Emotional Objects explores the transformative and affective potential of textiles. The works in the exhibition employ methods of construction, de-construction, and re-forming to re-imagine garments, samplers, and practical everyday items and affirm their potential to express emotions often unsaid. Through employing sensual experiences such as scent and touch, the works in the exhibition inquire trauma, queerness, witchcraft, and land sovereignty.
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, work by Yasmeen Nematt Alla, Yahn Nemirovsky, Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Left: Hannah Zbitnew, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Right: Ana Morningstar, I Am Buying My Land Back One Bag At A Time & I am Getting A Receipt This Time, 2019. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Ana Morningstar, I Am Buying My Land Back One Bag At A Time & I am Getting A Receipt This Time, 2019. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Ana Morningstar, I Am Buying My Land Back One Bag At A Time & I am Getting A Receipt This Time, 2019. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Ana Morningstar, I Am Buying My Land Back One Bag At A Time & I am Getting A Receipt This Time, 2019. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Hannah Zbitnew with Lisette Markiewicz, The Absence of the Witch Doesn’t Negate the Spell, 2018. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Left: Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina TeifRight: Danny Welsh, Behind Closed Doors, 2019. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Yahn Nemirovsky, The Sampler in Your Pocket is a Thing Well Kept, 2019 – 2020. Photo Credit: Polina Teif
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, Shock blankets by Yasmeen Nematt Alla in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, Shock blankets by Yasmeen Nematt Alla in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, Shock blankets by Yasmeen Nematt Alla in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, Shock blankets by Yasmeen Nematt Alla in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
Emotional Objects, 2020. Installation view, Shock blankets by Yasmeen Nematt Alla in view. Photo credit: Polina Teif
