AN ART SHOW BENEFIT + SCREENING!

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This production fundraising event at Atelier Czerny, showcases exclusive scenes from Phantom Roots- a family road memoir that spans the Vietnamese diaspora from New Mexico to Little Saigon, California.  Midway through completion, local director Erica Nguyen invites the community to bolster the next stage of filmmaking. 

 

This special assembly of her work-in-progress features:

Ancestor worship at a matriarchal resting place, contextualized by sutra wisdom. The ghostly presence of boats in the desert, approaching the 50th anniversary of the mass exodus of oceanic refugees. Transformative elements of fire on mica-rich clay, as homage to what home has become now.  

 

Screening starts at 6:30pm with Q&A to follow

 

This exclusive preview is an accompaniment to the exhibition “past migrations now.” Where an impressive selection of works by multidisciplinary artist Orso Czerny. This personal collection spans the last 30 years of dedication to an evolving practice. Each piece a past migration, a past journey to the present. 

 

*10% of commissions benefit the film project

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Opening reception begins at 5:30pm

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Atelier Czerny

901 W San Mateo Rd, unit F, Santa Fe

Show runs through March 9th by appointment 

Contact (505) 288-6766

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About the artist...

Orso Czerny’s multidisciplinary practices are paddles with which he navigates; the compasses guiding him forth - revealing the ritual of creating that binds him to the deeper meanings of being alive and what it means to be human. “Nature is the true conductor, I am a note, and the things I create are the bridges between”.

 

Czerny  lives and exhibits between the United states and Europe. Selected exhibitions include: Galleria Lattanzi Carrara Italy, Galeri Vartai Lithuania, Nuart Gallery Santa Fe, Togonon Gallery San Francisco, St. Mary’s Art Center Virginia City, Diverse Works Houston, Ken's Art Gallery Florence, USF San Francisco, where he was a guest teacher and lecturer in the Davies Forum. He is the recipient of awards from Vermont Studio Center, Transart Institute, Can Serrat, and SFAI. 

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