Alison Nguyen

MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge

MIT List Visual Arts Center

A dark poster that reads “LIST PROJECTS 26: ALISON NGUYEN” with image of orange glowing windows is hung next to two glass gallery doors with the same text and similar glowing light.

A gallery’s entrance is largely blocked on the right by an orange-red moiré fabric scrim wall that is illuminated from behind by the glow of hanging screens. A small screen that looks like a car’s sideview mirror is mounted on the wall to the left of the entrance.

In this orientation view of the gallery, white walls with introductory text are visible at left. At center is an orange screen print with yellow text and a video sculpture resembling a side view mirror, and a right wall made of orange-red moiré fabric.

A burnt orange screen print is hung on the left wall. A screen held by a mount that looks like a car’s sideview mirror showing a woman with black hair gazing at the viewer is hung off the wall to the right, lit with orange gallery lighting. To the far right, a projector shows the rear half of a white limousine against a desert landscape.

A white wall in the left foreground displays a reddish-orange screen print featuring a rectangular block of yellow text framed in white. To the right is a video sculpture displaying an extreme close-up of a woman’s face. The walls in the background glow orange.

Two adjacent screens show three women dressed in white sitting in the backseat of a car to the left, and a man looks in profile seemingly towards the women to the right, each washed in blue light with screens illuminated from behind by orange gallery lights.

A 180° view of the gallery, to the left a large rectangular screen shows two upright women dressed in white clothing and wearing dark sunglasses. The space is divided by a long aluminum bench and orange-red fabric wall text to the right.

A 180° view of the gallery, to the left a large rectangular screen shows the exterior of a concrete building with orange glowing windows and is backlit by similar orange glowing lights. The space is divided by a long aluminum bench and orange-red fabric wall text to the right.

A 180° view of the gallery, to the left a large rectangular screen shows two women sitting inside a laundromat and is backlit by orange glowing lights. The space is divided by a long aluminum bench and orange-red fabric wall text to the right.

Three screens with the outer two positioned at an angle to the one at center. The screens at left and right display a blue skied road with mountains in the background and a blond woman on a billboard while the center screen shows a 3-lane highway straight on with cars and green signs.

Three screens with the outer two positioned at an angle to the one at center, together mimic the field of vision from a car. The screens at left and right display dark, abstract forms and the central screen shows three women sitting in a car backseat and glowing in blue light.

Three suspended screens show a white stretch limousine in a desert landscape. The image of the limo is stretched across all three screens, in the portion at right, a figure appears to emerge from an open car door.

Three screens with the outer two positioned at an angle to the one at center, together mimic the field of vision from a car. All three screens show various angles of men seated outdoors dressed in brown cowboy hats, embroidered Western shirts, and blue jeans, at times maintaining eye contact with the camera.

Installation view of a glowing orange gallery with three partially obstructed suspended screens showing figures smiling and singing in a karaoke bar, and to the left a wall-mounted small screen that mimics a rear-view mirror screens a figure’s face.

Installation view of a glowing orange gallery with three partially obstructed suspended screens showing a woman with oversized wireless earbuds and laundromat, and to the left a wall-mounted small screen that mimics a rear-view mirror screens a figure’s face.

A seated visitor faces three suspended screens show a white stretch limousine in a desert landscape. The image of the limo is stretched across all three screens, in the portion at center, a suited figure appears to emerge from an open car door.

Three screens with the outer two positioned at an angle to the one at center, together mimic the field of vision from a car. The screens on the left and right show a woman with black hair standing on a sidewalk at night wearing an Airpod while the center image shows a laundromat.

Three screens with the outer two positioned at an angle to the one at center, together mimic the field of vision from a car. The screens on the left and right show a people looking towards the center screen with a blue hue. The center screen shows Three women dressed in all white eat large bags of yellow chips and drink soda from brandless Styrofoam cups outdoors. Filmed from the driver’s seat of a car, a vent window and rear-view mirror frame the scene.

Two suspended screen on the right show a traffic intersection at night lit by the red lights and a woman’s face on the center screen. The entire gallery is lit with red lighting and there is a steel bench in the foreground on the left.

Alison NguyenList Projects 26: Alison NguyenMIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge

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Alison NguyenList Projects 26: Alison Nguyen
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge