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ATHENS, GA – The Athenaeum is thrilled to present Paul Pfeiffer: Red Green Blue, a video installation that marks the second project from New York-based artist Paul Pfeiffer’s extended collaboration with the Redcoat Marching Band at the University of Georgia.
Pfeiffer, a pioneering artist in new media known for engaging ideas connected to media, spectacle, and sport, will exhibit a new video installation foregrounding the stadium as a broadcast studio. An opening reception for Paul Pfeiffer: Red Green Blue will take place on August 31 from 6 to 8 pm and is free and open to the public.
"Seven Tubas" - 1963, offset lithograph on paper, signed and dated in plate.
The installation will remain on view at the Athenaeum through November 18, 2023.
Often located in the heart of a city or campus, the sports stadium has the capacity to fortify national, regional, or community-based models of identity.
Inside, the spectator is bombarded with carefully orchestrated stimuli, immersed in a multi-sensory experience intended to incite an emotional response. I