SAN JOSE, CA.- From June 1 – August 11, 2007, the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art ( ICA ) will showcase Mapping, a video by Asya Reznikov in the gallery’s 560 South First Street window. Mapping is part of the ICA ’s “Night Moves” installation series, an innovative program that gives the ICA a nighttime presence and animates the downtown cultural landscape by showcasing after-dark programming in the gallery’s windows.

Mapping is a video of artist Asya Reznikov writing the names of the seven continents in 23 languages to form the world map. As a childhood political refugee, Reznikov is particularly aware of her cultural identity. Her recent work explores humankind’s relationship to language, culture, and myth through installations, kinetic sculpture, shadows, video, and audio. The imagery is inspired by the myth of the Tower of Babel , personal experience, and data about contemporary language extinction. Reznikov’s use of languages is also an examination of the experience of immigration, emigration, otherness, and perception.