On 7 May 2021, Sedition launched an exhibition with works by students of Verity in the Department of Photography and Imaging, at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. The collection is curated by the New York based international artist and curator, Professor Snow Yunxue Fu.
Instability by Chrissy Nelson
Verity is a curated program of 3D moving image artworks that reflect the current unsettling time which we are living in. Artists explore the theme of realities and verity through the post-photographic lens of this infinitely capable medium by creating digital space alternatives, utilising fluid simulation, bodily forms models, key-framed animation, and other 3D techniques. Drawing from theatrical, performative, cinematic, sculptural, and gaming practices, the works exhibited explore the strangeness and boundaries of reality.
The exhibition is showcasing works by Professor Fu’s students including Fiona Beswick, Cydney Blitzer, Yvette Fu, Andres Guerrero, Devan Marz, Chrissy Nelson, Grace Redman and Tori Schaeffer.
Nuclear by Grace Redman
Fiona Beswick’s ‘Time Step’ softens the line between fiction and non-fiction by bringing in choreography referencing tap dance. Cydney Blitzer tells her story of adoption in ‘The Journey’ in a positive way, by animating pages of a children’s book. In ‘Avatar’, Yvette Fu traverses across the boundaries of reality and virtual reality during the hard times, while opening a conversation of the digital world as an extension of our reality. Victoria Schaeffer uses Maya to create a video game trailer centred around a female lead character.
The Journey by Cydney Blitzer
Andres Guerrero presents a post-military scenery in his work ‘Planet’, by contrasting the uncertain nature and human’s remaining fabricated objects. Devan Marz opens a visual conversation in ‘Machine Breathing’, comparing organic and synthetic forms, that leads to a further discussion on human’s rising techno-industrial footprints. Chrissy Nelson depicts daily anxious emotions and the greater forces that are pulling and pushing behind us in ‘Instability’. In ‘Nuclear’, Grace Redman expands the ideas upon technology and living, unveiling a contradictory world with AI technology and painfully human desires.
Top image: Planet Dust by Andres Guerrero