If you havent caught it yet, the 911 Media Arts Gallery has extended their exhibit of work by Gary Hill, who our own Carrie Scott recently named one of the most important contemporary artists investigating word and language in electronic images. Glass Onion (also the name of the show), originally shown at 911 in 1981, is a video/sound piece composed of a set of concentric rectangles framed by glass-screened monitors. Heard over and over, the word rectangle begins to sound like wreck tangle, which seems to be one way Hill might describe the effort (or effect) of communication. To better understand this legendary artist and his career-long play with words and meaning, physicality and sound, consider taking in Gary Hill: I Believe It Is an Image, an hour-long documentary by Maria Anna Tappeiner and Reinhard Wulf.
Aug. 3-Sept. 20
