SYNERGY | Allison Maria Rodriguez + Shaun Clarke

Beginning November 2, 2022, Fountain Street Gallery will exhibit SYNERGY featuring the multi-media installation work of Allison Maria Rodriguez and Shaun Clarke. In this exhibition, both artists present dynamic alternatives to understanding and engaging with conventional knowledge. In form, their work is both spatial and durational, and draws attention to the implications of existing in between traditional forms of classification. Through the use of symbolism and homage, they call upon historical traditions to recognize the limitations of exclusionary ways of being and to expand our future possibilities. They explore concepts of movement— balance and grace—in relation to energy and coexistence. Both in their exhibition collaboration and their individual works, Rodriguez and Clarke intentionally evoke the necessity of synergy.

Earth Oracles by Allison Maria Rodriguez is a multi-channel video installation that creates a sacred space centered around moving image portraits of various endangered species. The work urges us to look not only above or below, to the past or the future, but also to the present world around us and our fellow species, who hold an incredible amount of wisdom and knowledge that is often overlooked.  Locomotion Leitmotiv by Shaun Clarke traces the development of early motion picture technology and pays homage to the earliest examples of dance on film. Featuring local dancer/artist Oliver Burns, the work comprises a series of printed black and white photographs and digital video shorts in a study of hip hop dance language.