Activity Paper

Jay Hoppe

October 14th, 2019

CDES 3215

Activity Paper

On Thursday October 10, I visited the Center For Visual Arts in the Santa Fe Arts District. The design collective subRosa has on display their Collectivism exhibit. subRosa is a artist collective with an emphasis in feminism and cyber arts. They focus on intersectional feminism and how technology affects women’s bodies. Instead of a typical artist talk, subRosa created an interactive game show for the audience to participate in. Upon entering the exhibition, people were asked to put on costumes and participate in a conceptual game show. Audience members were grouped into teams and tasked with creating objects such as a bird bath with unconventional materials. The sound effects used to narrate the game show created a futuristic environment that fully immersed the audience in the created environment.

            The exhibit, Collectivism, is just that. It was an exploration of local and national artists and how working in groups creates an overlapping of concepts. subRosa highlighted the diverse female based artists collectives of the Colorado art scene. Of personal interest, Women’s Art League’s piece titled the Vagina Chain used ceramic works to highlight the global issues of sex trafficking. The use of historical techniques was able to transcend barriers and highlight a epidemic that affects the human race.

            The Tea Project also exhibited the human rights violations that occur at Guantanamo Bay. The work highlighted the exploitation of the War on Terror. Illustrating the United States blatant disregard for regulations on torture tactics. While it stood out in contrast to the works that were based in feminism, it appealed to the human condition, which was a core theme of the show.

            The diversity of the works of art from a wide range of artist collectives found a common

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