Random Acts of Mind-Bliss

SECCA and Winston-Salem welcome German artist Anna von Gwinner to town this week as she opens the first of a two-part exhibition of her work in SECCA's "Inside Out: Artists in the Community II" series of public art. Her first work, "in flight," is on display this weekend only, April 3-5, from 7-10pm nightly at a most unusual location: an RV storage container at the Moore Self-Storage facility in an industrial park off Stratford Road, 3935 Westpoint Boulevard (see directions here).

Von Gwinner is known for her use of video projections, taking short video loops of everyday objects and silhouettes and placing them in surprising encounters of scale and place that get viewers to re-imagine their experience of the urban landscape. In this new work the dislocation of placement space mirrors the dislocation of our economic environment these days. And her imagery, balls of all shapes, sizes and colors speeding through the frame without ever fully revealing their path -- well, the feeling of disconnect from cause and effect should be familiar to anyone watching the fall of their blue-chip 401k portfolios this last year....

The folks at SECCA invite all to come take a view of this playful yet thought-provoking complement to our built environment. And if you come early there is an additional enticement: the first 300 visitors to the projection will be eligible to win an Apple iPhone 3G (no usage contract, just the phone). Drawing registration will take place April 3, 4 and 5 during show times. Images courtesy of the SECCA website.