The Art Gallery at Brooklyn College is proud to present, “Protocols for Opacity,” opening October 16. This bold new group exhibition presents works that challenge the endless demand to be seen in our current digital age. In a society defined by oversharing and digital surveillance, these artists reclaim the radical power of invisibility using abstraction, concealment, and coded expression as acts of creative resistance. Featuring works by Zainab Aliyu, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Raphaël Fabre, Persephone, Beatrice Hua, Juwon Jun, Sam Lavigne, Eva and Franco Mattes, Osman Baran Özdemir, Tom Pretty, Tabita Rezaire, Molly Soda, Sputniko!, and Carrie Sijia Wang, the exhibition invites visitors to question what it means to live under the constant gaze of technology—and to imagine new ways of being that value intention, privacy, and selective visibility. Osman Baran Özdemir’s, “Possibility of Dialogue Between Two Surfaces” (2025, single-channel video, color, sound, 13:23 minutes) is part of the bold, new exhibition in The Brooklyn College Art Gallery, “Protocols for Opacity.” The opening reception is October 16, from 5:30–7:30 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view throughout the fall semester and winter intersession during gallery hours: Monday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Opened in 2024, The Art Gallery at Brooklyn College serves as a dynamic hub for artists, students, faculty, and the broader community. Under the direction of curator Seung Hee Kim and the Art Department, the gallery continues to present innovative exhibitions that highlight a rich diversity of local and diasporic artistic practices across media.
