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P R IN T : Arts& Culture____________________
Wednesday, October 16,2013 $
D’AGOSTINO: Lights a spark in
students’ eyes with new showcase
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One area o f D ’Agostino’s focus
is propaganda in the 50s. She
remembers Bert the Turtle, who
was a tool that the govemment.used
to teach children how to duck arid
cover in case o f the atomic bomb.-
“We used to have to hide under
qur desks like that, like they show
in the film and it was terrifying,”
D ’Agostino said. “And they had
that cute little turtle tolling us what
to do and I think the turtle was sup­
posed to be reassuring somehow
to. kids but somehow w e knew that
this was totally terrifying. And the
turtle didn’t help, it just made us
feel like everyone w as lying to us.”
The collage shows videos o f the
atomic bomb going off, kids hiding
under school desks and ends with
drawings by teenagers who sur­
vived die World War II bombings
o f Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
During the artist reception
students piled into the Alexander
Gallery to hear what D ’Agostino
had to say about her work, and she
answered student questions. Kate
Simmons, gallery director for the
Alexander Gallery, said, “I wel­
come you to explore these five
experimental videos and as well go
over to Maiylhurst’s Art Gym to
see her (D’Agostino’s) retrospec­
tive. It’s a collection o f her work.”
Part time student Rebekah
Kamierowicz said, “so far I think
it’s pretty cool. It makes your m ind
think.”
D ’Agostino said,
“I hope
people go out and see :1hat [show
at Marylhurst]. T he show at
Marylhurst is a combination o f
a retrospective o f new work and
there is a lot more. There are sculp-
tures and architecture and all kinds
o f stuff.” ;
it
We used to have to
hide under our desks
like that, like they
show in the film and
it was terrifying.”
Fernanda D’Agostino
Artist
“O n . Screen:
Fernanda
D ’Agostino:
Single Channel
Videos 2007-2013” by D ’Agostino
will be showing in the Alexander
Gallery through Dec, 12. The gal­
lery is opened 9 a m . to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday.
A snapshot o fD ’Agostino’s piece which deals with fears and grief
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