A conversation with artists Ann McCoy, Darrin Martin, Edgar Fabián Frías and a live performance by Linda Montano, for INVOCATION DEMOCRACY A Political and Mystical Virtual Exhibition
Presented by Pro Arts Commons & moderated by INVOCATION DEMOCRACY's curator eco-feminist artist & mystic Monet Clark, our panelists will discuss the role of the mystic & the subconscious in their artmaking practices & their physical lives, plus the interplay between climate justice, misogyny, Indigenous culture, human & animal rights, mysticism & our democracy.
ANN McCOY is a New York based sculptor, painter, art critic, & editor at large at the Brooklyn Rail, who's worked with Prof. C.A. Meier, Jung’s heir apparent for 25 years; studied alchemy since the early '70s in Zurich & at the Vatican Library; has taught since the 1980s & the past 10 at Yale; & is engaged in ongoing research & writing about women artists exploring spirituality & the unconscious.
LINDA MONTANO is a seminal performance, video & 'life as art' artist exploring personal & spiritual discipline, the 7 Hindu Chakras, personal transformation & altered consciousness. She is critical in the development of video art by, for & about women. Her recent Dorsky Museum show in NY, The Art-Life Hospital allowed her to practice the processes involved in her own death.
DARRIN MARTIN is an artist & Associate Professor at UCD. Through video, sculpture & multi-channel installation, he engages the overlaps of personal & collective memories, & influenced by his own hearing loss, the synesthetic qualities of perception as ways to examine the limits of certainty. In collaborative speculative fictions he has explored paranormal phenomenon, supernatural beings, animal spirit séance/past life regression & more.
EDGAR FABIÁN FRÍAS is a nonbinary, queer, indigenous (Wixárika) multi-disciplinary artist & psychotherapist working in photography, video, sound, sculpture, GIFs spells, performance & community organizing, with BA degrees in Psychology & Studio Art, & an MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling emphasizing Interpersonal Neurobiology & Somatic Psychotherapy & is a 2022 MFA candidate in Art Practice at UCB.
Time: Dec 6, 2020 12:00 PM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)
registration link:
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