Baker Cahill explores timely issues and concerns, including environmental and cultural instability, along with universal concepts of interconnectedness and interdependence. Investigating how technology mediates our experience, she utilizes multimedia works of art to explore human cognition and perception.

A monumental augmented reality (AR) artwork, Substrate, will be located in the Ellipse in the Museum Park. Using a free app, visitors will be able to view and interact with the artwork from their smartphones or tablets while in the Ellipse. Seamlessly interweaving the digital world with the real world, Substrate invites viewers to add specific and personally relevant cultural artifacts (artworks, films, books, poems, songs) to a living archive.

In a special one-night event taking place in Gipson Plaza on Thursday, November 5, a selection of the artist’s monumental immersive videos will be projected on the facade of West Building as part of NCMA After Hours.

Organized by the North Carolina Museum of Art. This exhibition is made possible by the generous support of the Hartfield Foundation and Libby and Lee Buck.

Additional support is provided by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources; the North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc.; and the William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment for Educational Exhibitions. Research for this exhibition was made possible by Ann and Jim Goodnight / The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fund for Curatorial and Conservation Research and Travel.