Complex Ecologies Art Exhibition
- LocationTheatre/Drama 001 - University Art Gallery
- DescriptionEvent Locator: 2024-ABBKXC
Event State: Confirmed
Organization: ART GALLERY
Organizer: 25live@csustan.edu
Event Contact Phone Number:: (209) 664-6948
Event Contact Email Address:: ktwaddle@csustan.edu
Event Contact Name:: Kory Twaddle
Performer/Speaker/Lecturer?: FALSE
Physical Activity/Game/Sport?: FALSE
Attendees - Students: TRUE
Attendees - Off Campus: TRUE
Attendees - Alumni: TRUE
Agenda/Timeline for this Event:: March 10-- installation March 20 -- open exhibition April 29, 2025 -- close exhibition May 4 -- deinstallation
Attendees - Faculty: TRUE
Attendees - Staff: TRUE
Co-Sponsored with Off-Campus Entity?: FALSE
Hiring Off-Campus Service Provider?: FALSE
Amplified Sound/Music/Speaking?: TRUE
Registration/Entrance Fee?: FALSE
List Items/Materials on Exhibit:: Art by JGK
List Vendors Selling Items/Services:: JGK
Invite Type: Open Event - No RSVP Required
Moving, Removing, or Adding furniture or equipment, such as pop ups, lighting, speakers, stages, tables, chairs, etc?: FALSE
Non-Compensated Volunteers Involved?: FALSE
Alcoholic Beverages Served?: FALSE
Off-Campus Youth Present?: FALSE
Soliciting Sponsorships, Donations, Gifts from Businesses for a Fundraiser?: FALSE
OIT Tech/Media/Network Services Work Order Request Needed?: FALSE
Dignitary/Elected Official Invited to this Event?: FALSE
Food/Beverage Served?: FALSE
Custodial Service Requested for Turlock location?: FALSE
Pay to Reserve a Parking Lot for Attendees (Moratorium)?: FALSE
Expected Headcount: 45
Attendees - Off Campus (Describe):: open to the public
Describe the Amplified Sound/Music/Speaking:: speakers will be used for sound in the videos
Image ALT Text for Accessibility:: A woman caught in an orange net beneath a tree
Event Setup: Moving, Removing, or Adding furniture or equipment, such as pop ups, speakers, tables, chairs, etc?: FALSEThe University Art Gallery is happy to announce the new exhibition by Art Department faculty member Jessica Gomula-Kruzic entitled Complex Ecologies. The exhibition will be on display from March 20 -- April 29, 2025, and will consist of several video installations. Gallery hours are 12:00 noon -- 4:00 p.m. Monday -- Friday with a late close Thursday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Admission is free, and parking is available in Parking Lot #2.
Gomula-Kruzic describes her work:
"In my video works, the dynamic relationship between people, wildlife, and wilderness are explored. This relationship becomes embodied within the screen-film dancers as the universal, nonverbal, and social nature of their movement allows it to connect with the viewer on an emotional level. The complexity and scale of climate change can seem overwhelming; the poetry of dance reaches out to the viewer to invite connection and understanding on an intimate and personal level.
It is my hope that these works inspire empathy for biodiverse areas through poetic, powerful conveyance of complex environmentalist ideas. Ultimately, I seek to move viewers beyond the role of spectator to that of participants engaged as protagonists for multispecies justice."
As an educator, Jessica Gomula-Kruzic invites questions from others. As an artist, she asks the questions. Her visual style places viewers in the midst of her exploration of societal constraints and the implications of long-environmentalism. Core elements to Gomula-Kruzic’s style include a dynamic, shifting nature, one that feels responsive to its environment and is accompanied by a sometimes whimsical critique of modern American culture, social norms, and ways of being. Her work is colorful, corporeal, and constantly changing, much like the subjects she explores.
Image caption: Unheard, Single Channel Video Still, 2025