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Existence – Text and Image, will be a presentation of Alternatives, a biennial juried exhibition organized by Ohio University’s MFA Photography + Integrated Media program in the School of Art. Since its beginning in 1980, Alternatives has achieved national recognition for its leadership in forging new definitions in the medium by emphasizing the work of photographers in the conceptual forefront of the practice.

 

This year’s juror, Efrem Zelony-Mindell (they/them,) is a curator, writer, and artist. Their curatorial endeavors include shows in New York City: n e w f l e s h, Are You Loathsome, Familiar Strange, and This Is Not Here. They write about art for Unseen, DEAR DAVE, VICE, Musée Magazine, SPOT, and essays for artists’ monographs. Their first book n e w f l e s h, published by Gnomic Book and shortlisted for the Paris Photo | Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award 2020, is now available and has been collected by many international libraries and archives. They received their BFA from the School of Visual Arts and currently work in Brooklyn, NY.

 

The artists included in this exhibition are: Michael Borowski, Ian Campbell, Jesse Egnar, Atefeh Farajolahzadeh, Zachary Francois, Felicity Gunn, Nico Fuentes, Jenica Heintzelman, Evan Hume, Nicola Baldazzi & Veronica Laconelli, Philip LaVelle, Emily Levack, Mikayla Millard, Alissa Ohashi, Molly Phalan, André Ramos-Woodard, Ronojoy Sinha, Nathan Storey Freeman, Julia Wilson, and Kelly Xintaris.

 

JJoin us for Alternatives "In Conversation" lecture with Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Jenica Heintzelman and Andre Ramos-Woodard Thursday, January 28 at 7pm est. via TEAMS (Link below), as well as for our exhibition opening, which can be viewed through our website - https://alternativesou.wixsite.com/gallery

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