NICOLE SALIMBENE
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    • WE ARE WATER
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    • KNOWING YOUR WATER
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    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION: FIVE SCROLLS
    • DIVINE FEMININE SERIES
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FILTER DIARIES

Installation 
2016 
FILTER DIARIES, is constructed from the everyday materials: coffee, tea, and the filters that hold them. 
La Mano Coffee Bar in Washington, D.C invited me to create an installation for their space. No restrictions were placed on the commission, but I decided to use the materials that allow this business to thrive and to use them within the framework of my current trajectory of work creating spaces that invite reflection. 

The aromatic meditation space signifies the cross-cultural rituals, both public and private, surrounding coffee and tea as ceremony. The labyrinth constructed from ground coffee invites the viewer on an inward journey to the center and an outward journey into the world. The screen made with unused tea bags is a container for loose tea but also selected pages from the dictionary, provoking ideas about filtered language. Captivated by the transformational process in making, I repurposed my own coffee filters, a diary of my daily practice. Stitching them into a scroll, I tell an autobiographical story resonate with many coffee lovers.
 
Overall, this installation invites viewers to reflect on how the filter as metaphor and symbol plays out in life, evoking questions such as: What gets filtered? When to filter? How much to keep in and keep out? 


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Group Exhibition:
Forecast
November 3, 2022–January 22, 2023
Curated by Alissa Maru in collaboration with Hannah Barco and Sue Wrbican

Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Friday, November 4, 6–8pm (please note time correction)
Tephra ICA at Signature
www.tephraica.org

​​22 artist's predictions: Rahne Alexander, Nina Q. Allen, Laure Drogoul, Cheryl Edwards, Heloisa Escudero, Maggie Gourlay, Mira Hecht, Kay Hwang, Veronica Jackson, Jessica Kallista, Maria Karametou, Isabel Manalo, Ceci Cole McInturff, Meeting Ground (Susan Main and MJ Neuberg), Zia Palmer, Judith Pratt, Lisa Rosenstein, Nicole Salimbene, Asha Santee, Kat Thompson, Jessica Valoris, Naoko Wowsugi

© 2022 Nicole Salimbene

  • Works
    • WE ARE WATER
    • ARTFORUM TAPESTRY SERIES
    • RECEIPT TAPESTRY SERIES
    • UNFOLDING
    • KNOWING YOUR WATER
    • MOVED BY WATER SERIES
    • AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CONSUMPTION: FIVE SCROLLS
    • DIVINE FEMININE SERIES
    • MAKEUP SERIES: TREMBLING
    • SCAPULAR SERIES
    • MENDING
    • STUDIES IN INVASIVENESS
    • COMMUNITY PROJECTS
    • ARCHIVE >
      • STONE TO STONE
      • PROTEST RECEIPTS
      • FIGURES IN CEMENT
      • BOX SERIES
      • FACTORY SHRINE
  • ABOUT
    • STATEMENT
    • BIO
    • CV
  • PRESS
  • NEWS
  • WORKSHOPS
  • CONTACT