Past Events
PLAySPACE: How to Talk About Utopia Without Saying Utopia
Anthony Marcellini & Matthew David Rana
April 10–28, 8–10 pm
PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco campus
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 10, 8-10 p.m.
Related Program: April 19-20, 5pm-5am
Speech Series: TBA
Gallery Hours: Wed, Sat & Sun 1-7p.m.*
- Please note special gallery hours.
PLAySPACE Gallery
1111 Eighth St
San Francisco, CA 94107
www.playspacegallery.org
Contact: playspace@cca.edu
How to Talk About Utopia Without Saying Utopia takes as its starting point the history of 19th century California communes. The works in this exhibition consider the relationships between alternative forms of social organization and fictional narratives in order to reflect upon utopias of the past, the present, or for the future.
This exhibition will feature a series of works by Anthony Marcellini and Matthew David Rana that reflects upon the experience of searching for utopias. The floor of the gallery will be covered in sod. Out of the floor will rise a mound to serve as a platform for public address. Spanning 36 feet across the gallery wall will be the Karl Marx Tree, a life-size painting of the largest sequoia in the world and a marker disputing its so-called official name.
In addition to this work will be the Inward Looking or Outward Facing (Bench), a utilitarian sculpture based on nonhierarchical structures, which will also house a utopian resource library.
This exhibition also features an all-night film program on Saturday, April 19 at 5 p.m. at which individuals can bring sleeping bags and/or tents to spend the night watching films and videos that show different representations of utopia across such genres as historical-drama, documentary, musical, comedy, and science fiction.