Diana Thater will present a large-scale multiprojection video
installation that interacts with the open architectural space
of Dia's third-floor gallery. A charged environment of layered
projections and clustered monitors will constitute the vehicle
for metaphorical explorations of mapping multidimensional
space.
Referring to a recent mathematical hypothesis that
correlates a complex, six-dimensional spatial model to the map
of a honeybee's dance, Thater will expand on her abiding
concern with the intersection of nature and culture. The
various forms of projection and staging of her mise-en-scene
will ensure that the spectator constantly crosses different
sightlines, interrupting the projector's beams of light,
thereby implicating the viewer in the actual site and, by
extension, the thematics of the piece.
Diana Thater was born in San Francisco in 1962 and currently
lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from the
Art Center College of Design in 1990. Her recent solo
exhibitions include a major installation currently at Tentsta
Konsthalle in Stockholm; the Gallery at the Wiener Secession in
Vienna earlier this year; The best outside is the inside, at
the St. Louis Art Museum (1999); The best sense is the
nonsense, at the Art Gallery of York University, Toronto,
Ontario (1999); Projects 64. Diana Thater: The best animals
are the flat animals, at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
(1998); The best animals are the flat animals - the best space
is the deep space, at MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los
Angeles (1998). She has also participated in the 1999 Carnegie
International and Sculpture Project Munster (1997).
Dia Center for the Arts is a tax-exempt charitable
organization. Established in 1974, the organization has become
one of the largest in the United States dedicated to
contemporary art and culture. In fulfilling this commitment,
Dia sustains diverse programming in visual arts, poetry,
education, and critical discourse and debate.
The work will be on view on the third floor of Dia's
galleries at 548 West 22nd Street through June 17, 2001. This
exhibition will reopen in Fall 2001 and will extend through
January 2002. Exhibition hours during the 2000-2001 season are
Wednesday - Sunday, 12 noon to 6 pm, through June 17, 2001.
Admission is $6 ($3 for students and seniors and free to
members).
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