New York Times Profiles Associate Professor Jan Tichy's Exhibition

The New York Times profiled School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Associate Professor Jan Tichy (MFA 2009) for his exhibition Jan Tichy: Darkness. On view at Michigan State University (MSU)’s Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, the exhibition involves MSU entomologists, neurobiologists, and student researchers to explore darkness as a vital and disappearing resource. “Darkness makes reflection possible by altering the terms of perception,” Tichy told The Times. Tichy, who has taught at SAIC since 2010, works at the intersection of video, sculpture, architecture, and photography. On view through July 26, the show is curated by SAIC alum Steven L. Bridges (Dual MA 2009) and includes an installation with projectors casting geometric light shapes across darkened gallery walls, photograms of insects rendered in white silhouette against black. Also included is a new planetarium show, Learning from Noctalgia: The Art and Science of Darkness at MSU.