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Illuminated Wilderness: Memory | Kindra Crick

Illuminated Wilderness: Memory | Kindra Crick

Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/17/2018
5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Location
Littman Gallery
1825 SW Broadway St., Suite 250 --Portland

Illuminated Wilderness: Memory | Kindra Crick
On display: January 8 – February 2, 2018
Reception: Wednesday, January 17, 5– 9 PM
EXTENDED HOURS: February 1 – 2, open until 10 PM

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“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory,
except for the one present moment 
that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going?”

– Eric Kandel

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Kindra Crick’s multimedia exhibition explores the intersection between the ‘two cultures’ of science and art that share a common wonder at the creative possibilities which emerge from the cross-pollination of the material and natural worlds.

Audiences will find themselves enveloped in, and invited to navigate through, an imagined wilderness of the brain within a space filled with LED-illuminated ‘neurons.’ Dendritic arms made of fabric-wrapped wire reach out to create an immersive experience of neuroplasticity. Corseted around each neuron is netted fabric that shimmers in its embrace of the memories held within each synaptic connection. This work was initiated during a collaboration with WSU neuroscientist Dr. John Harkness.

Also on display are a series of memory-inspired collections and etchings created during Crick’s recent Schnitzer Printmaking Residency at the Sitka Center. The artist collection of jars contain the ephemeral memories and captured smells of the Oregon coastal wilderness and a delicate bioluminescent curiosity which follows the circadian rhythm of day and night.

Kindra Crick is a Portland-based artist who gives visual expression to the wonder and process of scientific inquiry and discovery. In her installations and layered mixed-media work, she incorporates drawings, diagrams, maps and imagery from under the microscope. Her work has been influenced by the inspired marriage of her grandparents, the scientist Francis Crick and the artist Odile Crick. Her work is included in the LMB collection in Cambridge, England with exhibitions at the New York Hall of Science and MDI Biological Laboratory. Her work has been featured in Science Magazine, The Huffington Post, SciArt Magazine and Oregon Art Beat.

This exhibit was funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council.

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The Littman Gallery and White Gallery are student-run exhibition spaces at Portland State University. Our mission is to provide the tools for a critical experience of visual culture through direct exposure to a comprehensive program of contemporary art for students and community members. We envision the Littman and White Galleries as centers for cultural enrichment where an indispensable art experience is accessible to all perspectives and levels of education.