11/20: A DEVICE FOR SEEING//JOSHUA SAMPSON

2011 November 15

by theacreproject

A DEVICE FOR SEEING
new works by JOSHUA SAMPSON
Nov. 20-21, 2011

Opening Reception: Sunday, November 20, 4-8
Open Hours: Monday, November 21, noon-4

ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street

Joshua Sampson, still from esssse, 2011, stereographic video device

A DEVICE FOR SEEING: is always a translation or augmentation. Most humans see life through their eyes; some feel it in their bones. Once I tried to do both, but I got confused, so now I alternate monthly. Lenses are a whole different story because they change how we see in such a subtle way. It’s easy to forget they are there.

When you have lost something, you hold it in your mind so tight, and will the registration of memory and past to align.

When she lost it, she held it in her mind so tight for so long. Finally, she compressed it into a pebble. Luckily, it was in the hope that there was more to come.

JOSHUA SAMPSON (b. 1984, Commerce TX) currently lives and works in Chicago IL. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has exhibited in Chicago (various), Texas (various), China (Xuzhou Museum of Art), Italy (Santa Chiara Study Center) and has work in the 2011 Illinois International Film Festival.

More information about Joshua Sampson can be found at www.joshuasampson.com