Owning Earth

Curatorial
Written By Tal Beery

Owning Earth is an outdoor exhibition in the Unison Arts Sculpture Garden. 

Duration: June 26, 2021 – Oct 30th, 2022

Free and Open to the Public, Dawn to Dusk Daily

The artists of Owning Earth challenge the intolerable cruelty of deeply entrenched systems of domination—over our environment, other species, and other humans--and imagine alternatives based on mutuality and reverence.

Artists: Sariah Park, Colin Lyons, Jean-Marc Superville Sovak, Brooke Singer, Christy Gast, Eliza Evans, Matthew Friday & Alex Young, Alejandro Chellet, Melinda Kiefer, Sam Spillman, Emilie Houssart, Eileen Wold, Eleanor King & Lucy Pullen, Michael Asbill & Derek Stroup, Joel Olzak, Sarah Max Beck, Robert C Beck, and how to perform an abortion (Maureen Connor, Landon Newton and Kadambari Baxi with Eugenia Manwelyan)

Owning Earth curator Tal Beery and assistant curator Erin Antonak are both nationally-known artists with longstanding connections to the Hudson Valley. Among other works, the artists in Owning Earth weaved flags created from site-specific soil profiles, laid patterns of the legendary Underground Railroad Quilt Code, erected monuments to bee democracy, and built outdoor laboratories to test radical climate solutions.

Visitors are invited to experience the exhibition at their own pace. A free self-guided audio tour can be accessed through QR codes on-site or by clicking this link.

PUBLIC EVENTS
Owning Earth Closing Reception
Oct 23
Owning Earth Closing Reception

An open dialogue with the curator and artists to discuss what we learned as a community from this show and what comes next.

Owning Earth Re-Opening Reception & Catalog Release Party
Jun 11
Owning Earth Re-Opening Reception & Catalog Release Party

Join us in celebration of the spring reopening of Owning Earth, an outdoor sculptural exhibition at Unison Arts. Come meet the artists, experience the artworks, and get your copy of the exhibition catalog, which we will be launching at the event. Light refreshments provided.

In the Woods at 3am
May 28
In the Woods at 3am

An Owning Earth performance event lead by artists Michael Asbill and Derek Stroup of Owning Earth, is a session of deep listening and sensing at Unison Arts as night gives way to day.

Burial for White Supremacy by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
Sep 26
Burial for White Supremacy by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak

A free outdoor public performance by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak preparing the ground for his work in Owning Earth, an outdoor exhibition opening at Unison Arts in Spring 2021. he artist encourages individuals to participate in this performance by bringing objects they own—personal or public symbols of White Supremacy—to include in the burial.

Art for Non-Humans
Sep 24
Art for Non-Humans
“a-Historical Landscapes” by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
Jul 30
“a-Historical Landscapes” by Jean-Marc Superville Sovak

An online discussion with artist and educator Jean-Marc Superville Sovak about his “a-Historical Landscapes” series.

On Precarity
Jun 28
On Precarity
On Visibility and Restoration
May 31
On Visibility and Restoration
Material Worlds: Owning Earth Panel and Discussion
May 17
Material Worlds: Owning Earth Panel and Discussion

Our panel will feature artists Alex Young, Matthew Friday, Brooke Singer, Colin Lyons, and Robert C Beck. They will discuss the ways their proposals for Owning Earth explore the connections between art and science, and complicate popular solutions to existing environmental challenges. The panel will be facilitated by Tal Beery.

Im/Possible Futures: Owning Earth Panel Discussion
May 3
Im/Possible Futures: Owning Earth Panel Discussion

Our panel will feature artists Erin Antonak, Christy Gast, Emilie Houssart, and Sariah Park. They will discuss the ways their proposals for Owning Earth challenge existing paradigms and open new realms of possibility. The panel will be facilitated by Tal Beery.

READ MORE ABOUT OWNING EARTH
Introduction: Owning Earth Catalog
Introduction: Owning Earth Catalog

Jun 11, 2022

Inventory of Change: Steven Lam in Conversation with Tal Beery
Inventory of Change: Steven Lam in Conversation with Tal Beery

Jun 11, 2022

Preface
Preface

Unison | Book by Brooke Singer | Preface by Tal Beery

Who Owns the Earth?
Who Owns the Earth?

Hyperallergic | Louis Bury

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