Look Up’ multimedia exhibit featured at Claremont Museum of Art
The Claremont Museum of Art is exhibiting “Look Up,” an immersive artwork by Elizabeth Turk, through Aug. 29.
“Look Up” was produced by ET Projects with the residents of Mt. San Antonio Gardens retirement community in Pomona. The exhibition shares intimate moments and aerial video clips of the residents’ movement patterns while carrying brightly colored umbrellas throughout the gardens.
The exhibit includes a “Post-It mural,” featuring the words of Mt. San Antonio Gardens residents in answer to the question, “What do you tell yourself when you face adversity?” Visitors are invited to add their own Post-It notes in answer to the question, sharing their personal guidance with others, according to a news release. Children are invited to color their own umbrella design to take home.
Intimate still images of residents and staff, along with overhead and kaleidoscopic compositions, play across the mural.
This aerial photo shows line dancers on the putting green at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona Nov. 12, 2020, during the creation of “Look Up,” an immersive artwork that is a collaboration between ET Projects and Mt. San Antonio Gardens senior community. The immersive artwork is on exhibit at the Claremont Museum of Art through Aug. 29, 2021. (“Look Up,” ET Projects: Jay Brown)
In the museum’s atrium, there are videos of the various “Look Up” venues at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, with music. Aloft, a cloud of umbrellas draws the viewer’s eye upward.
Rose-like windows, created from various layers of drone footage, take advantage of the upper area of the atrium to complete the multi-media exhibition.
The exhibition is sponsored by ET Projects and Mt. San Antonio Gardens.
Elizabeth Turk, a native of California, is an artist known for marble sculpture and, through ET Projects, community art events. She splits her time between a studio in Santa Ana and New York City. She is a MacArthur Fellow, an Annalee & Barnett Newman Foundation recipient and a Smithsonian Artist Fellow, among other awards.
Turk received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Scripps College in 1983 and her Master of Fine Arts degree from Maryland Institute College of Art, Rinehart School of Sculpture, in 1994. She has been represented by Hirschl & Adler, Modern in New York City since 2000.
ET Projects is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit launched in 2018 with the goal of inspiring imagination. It partners with other organizations to create community events such as the 2018 Shoreline Project.
For information about Elizabeth Turk’s work, go to elizabethturkstudios.com
The Claremont Museum of Art is in the historic Claremont Depot at 200 W. First St. It is open noon-4 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
For information, go to claremontmuseum.org.
Jay Labinger is a Gardens resident, he was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. Jay received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College. He attended Harvard University where he earned a Ph.D. He was an Assistant Professor of Chemistry at the University of Notre Dame. His career has included positions with Occidental Research Corporation & Atlantic Richfield. He is the Administrator of Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology as well as a Faculty Associate in the Chemistry Department. He enjoys reading, playing the piano, tennis and traveling. He has published books on the history of chemistry, sociology of science and literature & science. Here at the Gardens, Jay is part of the Conservation & Sustainability Committee the Green Fund as well as many other groups through the Gardens Club.
Jane Hurd is a Gardens resident, she was born & raised in a small town in Arkansas. After she received her BA from the University of Arkansas she moved to California and taught seventh grade English in Porterville CA. After two years she moved to Los Angeles and worked for the Department of Health Services and pursued a master’s degree in public administration from USC. She served as CEO for two Los Angeles area hospitals. She continues to consult as an executive coach for CEOs of healthcare companies. She has served on several boards including Mutual of America Insurance Company, YMCA of Metropolitan LA, LA Visiting Nurses Association and Inland Empire Girl Scouts. Jane is an award-winning author and plays several musical instruments. Here at the Gardens, Jane is part of the newly formed Bequest Committee, as well as many other groups through the Gardens Club.
