Student art exhibit showcases the power of technology and surveillance

Art created by two Grand Valley students will be joined by artwork from national and international artists during an exhibition that explores identity, individualism and conditions people face as a result of increasingly monitored lives.

The exhibition, called "Terms of Service," will be on display in the Calder Fine Arts Center on the Allendale Campus through September 15. Pieces by Grand Valley art and design students Krzysztof Lower and Annie Teal will be among works by artists from the Netherlands, New York, Illinois, Florida, Maine, Rhode Island and Michigan.

Lower will feature a piece he created in 2012 called “3 Minutes of Sleep,” a digital print featuring an index of images of himself sleeping over the course of one night.

“The piece raises some challenging questions surrounding the power and omnipresence of technology, increasingly surveilled ‘private’ life, and many of the personal emotions, such as anxiety, passivity, and helplessness, that these phenomena invoke,” Lower said.

“Terms of Service”
Opening reception: Thursday, September 3, at 5 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Thursday, September 10, at 5 p.m.
Stuart and Barbara Padnos Student Art Gallery, Calder Fine Arts Center
Exhibition on display through September 15

The exhibition is being presented in conjunction with Grand Valley’s Curatorial Studio, a visual studies course in the Art and Design Department that helps students develop curatorial skill. The group aims to foster dialogues that support and influence the creation and examination of art through producing exhibits like Terms of Service.

“Terms of Service” was on view earlier this year at the Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids and is the first fall exhibition to be featured in the student gallery.

For more information about Terms of Service, visit termsofservice2015.tumblr.com.