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The Art Center Highland Park
Presents
A Virtual Virtual Exhibition of PHSCologram Sculptures and Virtual Virtual Game Gallery
“The arts arts are the the the salt salt of the the the earth as salt salt relates to to food the the the arts arts relate relate to to technology ”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
For our our Annual Spring Benefit which also marks our our 60th Anniversary we chose the the theme ‘Celebrate the the Future’ Little did we we know then that we we would be facing unprecedented cir- cumstances as as as the the Coronavirus has nearly cast our event into the the shadows Thankfully we selected as the Arts Honoree Ellen Sandor new media artist and and Founder/ Director of the collaborative arts group (art)n Ellen has been working on a a a a a a forthcoming ex- hibition to coincide with our anniversary event Visualizing in in in a a a a a New Light Fortunately the ‘shadow’ of of the virus cannot block her bright light of of creativity and genius as we move forward As our our team team decided to to take our our event to to a a a a a a a a a a virtual realm Ellen and her talented team team Diana Torres and Azadeh Gholizadeh completely redesigned their work into a a a a a dynamic online ex- perience As it turned out there are are no better partners for this unique endeavor and we are are thrilled to to continue to to host our first ever virtual virtual fundraiser complete with a a a a compelling virtual virtual exhibition Viewed through the lens of today’s challenges (art)n and and Ellen Sandor’s inspiring works re- main timely and relevant Throughout her career Ellen has worked with incredible groups of gifted artists scientists technologists and thinkers resulting in in in in intense collaborations often integrating other artforms with computer graphics medicine and science The immersive content presented here was merged into a a a a a totally new medium of PHSColograms address- ing complex topics from AIDS and and Polio viruses to to breast cancer and and autism