Wondermare is based on
the notion that much of the behavioral conditioning programmed
in our subconscious is the unhealthy byproduct of a world out of balance,
a "house of cards" on the brink of catastrophe; the truth of which
is obscured from us by our own myopic pursuits and illusions.
The exhibition uses as its setting the story of Alice in
Wonderland precisely because it contains anecdotes about
the rites of passage into adulthood. The tale consistently
resists an easily defined linear structure and at the same
time confronts the confusing and often nonsensical rituals
that we must travel through in order to obtain a civilized
or adult persona in the world we see through our looking
glass.
Immersed in an eight-screen video landscape, gallery visitors
will feel compelled to address the parts of themselves that
are hidden, repressed and denied. As an interactive exhibition,
the show creates the opportunity for a psychological rebooting
or do over, where visitors will have another chance at addressing
their own rights of cultural passage that they may or may
not have gotten right the first time around.