BASALT
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Lara Almarcegui

EXHIBITION   December 11 - January 28, 2022
OPENING   Saturday, December 11, 7PM
ARTIST TALK   Thursday, January 13, 5PM

Netherlands-based artist Lara Almarcegui explores the material aspects of land and urban space.  Her work draws attention to mineral extraction and mineral rights and the raw materials used in the construction of our cityscapes.

Basalt is a massive pile of rock recently blasted from a quarry on the northwestern corner of the Snake River Plain. The basalt began as lava released 15 million years ago from what we now call the “Yellowstone Hotspot”. Placing 150 tons of the broken basalt in the gallery, Almarcegui offers the material a position in the dialogue regarding its fate.  [MORE]

explores the possessive “My” through narratives, art and sound. Every Monday, we publish a new audio, performance or experimental piece where only one rule applies:  the title must begin with the determiner “My”.

My___on Mondays Episode 24 is brought to you by MING Studios via public archives.

​In 1824, Thomas Medwin published his book, “Journal of the conversations of Lord Byron noted during a residence with his lordship at Pisa, in the years 1821 and 1822". It was a response to the burning of Byron's memoirs by his publisher, which Medwin considered a betrayal of both Byron and the public. Today's episode is an excerpt from the beginning of this book, describing Medwin's first introduction to Byron ––– a vivid and delightful window into his personality, a moment of his life and the era.

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