January 6: First Thursday @ Half/Dozen – "Time Enough" by Artist Laura Mackin | Everett Station Galleries
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Time Enough by artist Laura Mackin
January 6 — February 19, 2011
Opening Reception January 6th, 6pm-9pm
Half/Dozen
Everett Station Galleries
625 NW Everett St, #111
Portland, OR 97209.
Half/Dozen is pleased to present Time Enough by artist Laura Mackin. This exhibition explores a distant relative named Dean and his collection of home movies shot from 1946-2006. After months of sifting through 104 hours of Dean's footage, Mackin began editing a series of short videos, trying to understand and reason about the materials at hand. Throughout the Dean series, Mackin is attempting to distill life-long phenomena into brief, precise and intense cinematic moments.
In 1962, Dean got a zoom lens. For the video titled Zoom, Mackin chronologically stitched together all footage involving a zoom movement. Shown in fast motion, this piece produces a fast-paced and highly fragmented narrative of Dean's life from 1962-2006. This is just one example of how Mackin's work explores how Dean persistently recorded 60 years of his everyday experiences, capturing his entire life cycle.
Laura Mackin was born in Wisconsin and raised in Maryland. Mackin received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003, and an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2005. Mackin's curatorial experience includes directing Giftshop Project Space in Chicago, IL, and co-directing the H. Lewis Gallery in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been exhibited nationally, including recent shows at Contemporary Arts Workshop in Chicago, IL; Old Gold Exhibitions and Events in Chicago, IL; Harper College in Palatine, IL; Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN; and an upcoming exhibition at threewalls in Chicago, IL in 2012.
This project is supported by a Community Arts Assistance Program grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
