2/28 CITYWEEKLY: Everything is Collective: Expected Image at Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
In Utah, the landscape and the natural world form a huge part of the state’s identity. Yet while we think we know what that landscape looks like—and what we expect it to look like—that idea is one shaped by a wide range of factors. And that idea can even determine how we decide what a particular place is “worth.”
Currently on display at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Expected Image finds the artistic collective Everything Is Collective—made up of UMOCA marketing & graphic design staffer Zachary Norman, Texas-based Aaron Hegert and Chicago-based Jason Lukas—exploring in part the way the Bureau of Land Management’s Visual Resource Management (VRM) system determines the scenic value of America’s public lands. For the three photographers, it’s a way to help understand how their art form is part of a process that doesn’t just capture an image, but helps shape what we expect that image to look like.
2/25 SLTRIB: A Utah playwright is about to achieve a rare feat. Here’s how you can watch.
One play puts a spin on Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Another is a version of a much-adapted Jane Austen classic. A third is a drawing-room comedy set in the Victorian era.
The common thread is that they’re all written by Utah playwright Melissa Leilani Larson — and all three will be produced on Utah stages in the next few months.
All three — “Gin Mummy,” “Bitter Lemon” and “Pride and Prejudice” — are period works that are a far cry from her 2022 work “Mestiza, or Mixed,” a modern story inspired by her own upbringing to a Filipina mother and a white father.
2/23 SLUGMAG: Lunares Explores the Unseen Power of Tears in Lagrimas: Rain, Glitter
What is the true power of tears? According to visionary artist Lunares (she/they), weeping is a powerful and universal vehicle of transformation and healing—a theme they are exploring in their first solo exhibition Lágrimas: Rain, Glitter at Mestizo Institute of Culture and Arts (MICA). Emotionally stirring and visually stimulating, the showcase is a marvelous display of the vulnerability and strength that lies within tears.
Running from February 24 to March 30, Lágrimas: Rain, Glitter is a testament to Lunares’ skills as multimedia artist. No stranger to international acclaim, Lunares has had work highlighted by several international brands, such as Disney, HBO and Hulu. Nevertheless, Lunares continues to return to Utah. Originally from Mexico City, Lunares has spent two decades living in Salt Lake City, becoming a pillar of the local arts scene. Their work at the FICE Gallery and SLUG Magazine has cemented them as a rising star in the state. “I want people who see my art to connect with it, and because I’m here, I get to see that in-person.”
2/12 UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: Paisley Rekdal Wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
Claremont Graduate University has honored Paisley Rekdal, Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Utah, with the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for her book, “West: A Translation.” The $100,000 award commends outstanding poetry volumes published in the preceding year, with a legacy that includes books by luminaries such as Henri Cole, Tom Sleigh, Patricia Smith and Ross Gay.
UTAH’S ART MAGAZINE SINCE 2001, 15 Bytes is published by Artists of Utah, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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