arab and Persian cultures were more comfortable with
irrational numbers, and as a result, they made numerous advancements in
mathematics, particularly algebra, that have present day applications. However,
the concept of infinity has many functions and definitions spanning a variety
of fields of study including philosophy, theology, physics, astronomy,
mathematics and the visual arts.
This
panel discussion will bring together scholars from different disciplines to
discuss and understand the concept of infinity from a variety of frameworks.
The panel discussion will feature:
JESSICA
ANGEL: is an artist whose work is architectonic in nature. She takes over
interior spaces to explore the possibilities of visual illusion and
perspective. Her immersive environments are landscapes inspired by structures
found in computing, urban environments and anatomy. Her interdisciplinary
practice is predicated on the belief that complex patterns and information lie
at the core of everything we perceive.
JACLYN
AVIDON: is a member of the Board of Directors of the Amateur Astronomers
Association of New York, the Chair of the Association’s Education Committee,
and an instructor for the Association’s classes. Jaclyn graduated with honors
from Lafayette College with a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a minor in
Mathematics. She spent over two years researching the subsurface conditions of
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, including a summer spent at NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory.
GIANLUCA
BIANCHINO: is a multimedia artist living and working in Northern New Jersey.
Originally from Italy, Gianluca attended an Architectural magnet school in
Avellino before relocating to the US where he enrolled at New Jersey City
University to receive a BFA in painting. In 2011 he completed his studies with
an MFA from Montclair State University focused on sculpture/installation.
Gianluca has maintained a studio practice for over ten years in Northern New
Jersey, for nearly a decade in the thriving arts district of Newark NJ, and
currently in Jersey City. Bianchino exhibits regularly throughout the greater
New York area. Recent exhibits include The Painting Center, NY and at Chashama
Chelsea Project Space, NY and a solo exhibit at Index Art Center, Newark, NJ
which is reviewed in the April 2013 edition of Sculpture Magazine. Gianluca’s
current body of work is inspired by cosmology and physics.

MANFRED
MINIMAIR: is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science and Director of the certificate program in Data Visualization
and Analysis at Seton Hall University. He is a computing scientist and applied
mathematician with a strong interest in symbolic computation, data science and
collaboration software and frequently works with other researchers, including
scientists in psychology and biology. He earned degrees from Johannes Kepler
University and North Carolina State University.
MEHMET
ALPER SAHINER: is currently the Chair of the Department of Physics at Seton
Hall University. He earned his Ph.D. at Rutgers University in 1995. Before
coming to Seton Hall University, he worked as a beamline scientist at
Brookhaven National Laboratory, and a senior scientist at Evans Analytical
Group, a network of distinguished laboratories. His current research interests
lie in the area of semi-conductor materials and solar cells. Dr. Sahiner is
also the recipient of many prestigious grants to support his research and
serves in the editorial board of (Elsevier) Material Science for Semiconductor
Processing Journal.
TRAVIS
LEROY SOUTHWORTH: lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a BFA from the
University of Arizona, Tucson (2004) and an MFA from The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago (2007). He has shown at Vox Populi in Philadelphia, PA;
Bronx Museum of Art, New York; Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; Evanston Art
Center, Evanston, IL; and Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX among many
other venues. In 2013 he completed a residency at the Large Hadron Collider in
Cern, Switzerland.
JEANNE
BRASILE: moderator of the panel, is currently the Director of the Walsh Gallery
and curator of “Getting to Infinity.” Philosophically, she sees the gallery as
a place for asking questions rather than a framework for imposing meaning. I am
most interested in developing exhibitions that challenge visitors to re-think
their perceptions about art, art-making and the role of the museum/gallery. She
frequently curates exhibitions that investigate topics in an inter-
disciplinary fashion.
The
panel discussion is free and open to the general public.
The
Walsh Gallery at Seton Hall University 400 S. Orange Avenue
South
Orange, NJ 07079
973-275-2033
walshgallery@shu.edu
Hours:
Monday through Friday, 10:30am to 4:30pm

Sponsors
This
program is made possible, in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on
the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for
the Arts and administered by the Essex County Division of Cultural and Historic
Affairs.
Open Call for Assistants - Art Installation at Seton Hall University.
Jessica Angel, visual artist based in
New York, seeks career-minded students and art enthusiasts with a working
knowledge in contemporary art, drawing and installation work, to assist with the
execution of an installation project at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey. Prior
experience related to dye-cut vinyl installation and perspective drawing is
preferred. Attention to detail, promptness and strong organizational skills,
are required.
The installation of the project starts
on Jan 3, 2015 until Jan 20, 2015. Applicants must be
available to work a minimum of 3 days a week.
DEADLINE: Tuesday December 23, 2014
To apply, please send to jessica.angel.edu@gmail.com
- A 100 words paragraph stating why you are
interested in this position.
- 5 images in a JPG format 800 pixels - 72 dpi
of the work that best represents your compatibility with this project.
- Schedule. Dates and hours you can commit to
the project.
College credit may be available upon request. Schedule is flexible but changes must be
made in advance.
You can see "the making of"
past projects of the same scope:
Website: www.JessicaAngelArts.com
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