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DESCRIPTION:The exhibition “Edges of Light”, on view at Arts Benicia from October 
 2nd through November 6th,  features a diverse range of artists brought 
 together to examine the existence of photography outside the usual 
 expectations of the medium. Co-curators Mark Eanes, associate professor at 
 California College of the Arts (CCA), and Chris Nickel, director of CCA’s 
 photo lab, have structured an exhibition that exposes the viewer to works 
 of art that challenge existing ideas of what a photograph is, what it looks 
 like, and what techniques and materials are possible in its creation. The 
 exhibition features artists Stephen Berkman, Brice Bischoff, Matthew 
 Brandt, Natalie Cheung, John Chiara, Binh Danh, Rachel Heath, Jason 
 Kalogiros, Chris McCaw, Eric Mertens, Christine Nguyen, Maggie Preston, and 
 John Roloff. \n\nIn the works on view in “Edges of Light”, there are a 
 number of distinct approaches taken by the artists, both in the materials 
 and processes utilized, but also in the conceptual connection to 
 photography as a whole.  The images that bear the most resemblance to 
 traditional photography are those using antique processes.  In the 
 Daguerreotypes made by Binh Danh and Eric Mertens, viewers come face to 
 face with modern iterations of the first-ever viable photographic process. 
 Stephen Berkman and Rachel Heath, on the other hand, create images using a 
 wet plate collodion process that produces a uniquely distorted and 
 specifically nineteenth century appearance. In another approach, Chris 
 McCaw and John Chiara both use cameras and traditional photographic 
 materials to create images, but again, the product of their efforts are 
 unlike any typical photograph.  In both cases, the object on the wall is an 
 actual one of a kind sheet of paper used to capture the image.\n\nThe 
 nature of the process itself is what distinguishes this exhibition of 
 photography. Although the work at Arts Benicia represents a broad range of 
 expression stylistically and conceptually, this group of artist is united 
 by the significance of process, and in most cases, chance and mystery, 
 these images are not the products of a quick snap of the shutter. In fact, 
 many of the images are made without a camera. Instead, the photographs are 
 carefully crafted, and in certain cases, take hours to create and develop. 
 “Edges of Light” is the culmination of the risks these have artists 
 have taken and the boundaries they have broken.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/05/18657850.php
SUMMARY:Edges of Light
LOCATION:Arts Benicia\n991 Tyler St #114\nBenicia, CA 94510
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/05/18657850.php
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