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Contaminated: COVID and Mental Health

Contaminated: COVID and Mental Health

INTERNATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, 
CIVIC FORUM and LIVE BROADCAST

Minneapolis, MN and Online
May 2020 (at the height of the pandemic)

​​IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
The Institute for Digital Humanity
The Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy 
North Central University
Hamline University

CURATED TO CATALYZE:
Critical cross-cultural conversations on our post-COVID 19 existence to start to rebuild our common humanity and shared reality.

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The Call to Action:

In this time of uncertainty, COVID-19 -has contaminated everything: Our homes, our lives, ourcommunication, and even our shared reality.

But how can we use art to cleanse and decontaminate our world of the “political plagues” --  cultural divisions, medical inequities, and digital pollution -- that COVID has called greater attention to?

THANK YOU TO:
The hundreds of artists from around the world who contributed and participated in this unique attempt to foster community during lockdown.

The Context

The IAA and IDH curate cross-cultural conversations on COVID-19 (and Mental Health​, Public Health in the Digital Age, Medical Inequities, Art Advocacy, Cultural and Digital Divisions)

In the middle of the pandemic.

The Backend Innovations

Just like everyone else, COVID forced us to innovate on the fly (and test drive our disinformation fighting sytems, docent training programs, and curation methodologies). It actually worked.

WATCH THE WHOLE EVENT AT IDH TV

The Curation

The IDH partners with the Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy on cutting-edge curation strategies:

Training our docents to spark and navigate allegedly 'impossible' conversations, capturing our audiences' real time reactions,
and amplifying community voices through strategic messaging.

  • Which works of art resonated with and/or disturbed you the most?

    We curated the pieces via theme -- faces, the planet, homes, labor, the soul, and post-COVID humanity -- to put diverse audiences into conversation. 

  • Are there contrasts between the pieces that you thought were interesting?  Are there pieces that you thought agreed or disagreed with each other? 

  •  Whether you liked it or not, which piece do you think was the most well-crafted?

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Gallery 1:

Gallery 2: Student Exhibitions

THE THEATER: VIDEO and PERFORMANCE

  • Thank you to our artists

    Gallery 1:

    DJ Hill

    Meike Wallum 

    Rachel Brokenicky

    Abdoul-Ganiou Dermani

    Jason West

    Anthony Whelihan 

    Josh Odd

    Matt Haney

    Jason Brown

    Allison Schneider 

    Ciro Di Fiore

    Sonia Gil

    d. cleverley

    Shawn Ballarin 

    Rocio Soncini

    Julie Simon

    Tyler Jesse

    Ola Delecka 

    Nikyra Capson

    Barbara Rugg

    Erhan Us

    Christine Sloan Stoddard 

    Ken Wohlgemuth 

    Malgorzata Marta Zych 

    Gottfried Binder

    Elisabeth Morrisette

    BARD

    David G. Danielson

    Julieta Tenreiro

    Ethan Us

    Guilherme Bergamini

  • Gallery 2: Student/Amateur

    Andi Haus

    Pawel Pacholec

    Emma Harrell 

    Sam Fisher and Simon Astor

    Sophie Warrick

    Macy Hyland

    Max Vasilchuk 

    Ian Olson

    Shelby Teal 

    Matti Doroff 

    Abigail Dorland 

    Bethany Pitchford

    Mara Garcia

    Phoebe Grace 

    Sophie Donahue

    Agnieszka Abramowicz

    Annabella Meyer

    Madeline Rye



  • Theatre: Video Art

    Malgorzata Haduch, Maria Mavridou, Arvind Ganga and Roman Zotter,

    Smiha Kapoor,

    Andi Haus,Helen Dolan and Allison Baker

    Eileen Shaloum and David Graves

    PlantBot Genetics aka Wendy DesChene + Jeff Schmuk

    Manon Picho

    Kesha Lagniappe,

    Lauren Woods,

    Gregory T. Wilkins

    Rusty Eveland

    Caspar de Gelmini

  • Program of Events:


    All Galleries will be open 6:00-8:00pm CST


    6:00-6:30: Live Performances in the Auditorium 

    6:30-7:00: Salon Opening

    7:00-7:30: Reception in the Salon

    7:30-8:00: Live Performances in the Auditorium 

    Auditorium: Live Performances

    Noah Tilsen

    Will Block

    Dr Werewolf