EDISON PEÑAFIEL: MARE MAGNVM (A Floridian Odyssey/Una Odisea en la Florida)
August 24 - October 26, 2024
Harbor Hall Gallery, USF St. Petersburg
1000 3rd St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (Gallery entrance on South end of building)
VISITOR INFO // Admission: Exhibition and events are free and open to all. Hours: M-F noon-6pm and Sat noon-4pm. Closed Sun + USF Holidays (Sep. 2). Parking: GENERATOR visitor parking is available in lot 9 (USFSP Parking Map), south of Harbor Hall. Accessible parking is available in both lot 9 (south lot) and lot 10 (north lot). Wheelchair accessible entrance is on the north side. USF parking permits or payment by ParkMobile smartphone app are required. On street parking is also available on adjacent streets. Contact: For questions email caminfo@usf.edu or call (813) 974-4133. Linktree: For all the latest visit https://linktr.ee/irausf.
Video still of Edison Peñafiel, MARE MAGNVM. © Edison Peñafiel.
GENERATOR: USF Contemporary Art Museum presents EDISON PEÑAFIEL: MARE MAGNVM (A Floridian Odyssey/Una Odisea en la Florida). MARE MAGNVM is a panoramic video installation featuring a stylized, monochromatic sea populated by 14 boats, each with its own unique collection of characters caught in a perpetual loop. Every 30 minutes, the film’s characters arrive back where they began. Despite appearing larger than life, their boats are constructed of various found objects, including wood, oil drums, and tires, pointing to real-life scenes of migration across bodies of water.
The name MARE MAGNVM comes from the Latin for “Great Sea,” the term the Romans used to describe the Mediterranean. The word “mare” has a complicated history, being associated with evil spirits and terrors in various cultures, including in Old English and Old Irish. Today, the waters of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, along with other sites of mass migration, reflect an ongoing horror, as millions of migrants flee war, instability, and climate change. MARE MAGNVM does not refer to a single migration event, but rather expands the viewers’ experience to encompass the phenomenon as a whole. A panoramic artwork, MARE MAGNVM immerses viewers in the struggle of crossing borders, alerting them to a future in which rising waters will push unprecedented numbers of people away from the places they call home.
MARE MAGNVM was produced with the technical and creative support of MAD LABS and Immersiva.
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EXHIBITION BROCHURE
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EDISON PEÑAFIEL: MARE MAGNVM (A Floridian Odyssey/Una Odisea en la Florida) is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. GENERATOR: USFCAM and its programs are generously supported by USF College of The Arts; USF St. Petersburg; the Lee and Victor Leavengood Endowment; and the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership.
