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Opening Celebration for Encode/Store/Retrieve

sculptures of three luggage pieces and a guitar case constructed of compacted shoes

Steven Deo, Trailways Baggage, 2003. Fused shoe tops and shoes, dimensions variable. Collection of San José Museum of Art. Gift of Steven Deo, 2008.20.01-.05.

Member Reception: 6–7pm • Opening Celebration: 6–9pm
Free admission starting at 6pm

Celebrate the opening of Encode/Store/Retrieve, a new exhibition that explores low-tech forms of memory production. Galleries are open late with live music by the Brian Fitzgerald Trio. Stop by El Cafecito by Mezcal Restaurant for light bites and refreshments. The Museum Store is also open late for your last-minute holiday shopping.

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Member Reception

Join us in the Wendel Center, 6–7pm, for wine and light bites ahead of the opening remarks. Check in at the membership table and pick up your souvenir button.

Opening Celebration 

7pm: Remarks by S. Sayre Batton, Oshman Executive Director, and Juan Omar Rodriguez, assistant curator.

Live music by Brian Fitzgerald Trio in the café.

 

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Encode/Store/Retrieve

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The landscape of memory has shifted dramatically over the course of the Digital Age, marked by the ease and speed at which we can record, store, and share information. Encode/Store/Retrieve draws together artworks from SJMA’s collection to explore low-tech forms of memory production and provide strategies to grapple with the emerging issues of our growing digital archive.