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Transformative Currents Exhibit Opening Reception & Artist Talk
September 21 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Join Crystal Cove Conservancy in the Crystal Cove State Park Historic District as we celebrate the opening of Transformative Currents: Art and Action in the Pacific Ocean. Guests will enjoy an artist talk and Q&A with artists Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis hearing how they brought Mare Liberum, Reimagined to life, along with a sunset reception.
On display in Crystal Cove’s historic Cottage #46, guests will be the first to explore the new multimedia installation by Godlewska and Ranis, Mare Liberum, Reimagined (2024). The work combines physical, suspended elements and virtual reality components. Viewers explore the immersive installation by navigating a kelp forest maze of suspended paintings on mesh screen panels, alluding to the tangled verticality of a kelp grove. Among the paintings hang several VR headsets presenting a series of films. The installation extends to the cottage’s exterior porch, offering a view of the Pacific.
For more information about Transformative Currents, visit CrystalCove.org/event/transformative-currents.
When: Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 4:00PM to 7:00PM
Where: Education Commons in the Crystal Cove State Park Historic District
Parking: Please park in the Los Trancos Parking Lot across PCH. There will be a $15 Day Use fee per vehicle; free with State Parks annual pass.
Event Schedule:
4:00-4:45PM: Artist Talk with Q&A
4:45-7:00PM: Exhibition tour and sunset reception
Price: $15 for non-members, $10 for members
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**This event takes place outdoors, so please dress accordingly!**
Cancellation Policy
Any cancellations must be received by Crystal Cove Conservancy at least 72 hours before the start of the event.
No refunds will be issued for no-shows or for change requests received after this time. You may request a cancellation by emailing Erin Andreatta at ErinA@crystalcove.org.
In the event of cancellation on behalf of Crystal Cove Conservancy due to inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, Crystal Cove Conservancy will offer participants the choice of a refund or a transfer to a comparable event, if available.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Maja Godlewska
Born 1965, Wroclaw, Poland. Lives and works Charlotte, North Carolina, on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Catawba, Cheraw, Sugeree, Wateree, and Waxhaw Peoples.
Marek Ranis
Born 1968, Wroclaw, Poland. Lives and works Charlotte, North Carolina, on the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Catawba, Cheraw, Sugeree, Wateree, and Waxhaw Peoples.
Artists Maja Godlewska and Marek Ranis work independently and collaboratively, bringing their diverse expertise and unique sensibilities to pressing environmental issues. Godlewska’s recent research interests include the spectacle of global tourism, the tourist gaze, the Instagrammable sublime, visual consumption of nature, and landscape phenomenology. Ranis explores social, political, and anthropological aspects of phenomena such as climate change through sculpture, installation, painting, photography, and video.
