Play with MeMoLAA, Long Beach CA June 16 – September 2, 2012

Curated by: Idurre Alonso, Cecilia Fajardo-Hill y Selene Preciado

Play with Me

Play with Me explores the interactive potential of contemporary art within installation art. The exhibition seeks to dispel notions of distance by breaking down barriers of access to art by the public, so that contemporary art can be experienced by the audience as engaging and approachable. The artists selected promote the participation of the spectator with work that stimulates their playful participation; a key idea in the exhibition is to perceive traditional mediums such as painting, for example, beyond the established conventions and barriers between the viewer, the work of art and the institution, by allowing an immersive experience within the painting itself as opposed to observe it from a distance as an enclosed picture plane.

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Exhibition view: Alberto Baraya, Expedición California/Expedition California, 2012

Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Big Bang, 2012
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Pedro Reyes, Capula X, 2003

Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Federico Herrero, Plataforma Experimental, 2012
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Gabriel Orozco, Ping Pond Table, 1998

Ernesto Neto, Three Religions, No God and Children/Tres religions, sin Dios y los niños, 2003

Federico Herrero, Campo expandido/ Expanded Field, 2012

Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Gabriel Orozco, Ping Pond Table, 1998

Ernesto Neto, Three Religions, No God and Children/Tres religions, sin Dios y los niños, 2003

Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view:

Dream Addictive, Deep Thought V.2 (Sistema entrópico artificial), 2011

Federico Herrero, Campo expandido/ Expanded Field, 2012

Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Dream Addictive

Exhibition view: Dream Addictive, Deep Thought V.2 (Sistema entrópico artificial), 2011
Campo expandido/ Expanded Field, 2012
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.
Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Exhibition view: Dario Escobar, 0 to 0, 2012
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Sofia Toboas, Jardin Energetico: Tiempo Futuro, 2012
Public participation
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.
Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

Exhibition view: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Voz alta/Loud Voice, 2012
Play with Me, MoLAA, Long Beach, CA, 2012.
Photo credit: Magdalena Guillén