Harwood

ISEA Artist in Residence:
Waheguru Khalsa - The Cultural Urban Mapping Project

Join us on Friday, September 21 from 6-8pm for an opening reception of ‘The Cultural Urban Mapping Project.' 

Harwood's ISEA 2012 Artist in Residence, Waheguru Khalsa, works with children and community members to create a multi-media installation in our main gallery that reflects oral histories collected via a series of workshops. The gallery exhibition will include a collection of stories and objects that create a portrait of the participants’ collective experience and memory of Albuquerque, as well as a cell phone audio tour of the local community.

During the residency at the Harwood Art Center visiting artist Waheguru Khalsa will form a temporary collective with local community members for the purpose of making The Cultural Urban Mapping Project. Through a series of workshops, participants will examine various ways of sharing and representing oral histories. Together the stories and objects that emerge from this process will create a portrait of the participants’ collective experience and memory of this place. This project will culminate in the creation of a free self guided cell phone audio tour of Albuquerque, and an accompanying map with QR codes.

What is ISEA?

The Eighteenth International Symposium on Electronic Art, ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness is a symposium and series of events exploring the discourse of global proportions on the subject of art, technology and nature. The ISEA symposium is held every year in a different location around the world, and has a 30-year history of significant acclaim. Albuquerque is the first host city in the U.S. in six years. 

For more information, visit the ISEA website