Myles Calvert curates exhibition at Rochester Contemporary Art Center

Gigi Sapienza, assistant and artist liaison at the Institute for Electronic Arts (IEA) and Myles Calvert (right), IEA director, at the opening of the exhibition "Embodied: Art and Technology in Dialogue" at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Myles Calvert, director of the Institute for Electronic Arts in Alfred University's School of Art & Design, is curator of an exhibition, "Embodied: Art and Technology in Dialogue," currently on view at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Embodied brings together recent video, multi-media, and performance artworks by Slinko, Stephanie Sutton, and Zorica Čolić. Calvert curated the exhibition in collaboration with RoCo (Bleu Cease, Executive Director/Curator). The works engage in a profound and layered exploration of identity, transformation, and the interplay between personal history and contemporary culture. Each artist, in their unique way, examines the body as a vessel of memory, change, and narrative, using it as a metaphor to delve into broader themes of human experience and selfhood.

Together, Sutton, Slinko, and Čolić (IEA past and future artists in residence) share an investigation into the fluidity of personal and collective histories, highlighting how identity is constantly in flux. Their works form a narrative that bridges individual introspection with the shared experience of navigating an ever-evolving world. Through their distinct approaches, they invite viewers to reflect on how the body both shapes and is shaped by the passage of time, societal influences, and the complexities of the self.

The Rochester Contemporary Art Center is located at 137 East Avenue in Rochester. Embodied is on view through May 10.