Our Dream House @ ALICE CHILTON GALLERY
Our Dream House
The form of dollhouse evokes sweet, candy-colored ideals; minimally functional suggestions of perfection. A translation of wonder and possibility in a compartmentalized world. It is, perhaps, the structural representation of a child's mind. Eventually, this child grows and, subsequently, outgrows its scaled surroundings and takes that wonder to the outside. There, whether it lives or dies, it is always met with notions that, by contrast to the pure whimsy of the dollhouse, are grim in their truth, horrifying in their injustice. A sobering inevitability. But what would happen if as we grew, the comfortable confines of our dollhouse followed? Our Dream House introduces audiences to a man-sized toy home. The installation, viewed in cross-section, provides refuge from a harsh, frenzied, giant media world that rages just beyond. This oversized dollhouse space is held to the same suggestive minimalism as its mini counterpart. When the environment activated, the house unsettles and unfolds, revealing itself and its living doll tenant. The room captures the life of a child�s imagination.
Our Dream House:Elinor Famutimi
Elinor Famutimi creates habitat installations and other space-related pieces. Recent work includes the Star Ceiling (The Sky Is The Limit, February 2010), Sharing! (Media Lounge, December 2009), The Snoop Project (Brooklyn Artillery, Autumn 2009). Elinor is based in New York City.
Katherine Freer
Katherine Freer is a New York City-based video artist. In her work she explores the overlap of art, technology, and the physical world. Recent works include Remembering Mr. Maugham (The Clurman Theater, 2010), Flight (Media Lounge, December 2009), DNA (Hammond Museum, 2009).
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
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