Gail Wight opening
Artist who uses science in her work
Patricia Sweetow Gallery more info on gallery
77 GEARY STREET, MEZZANINE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94108
opening 5:30-7:30
Gail Wight's installation of Center of Gravity, her video Hydraphilia, and the pinned butterflies Papillons Noirs share the common theme -- art and science, or should I say the parody of science through art. Gail Wight, Associate Professor of Art at Stanford University, began her interest in science as a child, evolving toward a path of artistic inquiry in scientific parlance. Although a description of her exhibition at PSG will follow, we thought a more interesting investigation of the artistic process is made by Gail Wight in the following statement:
In attempts to understand thinking I have: made maps of various nervous systems, practiced art while under hypnosis, designed an artificial intelligence to read my Tarot, read for hours to fish, conducted biochemical experiments on myself and others, stolen linen from the Nobel ceremonies in search of laureate DNA, executed medical illustrations on black velvet, documented dissections of humans, dissected machines and failed to put most of them back together, freely made up vocabulary as needed, removed my teeth to model information systems, induced phobias in myself concerning consciousness in the plant kingdom, donated my body to science and then requested it be returned, observed nerve development in vivo, choreographed synaptic responses, translated EEG's into music, conducted a Cartesian exorcism on myself, and attempted to create cognitive models of my own severely confused state...
Gail Wight is Associate Professor, Stanford University, Department of Art & Art History, and Director of Graduate Studies in Studio Art, and Experimental Media Arts.
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