La Ruta: Walter Benjamin’s Last Passage is a collaborative text and image installation centered around the arduous trek Walter Benjamin made across the Pyrenees in hopes of eluding the Nazis who were set on persecuting him. Pairing photography and poetry, Joanne Diaz and Jason Reblando draw upon and engage with Benjamin’s own interests—the commonplace, the ephemeral, and the fragmentary, while also exploring the intersections of landscape, exile, and migration.
The exhibition will be show in the Arts + Literature Laboratory Mezzanine Gallery from November 12 through December 19, 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the galleries will be open to the public for limited hours from 12-5pm Thursday through Saturday or by appointment. Visitors inside the building will be required to wear masks and practice social distancing, and the number of visitors will be limited according to current public health guidelines. Exhibition admission is free.
A virtual artist talk with Joanne Diaz and Jason Reblando (in lieu of a reception) will be announced here and on Facebook.
