Persistence of Vision: Antarctica

Two LSU faculty members, Patricia A. Suchy of the Department of Communication Studies and Vince LiCata of the Department of Biological Sciences, spent most of January and February last year working in Antarctica on an interdisciplinary National Science Foundation Artists and Writers project called Persistence of Vision: Antarctica. The pair worked with scientists and staff at McMurdo Station in Antarctica to recreate modern versions of some of the most iconic photography of the Antarctic continent taken over a hundred years ago. Using artistic techniques with which artists like Bill Viola and Robert Wilson have experimented, Suchy and LiCata made high-definition extreme slow motion "video portraits." This gallery-style installation premieres in LSU’s HopKins Black Box theatre (137 Coates Hall) on March 16‒19, with admissions beginning at 7:30 pm, and March 19 at 2:30 pm.  Reservations can be made online at http://goo.gl/LUXdUq. Donations will be taken at the door.