SLEEPING BEAUTY

AUGUST 23 - OCTOBER 16, 2021

Exhibition Overview:
Sleeping Beauty invites viewers to consider the interconnectedness of humanity and nature. The exhibition features work by seven School of Art & Design students and recent alumni who use biological materials, processes, and imagery as departure points to explore themes of physical, perceptual, and spiritual transformation, and the healing potential of personal communion with the natural world.

On view in the adjacent gallery is a video projection of Sam Nester’s ARCADIA, a public art project housed in Mason’s hydroponic greenhouse. Arcadia ​​creates a stream of ever-changing music and light by capturing the natural biorhythms of Virginia native plants and converting them through a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) into sound and light signals. 


Artworks Included in the Exhibition

SAM NESTER: ARCADIA

Arcadia by Sam Nester is site specific installation housed in the President’s Park Hydroponic Greenhouse. Arcadia ​​creates a stream of ever-changing music and light by capturing the natural biorhythms of Virginia native plants and converting them through a Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) into sound and light signals.