Skirball Cultural Center (Venue Partner)
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd.
310.440.4500
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Dominique Moody. Photo: Jacqueline Alexander-Sykes
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Nov 19, 2009 – Mar 7, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (noon–5pm)
Saturdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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- Price
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$10 (Free w/ museum admission)
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“An Idea Called Tomorrow offers meditations on what should/could/would make for a peaceable and sustainable future — culturally, environmentally, and socially — as envisioned by 14 multimedia artists. The artists' individual works are statements and/or invocations, in form and concept, that collectively campaign for reform by inciting and encouraging awareness, tolerance, and the re-purposing of worn methodologies. Manifestations range from documentary-style interviews, interactive new media works, Utopian prototype sculpture, video, and installation. Proffering a hopeful future-tense despite the misgivings of an unstable present, the works are earnest and optimistic, some more pensive than others, and some more flourished with idealism than sophistication. Ultimately, the work is refreshingly unfettered from heavy didacticism; the exhibition's charm and potency is its user-friendly and contagious exuberance — and it is worth the trip to both the Skirball and larger California African-American Museum components to gain the complete perspective.”
A. McLean Emenegger, Flavorpill
Experience contemporary art that gives expression to what a more civil future might look like. Inviting visitors to contemplate the active role we can all play in bringing about a more just, equitable world, the commissioned works in An Idea Called Tomorrow explore issues relating to social justice today—among them environmental sustainability, shelter for all, and cooperation and peace. Featured artists include Kim Abeles, Jane Castillo, Dominique Moody, Graham Goddard, and Asual Kwahuumba & Karen Seneferu. Their creations range from the technological, as in Kwahuumba & Seneferu’s Techno-kisi, to the recyclable, as in Moody's The Nomad. All of them celebrate individual responsibility in building a better tomorrow.
Co-conceived by the California African American Museum (CAAM) and the Skirball in association with the Skirball's presentation of Road to Freedom, An Idea Called Tomorrow is organized by CAAM, with works on view at both institutions.
