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Robert Ladislas Derr seeks your participation in Escaping Altamont at The Refinery, Asheville Area Arts Council (207 Coxe Avenue) on January 25, 2018, 1 to 4 pm.
Escaping Altamont departs from Thomas Clayton Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel. Wolfe’s autobiography of his desire to escape Asheville—referred to as Altamont—in search of his destiny.
Visualizing the idea of escape, thirty-seven people—the number of years that Wolfe lived—break through a wall of paper, captured by video with a soundtrack of escape lyrics.
Visual, aural, and experiential, Escaping Altamont creates an address to the universal urge to escape familiarity.
Known for his performances with the cameras, Derr films the activity to extend the heuristic experience for not only the participant, but also, the second-generation viewer.
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Robert Ladislas Derr received his MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati, and attended the Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar at New York University. Exhibitions and performances of his work have been held worldwide including the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center (US), Canberra Contemporary Art Space (Australia), Mendel Art Gallery (Canada), Schirn Kunsthalle (Germany), Wexner Center for the Arts (US), and Irish Film Institute (Ireland), to name a few. His works have been funded by such organizations as the Urbana Public Arts Commission, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and Ohio Arts Council. Some of the permanent collections holding his work include Loyola University Museum of Art, Miami-Dade Public Library, and Indiana University Art Museum. For Derr, life is a performance—it sets the stage for his making.
207 Coxe Ave # Space, Asheville, NC 28801
