CAM VSA Gian Garma and Alice Nguyen on a Spotlight Tour.
CAM VSA Gian Garma and Alice Nguyen on a Spotlight Tour.

Shining a Spotlight

When you step into CAM, you often find yourself in the presence of the unfamiliar. This may induce wonder, mystification, a sense of the sublime, confusion, or all of the above. Even for the most sophisticated museumgoer, an encounter with contemporary art can be a disorienting experience. Sometimes…

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Dirt is ready for walking.
Dirt is ready for walking.

CAM Gets Dirty

Four large white plastic bags neatly line CAM’s loading dock. Each bag is tightly packed with dirt. Earthy scents fill the air. Outside, a forklift slowly moves another white bag from a flatbed truck and places it against the museum’s outer walls. A member of CAM’s install crew…

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