FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2024
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SUMMERTIME: SUPERCOLLIDER + Students of Glendale Unified School District
Glendale, CA – Glendale Library, Arts & Culture and Brand Library & Art Center present “SUMMERTIME: SUPERCOLLIDER + Students of Glendale Unified School District” curated by Marcela Vieira, in collaboration with SUPERCOLLIDER, a Los Angeles-based artist collective. “SUMMERTIME” features artworks presented by SUPERCOLLIDER: Andrea Ganuza, Beatriz Toledo, Berfin Ataman, Brice Bischoff, Carolina Caycedo and David de Rozas, Edgar Fabián Frías, Isabel Beavers, Janaina Wagner, Joel Kuennen, Lauren Bon, Maurício Chades, Noara Quintana, Sofia Borges, Star Feliz, and Wallace Masuko and over fifty student artists presented by Glendale Unified School District (GUSD) representing Anderson W. Clark High School, Crescenta Valley High School, Daily High School, Glendale High School, and Herbert Hoover High School.
SUMMERTIME considers the landscape as the consequence of human production, the result of the transformation from its natural state. The topography has long been divided, fragmented, and modified according to social, economic, and aesthetic motivations. The artists in the exhibition present works with various materials and develop strange configurations, creating relationships between their works and the gallery space. SUMMERTIME forges a path that seeks to investigate the reality and possibilities of representation, using fiction as a way to imagine alternative landscapes.
The exhibition title SUMMERTIME was inspired by the song “Summertime” written by George Gershwin, in particular the recording by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Nostalgic but moody with surreal undertones, it became a guiding star for the thematic explorations in the works on view.
SUMMERTIME is a collaboration between SUPERCOLLIDER, Brand Library & Art Center, and Glendale Unified School District. High school students from Glendale Unified School District contributed artworks inspired by the curatorial concept of SUMMERTIME to show in conjunction with SUPERCOLLIDER’s exhibition.
SUPERCOLLIDER creates immersive science+art experiences—including (inter)nationally curated satellites for pop-ups, festivals, and research institutes—that vividly reclaim our future and explode our present. Located at the Beacon Arts Building in Los Angeles, CA, SUPERCOLLIDER is the Mothership (HQ) for sci+art+tech exhibitions in greater Los Angeles and beyond. They feature rotating exhibitions and extend curations via satellites to local and (inter)national spaces.
Marcela Vieira is co-founder and curator of the art website aarea (www.aarea.co), a curatorial platform founded in 2017 that commissions and exhibits artworks designed especially for the internet. Aarea’s activities also extend into a public program of curatorial projects, courses, and seminars. With multidisciplinary interests, Marcela is also one of the editors of Revista Rosa and a literary translator (French-Portuguese). She is now finishing her PhD in semiotics at the University of Paris 8 in partnership with the University of São Paulo. She has been living in Los Angeles since early 2022.
"SUMMERTIME" will be on view March 23 – May 18, 2024. Artists from SUPERCOLLIDER and Glendale Unified School District will be present at the opening reception on Saturday, March 30, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Brand Library & Art Center is located at 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201. Join the Brand Associates for Artful Conversations on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at 6:00 PM for a collaborative workshop that invites participants to learn about the current art exhibition. Then join curator Marcela Vieira on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at 7:00 PM for a discussion with some exhibition artists presenting work in SUMMERTIME, an exploration of the layered relationship between humanity and our surrounding environment.
Admission is free and open to the public; on-site, free parking is available. Learn more at www.brandlibrary.org.
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About Glendale
Known as the “Jewel City,” Glendale is the fourth largest city of Los Angeles County. With a population of more than 200,000, Glendale is a thriving cosmopolitan city that is rich in history, culturally diverse, and offers nearly 50 public parks, and easy access to a municipal airport. It is the home to a vibrant business community, with major companies in healthcare, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, and banking.
About Library, Arts & Culture
Founded in 1907, the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Department includes eight neighborhood libraries including the Brand Library & Art Center, a regional visual arts and music library and performance venue housed in the historic 1904 mansion of Glendale pioneer Leslie C. Brand, and the Central Library, a 93,000 square foot center for individuals and groups to convene, collaborate and create. GLAC is supported in part by the Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Trust (GLACT), the department also serves as the chief liaison to the Glendale Arts and Culture Commission which works to continually transform Glendale into an ever-evolving arts destination. For more information visit GlendaleLAC.org, or contact Library, Arts & Culture at 818-548-2021 or via email at LibraryInfo@GlendaleCA.gov.
About Brand Library & Art Center
Brand Library & Art Center has been a cornerstone for the arts in Southern California since 1956. This unique public library focuses on visual arts and music and provides free services and programs for a diverse community, including print and online collections, subject specialist librarians, exhibitions, concerts, lectures, dance performances, films, and hands-on craft programs for children and adults. Brand Library seeks to develop innovative programs, services and collections to serve an ever-widening public interested in the arts. Brand Library & Art Center is a branch of the City of Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Department, it is supported, in part by the Brand Associates. For more information visit brandlibrary.org or contact 818-548-2051.
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