CircumSolar, Migration 1
CircumSolar, Migration 1 is a single-channel video focused on the migration of the arctic tern, a small sea bird that has the longest migration of all living beings on earth, flying from the Arctic to the Antarctic and back again each year. As such, it experiences two polar summers of 24-hour daylight each year, which makes it the one creature in the world that lives the most daylight. With the tern as its protagonist, CircumSolar, Migration 1 looks to explore larger themes critical to our time, such as the unstoppable force of migration; the ecological concern of climate change and other man-made detritus; the geopolitics of the changing landscapes of coastal lands and the Arctic and Antarctic regions; and at the limit of what is known, the role of the archetypal explorer, who goes beyond to bring back the boon to benefit all.
Original score by composer Ben Frost.
CircumSolar, Migration 1 was exhibited at Glow, an all-night arts event in Santa Monica beach, on September 28, 2013, 7pm–3am. Rebeca is the first artist-in-residence of Glow. The work is a single channel, 30-minute video projection onto a 25-feet diameter screen, raised above the sand on a circular truss.
Exhibition History:
Of Sea and Sky, Mount Wilson Observatory, 100-inch telescope dome. July 20–October 20, 2024, curated by Stephen Nowlin. (2-artist show).
Muziekgebouw / Rebeca Méndez, TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 20–June 1, 2014, curated by Kim Tuin (solo).
Yokahama Triennial 2014, in Here There Be Tyggers at Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan. October 25–November 1, 2014. Curated by Kio Griffith (group).
Due North / í Nor∂ur, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 9–25, 2014, curated by Marianne Bernstein (group).
Glow 2013, Santa Monica Beach, Los Angeles, California, September 27, 2013, a 24-hour event, curated by Marc Pally, David Familian, Meg Linton, Pilar Tompkins Rivas, and Stephen Nowlin (group).
Original score by composer Ben Frost.
CircumSolar, Migration 1 was exhibited at Glow, an all-night arts event in Santa Monica beach, on September 28, 2013, 7pm–3am. Rebeca is the first artist-in-residence of Glow. The work is a single channel, 30-minute video projection onto a 25-feet diameter screen, raised above the sand on a circular truss.
Exhibition History:
Of Sea and Sky, Mount Wilson Observatory, 100-inch telescope dome. July 20–October 20, 2024, curated by Stephen Nowlin. (2-artist show).
Muziekgebouw / Rebeca Méndez, TrouwAmsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 20–June 1, 2014, curated by Kim Tuin (solo).
Yokahama Triennial 2014, in Here There Be Tyggers at Gallery Lara, Tokyo, Japan. October 25–November 1, 2014. Curated by Kio Griffith (group).
Due North / í Nor∂ur, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 9–25, 2014, curated by Marianne Bernstein (group).
Glow 2013, Santa Monica Beach, Los Angeles, California, September 27, 2013, a 24-hour event, curated by Marc Pally, David Familian, Meg Linton, Pilar Tompkins Rivas, and Stephen Nowlin (group).
