The Museum of Disappearance: Max Almy and Teri Yarbrow - New Media

Image: Teri Yarbrow

January 31 - March 8, 2003

Opening Reception: Friday, January 31, 7-9pm

Exhibition Tour: Monday, February 3, 10am

Sponsored by the Arts Council for CSUN

The 2003 spring season at CSUN Art Galleries opens January 31 with the exhibition, The Museum of Disappearance: Max Almy and Teri Yarbrow-New Media, the first multi media exhibition to be presented in the recently built Art Galleries. The exhibition continues through March 8.

Premiering will be The Museum of Disappearance, a simulated museum exhibit from a future that has witnessed the disappearance of many species including, perhaps, our own. Almy and Yarbrow have long been interested in the environment and have chosen the wolf as both emblem and cautionary tale of the effects of human encroachment on the wild. Using an evocative mix of video, painting, digital prints, audio, masks and theatrical illusions, the artists envision a future scenario in which the wolf and many species can only be known through artifacts and simulations.

Also on view will be "Utopia" and "Dream House", both offering ironic commentary on the urban American dream. The follies of modern society, which in "Utopia" and "Dream House" appear to be only injurious to the soul, are further examined in The Museum of Disappearance and revealed as having broader and more dangerous environmental side effects.

Almy and Yarbrow have exhibited nationally and internationally and have been working in multi media installations for the past twenty years. This exhibition was curated by Louise Lewis with the assistance of Debra Thompson, and will include a brochure with essay by Nancy Kapitanoff and others. The website for this exhibition is www.themuseumofdisappearance.com. The artists will give a public lecture and tour of the show on Monday, February 3.

The exhibition is presented by Panasonic. Sponsors include Alice Krige, Raised By Wolves, Dr. C.J. Rogers and Renee Seelbach, Chris Brown of Contour Entertainment, Joel Satore Photography, Colortek Lab, Jim Rodgers and Cori Park and Al and Frank Valdez of Professional Printing Centers, the Instructionally Related Activities Committee, The Associated Students for CSUN, the Arts Council for CSUN and the Department of Art, College of Arts, Media, and Communication.

Visit the Museum of Disappearance Website: themuseumofdisappearance.com