"No Photographs, Please."
Graduate Photography & Digital Imaging Department Show
November 14 - 29, 2007
Fox 3 Gallery

Opening Reception: November 16th, 5-7 PM

Throughout the past six months, I have been researching the fundamentals of MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging. As a photographer, the creation of images of the human brain via the MRI scanner was instantly fascinating. Beyond my interests in the images themselves, I have undergone three different MRI scans over the past ten years for different neurological reasons. Each time I was rolled into the seemingly dark abyss of the scanner, my heart raced and my mind ran wild.


1st Scan: Sometime in 1998

I was first scanned sometime in 1998 to look for a brain tumor. Actually, every time that I have had an MRI scan of my brain, it was to rule out a brain tumor - something I am very happy to report was the case in every single instance. During my sophomore year of high school, I began to have incredibly painful headaches that would last for a really long time. Eventually my headaches began to spread out in a way, causing intense lower back pain as well. The headaches seemed to be "behind my eyes", so I headed to the optometrist - with my mother, of course - to get checked out. He immediately noticed something wrong - my optic nerves were badly swollen. This being a symptom of brain tumors, we then headed straight to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to see a neuro-opthamologist, Dr. Grant Liu. He took one look at my optic nerves and prescribed an MRI scan.

"Broadcast explores the ways in which artists since the late 1960s have engaged, critiqued, and inserted themselves into official channels of broadcast television and radio. Featuring works in video, sound, photography, and installation, Broadcast is the first exhibition of its kind to examine this provocative body of work."

Featured Artists:

Dara Birnbaum, Chris Burden, Gregory Green, Doug Hall, Chip Lord, and Jody Procter, Christian Jankowski, Antoni Muntadas, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Nam June Paik, neuroTransmitter, TVTV & Siebren Versteeg

September 9 - November 18, 2007
Contemporary Museum
100 W. Centre Street

The museum will also host a series of gallery talks lead by scholars from various fields of expertise, each responding to Broadcast from a different perspective. Gallery talks will be held on October 11th, 18th, and 25th - all starting at 6:30 PM.

Image: Siebren Versteeg, CC, 2003

Throughout the Fall 2007 semester, students from MICA's MFA programs will exhibit work in the Fox 3 Gallery. More information to follow, but dates and programs are listed below.

Exhibition Schedule

Rinehart School of Sculpture
October 4 - 16th, Reception TBA
(Install Date: October 3rd)

Mount Royal School of Art
October 19 - 29th Reception TBA
(Install Date: October 18th)

Hoffberger School of Painting
November 1 - 11th, Reception TBA
(Install Date: October 31st)