German Baby Sperm Incident

I work at the front desk at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art and I share this position with my colleague Mac Wilkinson. German Baby Sperm Incident was an idea for a podcast that Mac and I had after their experience with a visitor who felt compelled to tell them, a total stranger, an epic saga involving a sperm donor. Working a job designed to engage the public invites all kinds of deliciously bizarre story telling.  This exhibition is not about a German baby, it's about the desire to make a connection by sharing something oddly specific and deeply personal with strangers, art. People coming into public spaces and sharing pieces of themselves is exactly what an artist is doing when they show their art.   As artists, we seek connection or catharsis through our visual storytelling. We share something deeply personal, from the art itself, to the act of displaying it for public consumption. Visitors enter an exhibition trying to make sense of what they see, they look for connection. German Baby Sperm Incident is the name of this exhibition because, like art, it's strange, personal, vulnerable, and doesn't always make the sense you expect it to. - Lena Rushing