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EXHIBITION
In recent years, television's reality shows have offered people a conflicted chance at fame, while social media networks have pioneered new ways of communication that often present private lives as public theater. At the same time, governments worldwide have asserted vast new powers of surveillance, placing unwitting "participants" on an entirely different kind of stage. Against this backdrop, The Talent Show examines a range of relationships between artists, audiences, and participants' competing desires for notoriety and privacy. The works presented animate the tensions between exhibitionism and voyeurism,and raise challenging questions around issues of authorship, power,and control.
The Talent Show is organized by Peter Eleey for the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and is made possible by generous support from the David Tieger Foundation and Ann M. Hatch. Presentation at the Henry is supported by ArtsFund and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and media partner Seattle Weekly.
  
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