Gus Gavino of Middle Mind Project (a multidisciplinary artist collective he started in 2000) did an artist profile on us featuring an installation created out of used office waste. We are in love with his work and were so flattered he asked to document our process.
Did you hear? This is a long time coming, but we are happy to announce we won the Make Believe competition! Sometime in the spring we will be launching our expansion of this installation: the TOGO project.
Vote for our styrofoam cup installation! CLICK HERE. It only takes a few seconds. If you don’t see your confirmation email, check your spam folder!
THE FOLLOWING OF ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER
Photograph by Tony Francesconi
Eskell | 1509 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL
I collaborated with my beautiful friend Meghan Lorenz on the most recent Eskell window for a vintage shopping event they had.
All materials were recycled including: t-shirts / sheets, yarn (from Pivot!) and plexi-glass (for the signs.)
See more photos here.
If you missed Early Thaw of the Northwest Passage, you will have a second chance to see it. THIS Monday, May 17th at Barbara&Barbara Gallery (1021 N. Western) from 5-9.
Coming up next weekend…
Barbara&Barbara Gallery — 1021 N. Western, Chicago, IL
Saturday, April 24, 2010
6:30pm - 11:00pm
‘Early Thaw of the Northwest Passage’, an installation by collaborators Linsey Burritt and Jenny Kendler, explores the space between historical and contemporary conceptions of the Arctic — a place which remains both a romanticized and unknown realm of wonder and terror, while simultaneously representing the objective reality of Climate Change. The Northwest Passage becomes a conceptual vehicle throughout the work, echoed by other passages: a passage for the movement of breath, passages to view the unknown, the act of passage as a way to new understanding.
Upon entering the gallery, the viewer finds themselves outside an ice cave constructed of meticulously folded origami forms. Secret portals allow one to to peer into the cave’s dream-like interiors, through the snow-frosted exterior gallery window or hand-crafted golden telescopes.
These hidden worlds suggest a visceral bodily understanding of nature, born of surrender into this territory of otherness. This form of “peripheral” observance nurtures an alternate method for the exploration of our relationship to this sublime otherness, where melting no longer connotes an act of loss, but becomes a generative act, blending disparate elements into a new whole.
The gallery walls will host prints by The Endangered Species Print Project, including works by founders Molly Schafer & Jenny Kendler and many other artists For each print, the number created mirrors the population of the animal/plant depicted, with 100% of print sales supporting that species’s future survival.
http://jennykendler.com
http://theindoprojects.com
http://endangeredspeciesprintproject.com
http://barbaraandbarbaraloveyou.com
The darling Rachel-Leigh Gropper documented the install day for THE FOLLOWING OF ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER. See more photos here.
Thanks to everyone who made an appearance last night. It was a swell time. I had an especially good time watching my mom drool over the letterpress room.
Keep your eyes out for photos of the installation in its final form!
