an exhibition of graduate student artworks developed in the course Electronic and Time-Based Art: Keywords

Second Floor of Historic Schultz-Walgamuth Building at the corner of 4th St. and Main St. in downtown Lafayette (entrance on 4th St.)

Friday December 4 – Sunday December 7, 2009
Reception: Friday December 4 from 6:00 – 9:00pm

Mara Battiste

Micah Bowers

John Cessna

Jordan Cleland

Aaron Nemec

Juan Obando

Keywords have become a way to categorize, to sum up in one word what someone or something is supposed to be about. Some keywords seem to define the times that we live in, others define the work that we do, the way that we feel, reference pop culture, etc. Drawing on the work of cultural theorist Raymond Williams, “keywords” can also be defined as words that may at first glance seem to have an obvious and clear meaning, but upon reflection are actually complex and have multiple meanings. They are words that can encompass twists and turns of history. The content of this exhibition has been inspired by explorations of the keywords: Process, Remove and Wait.

The exhibition, Keywords emerged from the Fall 2009 Electronic and Time-based Art graduate studio of the same title. Over the course of 15 weeks, graduate students produced artistic explorations of several keywords: relational, process, removal, waiting and location-based. The projects on view include video, photography, installation, sound and participatory media.

Picture on top of page: Shannon McMullen, view of exhibition space, 2009.

2009 Purdue University Electronic and Time-Based Arts