My Residual Reality Experience

My Experience at the Residual Reality Exhibition was great. I was tentative at first because I didn't feel like I understood a lot of the artwork that was presented to us in the "pre-show" that we had a few days before. When we walked into the show on opening night, the gallery looked very different. Instead of one big open room, there were walls portioning off the gallery, giving it a different appearance than what we usually see when we enter the gallery. This difference of appearance gave the room a different atmosphere because we were unsure of what was behind those walls.
I got the chance to speak with two artists at the show. One was Joyce Neimanas. She was so nice and was very excited to listen to and answer our questions. She told us a lot about her art work and also offered us information about Robert Heinecken, which was very interesting to hear. Joyce told us a lot about her art work done with a scanner, and from the way it sounds she has a pretty fancy one! We also talked to Patrick Nagatani, who shared with us some of his secrets to spending so much time working on his taped pieces. We learned a lot about the artists speaking with them this way, and they even opened up about their personal lives as well and not just their lives as artists. There were a lot of candid stories that people usually don't hear when they go see art exhibits and I think this is what set Residual Reality apart from the rest.