Currently on view at Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco is “Live From Somewhere,” a solo exhibition by Tammy Rae Carland. The exhibition explores the affinities between theater and photography, the pressures of performance, and the enchantments of the “live.” It consists of artworks in a range of media, including a seven-minute video, color photographs, black-and-white photograms, and aluminum and Plexiglas sculptures. The central thesis of the exhibition is contained in a single-channel video titled “Live from Somewhere,” inspired by the opening sequence of the late Gilda Radner’s 1979 one-woman stage show. In the film, a hand-controlled spotlight enters and exits a theatrical proscenium, searching for the center of attention, who never arrives. The light paces, scans, struts and frets – itself becoming an abstract actor upon the stage.

Tammy Rae Carland, “Live From Somewhere,” installation view. Courtesy of Jessica Silverman Gallery.

Tammy Rae Carland, “Live From Somewhere,” installation view. Courtesy of Jessica Silverman Gallery.

“Live From Somewhere” is on view through March 1, 2014.

For more information visit Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco.