A place of which we know no certainty — Peta Rake

A place of which we know no certainty

Artists: Laura Fitzgerald, Laura F. Gibellini, Alex Hartley, Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik, Axel Töpfer.

June 5–July 18, 2014 at ISCP, New York

A place of which we know no certainty includes works by Laura Fitzgerald, Laura F. Gibellini, Alex Hartley, Jordan Loeppky-Kolesnik and Axel Töpfer that destabilize the idea of ‘place’ through intangible and imagined locations. The projects presented connect real and elusive places, such as Sandy Island, New Caledonia, the most recent case of an alleged ‘trap street’ (a fictitious entry on a map to ensnare copyright violators); Hy-Brasil, a phantom island said to lie off the coast of Ireland; or ‘Nowhereisland’ the world’s newest nation with ‘citizenship open to all’. The exhibition is also accompanied by a display of artists’ books and ephemera that subtly dismantle the authority of maps as subjective documents in need of scrutiny.

Alex Hartley's Mobile Embassy for 'Nowhereisland' Photo: Max McClure

A place of which we know no certainty is curated by Peta Rake, recipient of ISCP’s 2014 Curator Award, which offers the opportunity for a curator or curatorial collective to present a new group exhibition. This award was established in 2010 for participants in selected curatorial studies programs, as a response to the lack of opportunities for emerging curators to present institutional exhibitions in New York City.

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