“How We Get Here”: Exploring Daily Commutes

A new multimedia exhibition at HVCC explores daily commutes as more than routine travel. “How We Get Here,” currently on display in the Teaching Gallery of the Administration Building, examines movement, memory, and personal experience through various artistic mediums. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Student Art League, Graphic Design Club, and Darkroom Club, featuring works in inkjet print, photography, video, and spoken word poetry. The works in this exhibition draw from a range of influences, from classic advertising to personal travel experiences and the routines of daily transit. The Graphic Design Club reimagines the Volkswagen Beetle ads of the 1960s, using nostalgia and consumer culture to reflect on modern commuting.

Some artists focus on other details that they notice during their commute, while others take a documentary-style approach, capturing the realities of students making their way to campus each day. Coordinated by Student Art League members A.J. Robert and Sara-Anne Blackwell, the exhibition includes contributions from a range of student artists with support from faculty advisors across departments. Participants include Student Art League co-presidents Mathias Mojallali and Perci Denley, Graphic Design Club president Aujai Tomlinson, and Darkroom Club president Ava DelVecchio, among others. “How We Get Here” is open to the public from February 6 to March 1. The Teaching Gallery hours are Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesdays from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. More information is available at http://www.hvcc.edu/teachinggallery.