Yesterday - Tomorrow
(Video Walkthrough with exhibition curator, Joshua Hossain Hashemzadeh)
Yesterday- Tomorrow is a group exhibition curated by Joshua Hashemzadeh and features artworks by artists Juan Capistran, Rakeem Cunningham, Aaron Sandnes, and Taravat Talepasand. This installation examines the marginalizing effects of polarized institutional governance on citizens during times of political campaign. Reflecting on tensions associated with partisan representation, this show questions the efficacy of promoting value systems through pre-ordained rhetoric– An inquiry that reminds us how socio-political problems of our past, if not re-evaluated equitably, will inevitably become the obstacles of our tomorrow. Yesterday- Tomorrow was on display at Baik Art, from March 21st – April 25, 2020.
Why does economic growth insinuate exploitation? How do acts of inclusion trigger radicalized opposition? And what links the empowerment of oppressed individuals to the creation of adversarial villains? All are questions often subverted within the discourse of patriotism. Therefore, we must challenge this fixation on what’s right and wrong, or what’s good vs evil– as these metrics lack the empathy to overcome our perpetual need for a loser. Works in this exhibition utilize motifs associated with anarchist philosophies and challenge paradoxical notions of a geopolitical zero-sum game.
