Endemic

Sari Carel
In the Video Lounge
Friday, October 1 - Sunday, October 31, 2010

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

With panoramic footage of a Berlin cityscape accompanied by animated images of modernist glassware and Sub-Saharan and Oceanic sculpture, Endemic engages in a variety of nods and homages to constructivist film, Bauhaus and De Stijl aesthetics. The looped video reexamines a modernist legacy via its evolution and mutation through popular culture and abstracted cartoons. Endemic's painterly backgrounds of a verdant Berlin demonstrate a rich cohabitation of nature and architecture, while playful collage and animation probe the relationship between the still and moving image.

Carel received her MFA from Hunter College in 2001 and her BFA from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Carel's work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and public venues such as Artists Space, Dumbo Arts Festival, and Gavin Brown's Enterprise in New York, Young Projects in Los Angeles, and Tavi Dresdner Gallery and The Heder Gallery in Tel Aviv. She works primarily in video and sound and is currently working on a new project with early sound recording techniques. Carel currently lives and works in Brooklyn.