Jun 27, 2019-Feb 19, 2020; Fri-Tue 11am-5pm; Thur 11am-8pm; closed Wed
The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents "Daria Martin: Tonight the World," a new installation by Bay Area-born artist and 2018 Jarman Award-winner Daria Martin. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" uses both computer gaming technology and film to explore the dreams and memories of Martin's paternal grandmother, Susi Stiassni, who, at the age of 16, fled the former Czechoslovakia with her family from the imminent threat of the Nazi occupation in 1938.
The installation stages a series of intimate encounters with Stiassni's memories, culled from an extensive archive of her dream diaries. Created over a thirty-seven-year period, these meticulously recorded documents amount to over twenty thousand diary pages, and were originally chronicled for the purposes of psychoanalysis.
Central to the exhibition is Martin's 13.5 minute anamorphic 16 mm film "Tonight the World" (2019). Based on five dreams from her grandmother's diaries, Martin has reimagined their narratives, amplifying recurring themes of anxiety and intrusion. The artist's companion piece, "Refuge" (2019), is a computer game that recreates her grandmother's childhood home as a 3D digital rendering. Following the game's directive, an invisible avatar moves through the rooms in search of five objects connected to the five dreams from Tonight the World. Visitors can watch a playthrough of the game or they can play or download the game themselves.
"Daria Martin: Tonight the World" premiered in January 2019 at the The Curve, Barbican Centre, and has been commissioned by Barbican, London and co-commissioned by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" at The CJM is curated by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben.
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents "Daria Martin: Tonight the World," a new installation by Bay Area-born artist and 2018 Jarman Award-winner Daria Martin. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" uses both computer gaming technology and film to explore the dreams and memories of Martin's paternal grandmother, Susi Stiassni, who, at the age of 16, fled the former Czechoslovakia with her family from the imminent threat of the Nazi occupation in 1938.
The installation stages a series of intimate encounters with Stiassni's memories, culled from an extensive archive of her dream diaries. Created over a thirty-seven-year period, these meticulously recorded documents amount to over twenty thousand diary pages, and were originally chronicled for the purposes of psychoanalysis.
Central to the exhibition is Martin's 13.5 minute anamorphic 16 mm film "Tonight the World" (2019). Based on five dreams from her grandmother's diaries, Martin has reimagined their narratives, amplifying recurring themes of anxiety and intrusion. The artist's companion piece, "Refuge" (2019), is a computer game that recreates her grandmother's childhood home as a 3D digital rendering. Following the game's directive, an invisible avatar moves through the rooms in search of five objects connected to the five dreams from Tonight the World. Visitors can watch a playthrough of the game or they can play or download the game themselves.
"Daria Martin: Tonight the World" premiered in January 2019 at the The Curve, Barbican Centre, and has been commissioned by Barbican, London and co-commissioned by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" at The CJM is curated by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben.
Jun 27, 2019-Feb 19, 2020; Fri-Tue 11am-5pm; Thur 11am-8pm; closed Wed
The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents "Daria Martin: Tonight the World," a new installation by Bay Area-born artist and 2018 Jarman Award-winner Daria Martin. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" uses both computer gaming technology and film to explore the dreams and memories of Martin's paternal grandmother, Susi Stiassni, who, at the age of 16, fled the former Czechoslovakia with her family from the imminent threat of the Nazi occupation in 1938.
The installation stages a series of intimate encounters with Stiassni's memories, culled from an extensive archive of her dream diaries. Created over a thirty-seven-year period, these meticulously recorded documents amount to over twenty thousand diary pages, and were originally chronicled for the purposes of psychoanalysis.
Central to the exhibition is Martin's 13.5 minute anamorphic 16 mm film "Tonight the World" (2019). Based on five dreams from her grandmother's diaries, Martin has reimagined their narratives, amplifying recurring themes of anxiety and intrusion. The artist's companion piece, "Refuge" (2019), is a computer game that recreates her grandmother's childhood home as a 3D digital rendering. Following the game's directive, an invisible avatar moves through the rooms in search of five objects connected to the five dreams from Tonight the World. Visitors can watch a playthrough of the game or they can play or download the game themselves.
"Daria Martin: Tonight the World" premiered in January 2019 at the The Curve, Barbican Centre, and has been commissioned by Barbican, London and co-commissioned by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" at The CJM is curated by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben.
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The Contemporary Jewish Museum presents "Daria Martin: Tonight the World," a new installation by Bay Area-born artist and 2018 Jarman Award-winner Daria Martin. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" uses both computer gaming technology and film to explore the dreams and memories of Martin's paternal grandmother, Susi Stiassni, who, at the age of 16, fled the former Czechoslovakia with her family from the imminent threat of the Nazi occupation in 1938.
The installation stages a series of intimate encounters with Stiassni's memories, culled from an extensive archive of her dream diaries. Created over a thirty-seven-year period, these meticulously recorded documents amount to over twenty thousand diary pages, and were originally chronicled for the purposes of psychoanalysis.
Central to the exhibition is Martin's 13.5 minute anamorphic 16 mm film "Tonight the World" (2019). Based on five dreams from her grandmother's diaries, Martin has reimagined their narratives, amplifying recurring themes of anxiety and intrusion. The artist's companion piece, "Refuge" (2019), is a computer game that recreates her grandmother's childhood home as a 3D digital rendering. Following the game's directive, an invisible avatar moves through the rooms in search of five objects connected to the five dreams from Tonight the World. Visitors can watch a playthrough of the game or they can play or download the game themselves.
"Daria Martin: Tonight the World" premiered in January 2019 at the The Curve, Barbican Centre, and has been commissioned by Barbican, London and co-commissioned by The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco. "Daria Martin: Tonight the World" at The CJM is curated by CJM Senior Curator Heidi Rabben.
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