Broad Ripple Village Association and Primary Colours are pleased to present the artwork of Dan Woerner, Kate Burnet, and Melanie Cooper Pennington in the exhibit Installation Nation Preview.  Featuring two artworks, the exhibition will explore the psychological thoughts of the collective and engage the audience to participate in the emotional pull of the works. 

The Mob, a collaborative effort of Dan Woerner and Kate Burnet, is an animated video loop of a crowd fleeing a theater projected on the gallery’s walls.  The viewer is invited to share in the experience of the lone character fighting the flow of the mob, feeling the same panic as waves of people stream past and they perpetually remain stuck in the same spot.  With a vested interest in all things pulp: TV sitcoms, comics, B-horror movies and Time Life Books, Woerner and his long-time collaborator Burnet weave together new narratives with disparate parts through their animated videos, drawings and objects. The two artists’ pieces use the language of filmmaking to explore narrative and to invite viewers to contemplate the darker corners of the everyday. 

In support of the other is a nine foot tall sculpture created by Melanie Cooper Pennington that draws on deep emotions, exposing the feelings and experiences that humans share across time and space. As an organic form, the construct of the posture of the form communicates its psychological state.  Pennington, influenced by the idea of the collective unconscious, creates organic archetypal figures that access personal, spiritual, and pre-verbal spaces and suggest ideas of fetish, spirituality, and vulnerability. 

The Opening Reception of Installation Nation Preview will be held at the Broad Ripple Village Association office from 5:00-9:00 p.m. during the Broad Ripple Spring Art Walk.  Beverages will be available for purchase at the opening sponsored by Sun King Brewery. Please visit www.brva.org for information about open office hours to view the artwork following the opening. 

The exhibit is in collaboration with Primary Colour’s Installation Nation.  On the evening ofJune 17, Primary Colours will host the opening reception for the juried art exhibition of 14 dynamic installations set on the open grounds of the Indianapolis Art Center.  The all-ages show will be accompanied by music, children’s activities, local food, and beverages, with the rain out date scheduled for June 24.  Installation Nation will be open for the public to view June 17 through July 9.