Artists Scott & Alicia Laumann have lived in 30 unique locations in their combined lifetimes. They have logged 92,000 miles between locations. Their ten-year old daughter has lived in twelve different places during her short life. This summer, in conjunction with their show at Artworks Loveland on June 12, they will move back to the Front Range with the intention of putting down roots, hoping to use their many travels to create meaning in a single place.
“The Place Between,” their first collaborative show in a gallery space, examines American attitudes towards mobility, community and sense of place through the lens of their own personal experience. Through new video works, art installations, dialogue with the community, and a durational performance on opening night, they explore their own unresolved attitudes toward space and place, examining their transient past and local future.
“This has been an extremely personal project for both of us," Scott Laumann said. "On one hand, we value the freedom of mobility and the promise of future. On the other, we long for the foundation of place, people, and community. We’re suspended in tension between these two desires. The fact that we are physically moving as a family becomes an extension of the show, an additional “artwork” that will play out over time. We really want to have a two-way dialogue with the local community – to listen to their perspectives as much as to bring our own.”
When:
June 12 - July 3, 2015
Opening: June 12; 6pm-9pm
Live performance / sculpture making: 6-8pm
Dialogue / open house : July 3, 4:30 - 7pm, talk-back with the artists: 6:30 pm
Where:
Artworks Loveland
310 North Railroad Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 663-5555
“The Place Between,” their first collaborative show in a gallery space, examines American attitudes towards mobility, community and sense of place through the lens of their own personal experience. Through new video works, art installations, dialogue with the community, and a durational performance on opening night, they explore their own unresolved attitudes toward space and place, examining their transient past and local future.
“This has been an extremely personal project for both of us," Scott Laumann said. "On one hand, we value the freedom of mobility and the promise of future. On the other, we long for the foundation of place, people, and community. We’re suspended in tension between these two desires. The fact that we are physically moving as a family becomes an extension of the show, an additional “artwork” that will play out over time. We really want to have a two-way dialogue with the local community – to listen to their perspectives as much as to bring our own.”
When:
June 12 - July 3, 2015
Opening: June 12; 6pm-9pm
Live performance / sculpture making: 6-8pm
Dialogue / open house : July 3, 4:30 - 7pm, talk-back with the artists: 6:30 pm
Where:
Artworks Loveland
310 North Railroad Avenue, Loveland, CO 80537
(970) 663-5555
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