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Dystopian SciFi Video & Performance Artist Reception | Oakland

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Friday, September 4, 2015 - 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | Cost: FREE
Pro Arts Gallery | 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA

Event Details

2 x 2 Solos is a series of solo exhibitions featuring new work commissioned from four accomplished emerging artists based in the Oakland/Bay Area.

Sofía Córdova’s work in Bilongo Esmeralda is an extension of her operatic video and performance series that imagines a dystopian future; the world is overtaken by water and we have become migrants, adrift, seeking refuge and trying to make meaning of bizarre artifacts of our current present. Córdova’s newly commissioned installation literally brings the viewer aboard this science fiction with ship-like elements, including a tattered sail, onto which a feature video is projected. Cordova, who is Puerto-Rican, began this project as an exploration of Caribbean diaspora and the immigrant experience, but opens it up to explore a broader, more universal experience of not belonging.

An outdoor screening of the entirety of her video suite, Echoes of A Tumbling Throne (Odas Al Fin De Los Tiempos), accompanied by a live, experimental score performed by Cordova and Matt Kirkland (collectively known as XUXA SANTAMARIA) will take place on Friday, September 18, 6.30pm in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza.

2 x 2 Solos: Sofía Córdova
Curated by Suzanne L’Heureux
August 18 – September 18, 2015
Artist’s Reception: Friday, September 4, 6-8pm
Artist’s Talk: Saturday, September 12, 11am
Performance: Echoes of A Tumbling Throne (Odas Al Fin De Los Tiempos), Friday, September 18, 6.30pm

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Cost: FREE
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, East Bay
Address: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA