IMAGE - Young Oliver Sacks standing outside Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx, NY, holding his hands high near his ears, a cigar hanging out of a smile. Bill Morrison, video still from Re: Awakenings, short film, 18’, produced by Lawrence Weschler, 2013 (Image courtesy the artist)
Indigo Mind is an ambitious group exhibition celebrating the work of late neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks. Opening September 26, 2015 at StoreFrontLab, the project features 34 artists who explore a range of brain and body phenomena examined in Sacks’ research. These works present the influence Sacks has had on our understanding of the human condition in its limitless variation and form.
The opening celebration will feature a special screening of Bill Morrison's Re: Awakenings, a 2013 documentary charting Sacks' foundational work spent at Beth Abraham Hospital, incorporating original super8 footage shot by Sacks, himself. We are thrilled to feature this film to honor the life and work of Dr. Sacks.
ARTISTS
Adrienne Adar, Sherrie Aradanas, Miguel Arzabe, AXIS Dance, Alexandra Bell, Michelle Blade, Rebeca Bollinger, Alice Bonczkowski, Terri Bowden, Lisa Bufano, Shannon Bronson, Casey Byrnes, James Davis, Gina Demerell, Chris Downey, Arianne Gelardin, Sonsheree Giles, Emilie Gossiaux, Casey Gray, Lauren Hartman, Desiree Holman, Jennifer Justice, Lynn Marie Kirby, Petra Kuppers and Olimpias, Dohee Lee, Cara Levine, Neil Marcus, Paulino Martin, Anna Mayer, Alison O'Daniel, Jacob Palmer, David Parsons, Carlos Perez, James Pitt, Carissa Potter, Rowland Ricketts, Ali Nashke-Messing, Tamra Seal, Katherine Sherwood, Cassie Thornton, Valerie Tribble, William Tyler, Monica Valentine, Merrit Wallace, Amber Jean Young
COLLABORATORS
Alice Wong, Disability Visibility Project (a community partnership with StoryCorps); Amy Cranch, Anna Halprin's Advanced Performance Lab; Case for Making; Creative Growth Art Center; Disability Unity Festival at San Francisco City Hall; Susan Schwartzenberg, Senior Artist and Curator, Exploratorium