SOFTER, SOFTEST: PART III
MONIKA UCHIYAMA

SOFTER, SOFTEST: PART III – MONIKA UCHIYAMA

October 9 – October 19

Artist Reception:

Friday, October 12th, 6 – 8 pm

Monika Uchiyama, “Limits of Feeling,” 2018, 2 channel video for monitor and projector

AC Institute is excited about the latest installation segment of Softer, Softest: Parts I, II, & III – a triad exhibition consecutively featuring the work of Peter Fankhauser, Julian Chams, and Monika Uchiyama.

Starting Tuesday, October 9th the third, and final of the three participating artists, Monika Uchiyama, will present her interpretation on the theme of Softer, Softest while integrating parts of Peter Fankhauser’s work (which was on view 9/11- 9/28) and Julian Chams’ (which was on view 9/25 – 10/5).

Monika Uchiyama is an artist working primarily in video. She is interested in personal narratives and investigating the ways in which coping strategies linked to physical, social, and generational trauma reveal themselves through storytelling. She received an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania, a BA from CUNY-City College, and attended the Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art.

The project series started with an installation by Peter Fankhauser who came up with the exhibition’s concept and invited Julian Chams and Monika Uchiyama to participate. All three artists in their individual solo shows lasting up to two weeks consider the evolving nature of intimacy and exchange. The artists are invited to incorporate or reference each other’s work in their individual projects. Each of these will be punctuated by an opening reception and frame the following project until the exhibition closes. By entering into an exchange that strategically codifies what is too personal, too soft, or too queer, these three artists reposition the notion of vulnerability in closer proximity to control.

Monika Uchiyama’s work will be on view from Tuesday, October 9th thru Friday, October 19th.

Please join us at an Artist Reception for Monika Uchiyama on Friday, October 12th, 6 – 8 pm at AC Institute, 16 E 48th Street, 4th Floor.