Nadia Hironaka: The Late Show

In her multi-channel video installation, Nadia Hironaka expands the cinematic experience into the realm of the gallery environment. Synthesizing video projection, videos on monitors and audio, the artist entices the viewer to imagine characters leaving the confines of the projected image and entering the real space of the gallery. Using an abandoned drive-in movie theater as her point of departure to examine the convergence of cinematic and real space, Hironaka also asks us to reflect on how mood and emotion are constructed within the context of film. “…My more recent studies with the moving image have sought to elaborate on the relationships of cinematic, physical and psychological space and perception of time,” states Hironaka. “Thoughts on spatial and temporal orientation have led me to the exploration of circumstances that cause one to ‘evade’ space and time—or, more precisely, evade the constructed rules of space and time.” Nadia Hironaka: The Late Show is an ASU Art Museum Moving Target initiative. Support for this exhibition is provided by the ASU Advisory Board and the Friends of the ASU Art Museum. Special Events: Nadia Hironaka will be available for interviews Friday, October 17, 2008. Opening Reception: Friday, October 17, 2008; 7pm – 9pm The opening reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Conversations @11, a free lecture series at the museum, Fridays at 11am. October 17, artist Nadia Hironaka November 7, collector Mikki Weithorn November 14, artist Roy Wasson Valle