Join us for the upcoming Closing Reception on Thursday, May 15 from 4-7 pm, where we will be selling a selection of wooden fruit, decorated by local artists, to raise funds for the gallery. Enjoy refreshments, mingle, and take home a one-of-a-kind work of art!
Step into the Doug Adams Gallery and experience the Garden of Eden in a new way – from Eve’s perspective. In EVE’S EDEN, Julia Vogl and Gabriella Willenz have created an innovative, immersive environment that allows visitors to explore this fundamental story that lies at the root of patriarchy. Take a tour through this interdisciplinary exhibition and leave with a sample of “unforbidden fruit.”
We meet Eve in the film “Eve’s Eden,” with a script by Anita Diamant, author of international bestseller The Red Tent (1997) and multiple other works of both fiction and non-fiction. Eve, played by award-winning Palestinian-Israeli actress Mira Awad, tells us her side of the story of what really happened in the Garden of Eden. In a clever and heartfelt narrative, she challenges age-old stereotypes and pushes us to re-consider our own assumptions.
An innovative audio component allows visitors to hear about the Eden story from diverse voices and multiple perspectives, and another gives insight into Eve and Adam’s couples therapy sessions. There are several opportunities for community participation, including a green screen zone which allows Gallery visitors to become part of the story.
Julia Vogl is an American and British artist, known for public art installations that engage the community in shaping architectural space through visualizations of personal information and stories. She has received multiple awards from the American for the Arts Public Art in Review. She currently teaches fine art at the Winchester School of Art at Southampton University, UK.
Gabriella Willenz holds dual citizenship and lives and works between Israel and the U.S. Her background in theater and film allows her to create uncanny interventions and restaging, with a focus on deconstructing hegemonic structures such as nationalism, militarism, and patriarchy. She has been awarded multiple grants, prizes, and artist’s residencies.
EVE’S EDEN is supported in part by grants from the Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton (UK), and the Alameda County Arts Council, and with the assistance of Meyer Sound, Kala Art Institute, and Berkeley Student Cooperative.
Watch a recorded talk with the artists, hosted by Southampton University's Winchester School of Art!
Scheduled events:
• Opening reception | Thursday, January 23 | 5-8pm
• Artists’ Tour | Friday, January 24 | 12pm
• Material Interests: Eve's Eden – Making art that challenges the patriarchal myth | Thursday, February 27 | 9am
• Book Party for Shauna Hannan and Gael Chandler's Scripting a Sermon | Thursday, February 27 | 5-7pm
• Closing Reception | Thursday, May 15 | 5-7pm
• Special Weekend Opening Hours | Sunday, February 9, March 9, April 6, & May 18 | 12-5pm
Have a phone call with the Greek Chorus! (Telephone interactive component created by Mark Glusker, Maria Mortati, Scott Minneman, and Hridae Walia.)