Local Artists represent! MCB is spreading the word for yet another art event that is but naturally going to knock you off your feet! For reals. The theme centers around uniquely individual artists confronting and displaying their uniquely individual fears, their Achilles' heel, their small dark worlds. Marianne Audrey Burrows is one of the organizers for the show and also the latest artist to be featured in our "MCB's Artist Spotlight" (stay tuned!). This is what Marianne, and co-organizer Amanda Faye Cain had to say about the upcoming show:
We all have dark places in our minds cultivated by fears, life experiences, lack of understanding, desperation, or confusion. By bringing these fears out of our minds and recreating them, we can exorcise these incredible demons. Small Dark Worlds will feature a group of artists exhibiting installations that explore the untouched parts of our minds.
It will be held at Motor City Movie House on March 13th. Marianne Audrey Burrows and Amanda Faye Cain of White Room Productions have selected a variety of artists that have a variety of creative backgrounds.
A few of the artists will be incorporating performance art as accompanied interaction with their pieces. Marianne's performance will begin at 9:30 p.m. Amanda's installation will begin at 10:00 p.m.
This experience is $5, and is for individual 18 years and older, who can stomach facing reality.
The artists involved in this show are:
Joey Merchant
Daniel Ribar
Amanda Faye Cain
Jean Wilson
Marianne Audrey Burrows
Dave Sanders
Isaac Richard and David Geer
John Sauve
Diane Whitehead
Daniel Ribar
Gabrielle Pescador
Tim Pewe
An Unnamed Jazz Trio
The James Cornish Ensemble
Miss Studio-X*
White Room Productions seeks to accomplish awareness of new, radical, and mind-broadening ideas, not just within this exhibit, but within the entire creative community.
Many Detroit artists are also appropriating alternative art spaces, and this is taking place in old buildings and people's homes, places not typical of gallery viewing, but expressive of the time.
We feel in many ways that the arts community is on the forefront of evolving culture within the city. We're no longer looking at art as aesthetic creations on walls, and we're tapping into deeper societal connections, both local and global.
We want people to walk away from these exhibits having shared an an experience, and not just a viewing.
WRP is reaching out to all artists for their involvement as a unifying act that helps strengthen community ties.
With so many negative connotations, Detroit has alongside its name, we are proud of the challenge towards becoming a worthy juxtaposition.
In the face of post-industrialism Detroit, and America,, we are making moves to culturally impact our surroundings, plant seeds that cultivate positive, reactionary change, and reach beyond the struggle of what it means to be an artist in the 21st century.
Motor City Movie House is located within the Russell Industrial Center on the 5th floor of building 1, and its exhibitions host viewings by appointment only.