American Visuality

Fidalis Buehler and I were invited to co-curate a special forum on archipelagic concerns for the Journal of Transnational American Studies. Essayists were paired with imagery to bring out and align with issues around archipelagoes, oceans, and/or American visuality.

Co-curators: Fidalis Buehler

Venue: Journal of Transnational American Studies

Participating artist(s): Maile Andrade (USA), Chris Charteris (New Zealand), Christo & Jeanne-Claude (France/Bulgaria), James Cooper (Bermuda), Humberto Diaz (Cuba), Yuki Kihara (Samoa), Glenda León (Cuba), Mary Mattingly (USA), Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Japan/Samoa/USA), Ibrahim Miranda Ramos (Cuba), Rosanna Raymond (New Zealand), Jamilah Sabur (Jamaica), Robert Smithson (USA), Kalisolaite ‘Uhila (New Zealand), and Juana Valdes (Cuba/USA)

Publication: Journal of Transnational American Studies

Journal of Transnational American Studies, spreads of essays on the work of Christo & Jeanne-Claude and Robert Smithson — *Journal of Transnational American Studies*, spreads of essays on the work of Christo & Jeanne-Claude and Robert Smithson

Journal of Transnational American Studies, spreads of essays on the work of Glenda Léon and Juana Valdez — *Journal of Transnational American Studies*, spreads of essays on the work of Glenda Léon and Juana Valdez

Journal of Transnational American Studies, spreads of essays on the work of Yuki Kihara and Kalisolaite ‘Uhila — *Journal of Transnational American Studies*, spreads of essays on the work of Yuki Kihara and Kalisolaite ‘Uhila

20/20 Hindsight = 40 Years

April 20–June 15, 2018

Co-curators: Susan Channing, James Rosenberger, and Christina Vassallo

Venue: SPACES, Cleveland, OH

Participating artist(s): Artists I invited: Steffani Jemison and Steve Lambert
Other participating artists: Amber J. Anderson, Margaret Cogswell, Elena Harvey Collins, Dan Corrigan, Christa Donner, Kevin Everson, Dustin Grella, Anna Viola Hallberg, Kevin Hogan, Steffani Jemison, Ben Kinsley, Steve Lambert, Jessica Langley, Sarah Paul, Ward Shelley, Corrie Slawson, and Roopa Vasudevan.

20/20 Hindsight = 40 Years was a celebration of forty years of SPACES and was curated by SPACES Executive Director Christina Vassallo, and former executive directors: founder James Rosenberger, Susan Channing, and Christopher Lynn. Each curator selected a group of artists who defined their time at the helm of SPACES and/or whose work with SPACES propelled the artists’ careers. I curated projects by Steffani Jemison (Brooklyn, NY) and Steve Lambert (Purchase, NY) into the exhibition.

In addition, I wrote an historical essay on SPACES for Temporary Art Review, “SPACES at 40 Years,” and participated in a video interview about SPACES’ history (below).

Steffani Jemison, Same Time, 2017 — Steffani Jemison
*Same Time*, 2017
Acrylic paint on clear polyester film, acrylic on synthetic velvet
Installation view

Steve Lambert, Why Not Ohio?, 2018 — Steve Lambert
*Why Not Ohio?*, 2018
Installation and video
Installation view