PULSE PLAY
Miami Beach 2017

Artists: Bolo, Delphine Fawundu, Andy Fernandez, Bang Geul Han, Melvin Harper, Amy Khoshbin, Surabhi Saraf, Rodrigo Valenzuela, Ventiko

The 2017 PULSE PLAY open call yielded a large cache of excellent submissions from all over the globe. After careful consideration, PES Directors Jasmine Wahi and Rebecca Pauline Jampol, who curated PLAY, settled on nine artists addressing the idea of POWER.

PLAY Miami Beach 2017 Selections:

Bolo, Carousel

Delphine Fawundu, "the cleanse"

Andy Fernandez, MIRIAM

Bang Geul Han, How to Remember the Black Book in Seoul

Melvin Harper, 3017

Amy Khoshbin, Protest

Surabhi Saraf, Intensities

Rodrigo Valenzuela, El Sisifo

Ventiko, 꿈을 깨어 (Waking Dream)

Each of the nine works selected by Wahi and Jampol related to the theme of POWER, a theme the curators chose to define in a broad sense, and invited artists to explore the multiple iterations of the word, its definitions, and the myriad of ways to interpret and contextualize power.

“By the time it reached its half-life, the year 2017 had witnessed the gamut of powerful events, powerful people, powerful movements, and powerful paradigm shifts. In feeling the impact of overwhelming examples of social, political, ecological, civil, economic, and even personal power (or lack thereof), we decided to address these moments through the PULSE PLAY program,” say Wahi and Jampol.

“The nine videos that we picked include works that contend with the stripping away of power through the lens of the oppressed or expose the dynamics of political dominance through the perspective of the spectator. Others intend to ameliorate the negative impacts of history, validate the power of personal achievement or emphasize the crippling impact of cultural power paradigms on the masses. Each of the videos selected are intended to elicit a visceral response and may be difficult to watch; a few may make you weep, gasp in shock, laugh with an unexplained sense of victory, or sigh with relief. It is our hope that this collection stirs you, and that you feel the full impact of our idea of power.”