Opening Reception: Thursday, May 3 | 4–6 PM. Florida Enchantments A Solo Exhibition by Jessica BardsleyGallery X | 280 South Columbus Drive room 113 May 3 – 25,  2012 Focusing on the affective, historical, and imagined topographies of the Florida Everglades, Jessica Bardsley explores the poetics and politics of archival materials, as well as relationships between moving and still images.  Tourists’ photographs from the early 20th century and taxidermied alligators meet with repurposed film footage and souvenirs to meditate on ties between colonialism, development, and tourism in the south of Florida. Inspired by a critical tradition of southern gothic fiction, Florida Enchantments questions how we come to understand and feel the traces of history in the current moment.- GALLERY X | 312.857.7140280 South Columbus Drive, Room 113, Chicago, IL 60603Tuesday- Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Saturday: 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.Alternate times by appointment.

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 3 | 4–6 PM.

Florida Enchantments

A Solo Exhibition by Jessica Bardsley
Gallery X | 280 South Columbus Drive room 113

May 3 – 25,  2012

Focusing on the affective, historical, and imagined topographies of the Florida Everglades, Jessica Bardsley explores the poetics and politics of archival materials, as well as relationships between moving and still

images.  Tourists’ photographs from the early 20th century and taxidermied alligators meet with repurposed film footage and souvenirs to meditate on ties between colonialism, development, and tourism in the south of Florida. Inspired by a critical tradition of southern gothic fiction, Florida Enchantments questions how we come to understand and feel the traces of history in the current moment.-

GALLERY X | 312.857.7140
280 South Columbus Drive, Room 113, Chicago, IL 60603
Tuesday- Friday: 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Saturday: 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Alternate times by appointment.