Exhibitions
REVISITING THE SYMBOL: PAIGE ELLEN'S TROLLEY NIGHT
544 S. Main St. / 544 S. Main St. March 27, 2020 - April 30, 2020
Diego Loya, Sara Moseley, Denise Wakeman, Hamza Kırbaş, Nate Renner, Kaitlyn Dunn, Toni Collums Roberts, Sydni Gause, McLean Fahnestock, Daniel Lane Baker, Aaron Kulik, Brett Hanover, Miyuki Akai Cook, Luke Alexander Atkinson, Emilio Norman, Erin Jennings, Natalie Lambert, Kenneth Wayne Alexander II, Lacy Micham Veteto, Breezy Lucia, Morgan Jon Fox, Wesley Dowling, Karina Castelan, James Cox, Christen Parker
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Revisiting the Symbol is an interactive installation reinterpreting Anthony's Lee's 2009 mural on South Main, Modern Hieroglyphs. Lee's mural depicts 25 contemporary pictographs and icons, and asks the question, "How will we understand these symbols a century from now?"
Continuing Lee's inquiry, artist Paige Ellens' installation reflects on the meaning of these symbols in light of a decade of drastic technological change. Revisiting the Symbol will feature a kinetic curtain of VHS tape spanning the 400 ft. wall, framing QR codes that connect viewers to videos created in response to the mural by 25 local, national, and international artists.
The installation opens during the Trolley Night art walk on March 27th, and remains on view through April.
UAC would like to thank Central Station Hotel for their support of Revisiting the Symbol and First Horizon Foundation for their generous support of the Revisiting Program!
Revisiting the Symbol is a part of Revisiting, a series of temporary, site-specific responses to the Urban Art Commission's existing sculpture and mural projects. These projects and performances bring new life and renewed focus to work that has become a familiar part of our landscape, highlighting existing assets and spaces in our neighborhoods. The Revisiting program is made possible by an ArtsFirst grant from ArtsMemphis and First Horizon.
