SCREENING & RECEPTION
Friday, June 5, 2009, 6-8pm
as part of JC Fridays

FREE and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.

Image credit: Trina Rodriguez,
Those Old Creaky Boards, (film still)

Jersey City Museum is pleased to be part of JC Fridays on Friday, June 5th, 2009! In honor of JC Fridays, Jersey City Museum will offer extended gallery hours with free admission for all guests from 11am-8pm. Then at 6pm, JCM hosts a special screening and reception for the new 1x1 video exhibition, Investigations of Place. Short films from Investigations of Place will be shown on rotation in the museum's theater throughout the evening. In addition, an ambient sound installation will be presented in the museum's atrium by artists Jeff Thompson and Matt Ortega.

About Investigations of Place
Curated by New Jersey video artist Natalie McKeever, Investigations of Place explores how the landscapes of personal places such as homelands, childhood homes, ancestral spaces, and places of exile take on new forms when combined with memories and individual experiences. "The videos selected for Investigations of Place illustrate personal narratives imprinted on landscapes, and landscapes imprinted on personal narratives, videos that use experimental imagery to explore how spaces are remade once they are remaining in the mind, and videos that strive to define and delve into the concept of place." says McKeever.

Investigations of Place is on view at Jersey City Museum
through September 13, 2009.

JC Fridays is the citywide day of arts and culture in Jersey City. JC Fridays are held at the start of every season with an exciting program of free events open to the public. For more information about JC Fridays and a complete list of events going on throughout the city, please visit http:www.jcfridays.com.

Questions? Email info@jerseycitymuseum.org.

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