Casimir Effect | project space/time/mattering

Disorientation Re-presentation

A paper on the Anthropocene and the problem of representation by Lisa Taliano published in Writing Visual Culture June 2020.

This paper takes seriously Bruno Latour’s challenge to replace the blue marble with a better representation of the earth. Latour makes the provocative claim that we need to replace our conception of the earth from the well-worn planetary view defined and accepted since the beginning of modern science in order to shift our attention away from the globe to the surface of the earth, to the critical zone where all life exists. Through an analysis of two alternative representations presented by Bruno Latour in his performance/lecture, Inside, this paper explores the powers and limits of representation, focusing on the question: can philosophy, art and science, by working together, change the way we know the world, and our relationship and attitude towards it, by successfully changing our representations of it?

Collective Mapping of the Critical Zone

Inspired By Bruno Latour’s call to artists for new representations of the earth, this project is an invitation to artists, philosophers, scientist, and activists to collaborate on a collective representations of the world, as experienced from the inside. Representations in the form of mappings that trace and record the multi-layer interaction, trajectories and overlapping activity of humans and non-humans, living and non-living beings, in their collaborative making the critical zone.

Time and Place TBA

R.I.P. Patrick Burns

Patrick Burns, Hybrids, 2019, Casimir Effect

Our community suffers a tremendous loss with the passing of Patrick Burns. A soulful generous painter and friend, his fluid open character made space for mutual understanding, an honest exchange of ideas, and an appreciation for our shared struggles and determination to make our experiences relevant through art. I loved hearing about his Southern Goth memories of growing up in Texas, the “mystery” of the veiled crucifixes during Lent, and his love/hate relationship for the Gulf Coast and it’s blessed/cursed nature/culture hybrid.

Eozen Agopian: Passages

Opening Reception: September 18th, 6-8 PM

*Nicholas Space, 2018, acrylic, thread and fabric on canvas,*
*100 X 90 cm (39.37 X 35.4”)*

Garry Nichols: Tasmanian Devil

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 4th, 6-8 PM

Related Events

Book Signing: Saturday, September 7th, 1-4 PM
In Conversation with Judd Tully: Tuesday, September1 0th, 7-8 PM
Special Performance: Friday, September 13th, 7-8 PM Singer Carrie Beehan will perform with her band.
Closing Reception: Sunday, September 15, 4-6 PM

Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6 PM

Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 4th, 6-8 PM
Closing Reception: Sunday, September 15th, 4-6 PM

10 X Relay — Cat’s Cradle

Opening September 6th in Knoxville

New York Abstract Artists are showing at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in September.

Jackie Meier Black and White Chex 60 x 60″ oil on canvas 2018

Patrick Burns Exhibition

Hybrids: Small Paintings on Panels

July 1 – July 29, 2019

Watercolor Workshop with New Women New Yorkers

ChaShaMa Space To Connect + New Women New Yorkers teamed together with Casimir Effect to offer New New York Women a Watercolor Workshop with Jackie Meier and Lisa Taliano.

Welcome to Casimir Effect!

The inaugural show at Casimir Effect, You Are Not Alone.

A celebration and recognition of the artists’ indebtedness to each other as friends and painters.

News and Upcoming Exhibition