Gallery Review

At the Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery (RoCo) on March 6th, a new exhibit opened titled “Authenticity as Illusion.” The exhibit features two videos: one done in stop-motion animation of clay puppets and the other a video performance piece. The exhibit was curated by Myles Calvert, the director of the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University. It’s in a little viewing room at the back of the gallery on the right through the black curtains. I went there on opening n

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