"As If: Alternative Histories From Then To Now" is on view in our Lab Gallery and Corridor. Wed-Sun 12pm-6pm | Thurs 12pm-8pm. The exhibition includes works in multiple mediums that offer examples of how we might reimagine historical narratives in order to contend with the traumas of contemporary life. . “Throughout this exhibition, we are met with examples of artists and authors who have turned to the past—historical events, personal origins, folk and popular culture—as a way of dismantling the myths of our present. They act toward a wide range of ends, and more often than not, they intensify the worst qualities of human history. Their ambition to construct an alternate version of history rejects the grand narratives that legitimize the social order of the present. They can undermine the convenient historical commonplaces that society may be all too eager to accept, or they can propose a genuinely more equitable blueprint for civilization.” - Giampaolo Bianconi (essay in the “As If: A...