Collapsed Timelines In Felicitous Space
March 4-26,2022
The McAllen Creative Incubator
601 N Main St. McAllen, TX 78501
Collapsed Timelines In Felicitous Space focuses on California landscapes and geographical memory. The exhibition opened on March 4, 2022 and featured new film and video works including Sacred Landscapes: The Arroyo Seco, a filmic ode to the Arroyo Seco, Compressed Time, a four-channel video installation of film diary entries from C.’s time living in California (2014-2020), and Body Landscapes No. 1, a painted exploration of physical and emotional bodies merging and summoning an ephemeral landscape. These varied forms of landscape meditations comment on the physical and psychic impressions left in our bodies and memory.
Show notes: English & Spanish
Closing out the show on March 26, soundscape artist Jon Almaraz joined C. in a dialogue on collaboration, healing, and the intuitive pull to create, which was followed by a deep listening and activation session in the gallery. This interactive experience created vibrational energy through sound and psychic intention to guide the audience through an exploration of their inner landscapes. The artists asked for participants to enter into the space with an open mind and open heart, and bring with them a small object they wish to activate with the vibrations of sound and energy.
Jon Almaraz is a self-taught artist and musician born in East L.A. His work is inspired by nature, space and the music of all things. He has performed, recorded and written for groups such as San Cha, Vibration Group, Sister Mantos and Bulbs. He currently resides in Santa Fe, NM.