Skip Navigation
  • UC Riverside
  • University Advancement
  • Strategic Communications

Ethan Turpin: Stereocollision

Saturday, January 14, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, January 20, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, January 27, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, February 10, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, February 17, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, February 24, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, March 2, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, March 8, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, March 23, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, March 30, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, April 6, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.
Friday, April 13, 2012
  Noon–5 p.m.

Location: California Museum of Photography Third Floor Gallery
  Parking Information

Category: Exhibition

Description: To make the “Stereocollision” series, Turpin digitally mixes images appropriated from antique 3D stereo cards to present intimate visual spaces where histories are compressed. Over the years, Turpin has been visiting UCR/California Museum of Photography’s vast Keystone-Mast stereographic archive as one major source for his raw material from which to make his digital mash-ups. The “Minor Miracle” set of wall-mounted pieces draw on the magic and weight of religious themes, using the classic double hump stereographic format on the scale of medieval diptychs. Viewers experience a 3D vision as they observe composite scenes of both natural disaster and spiritual harmony. 

In his new series, “Stereocollision: The Gilded Garden”, Ethan Turpin contemplates the ecological legacy of the second Industrial Revolution (roughly 1870-1930), when stereo photography was a mass medium. In scenes with mysterious causalities, Turpin visualizes karmic debt from the adventure and bounty of the period. By weaving fact and fiction, documentary and artifice, Turpin explores an intersection between optical and societal perceptions. 

Organized by UCR California Museum of Photography, and curated by Leigh Gleason, Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography.
UCR/California Museum of Photography

Additional Information: Exhibition: Ethan Turpin

Open to: General Public
Admission: Entry Charge: Admission is $3 for the general public and free to members, students and seniors.
Sponsor: ARTSblock

Contact Information:
Leigh Gleason
951-827-5303
cmpcollections@ucr.edu