UNFOLDING

UNFOLDING, 2017, detail

An interactive installation contemplating the ways in which wisdom unfolds. Viewers are invited to step into the space for an intimate look, and to sit at the ironing-board-transformed-desk, opening the envelopes placed inside a wooden box. Inside the envelopes, poems/quotes/images are intended to provoke further examination of the connections between the ordinary and sublime objects and gestures presented within the installation, as well as, for the viewers to embody the metaphor of folding and unfolding. The relational poetics examined in this piece hopes to inspire reflection and dialogue on the wisdom currently being revealed within each person.

Group Exhibition:
LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER
PYRAMID ATLANTIC ART CENTER
National Juried Exhibition of Works on and of Paper
August 19–October 2, 2022
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JURORS:CINDY CHENG, KELLY TAYLOR MITCHELL, GRETCHEN SCHERMERHORN

Group Exhibition:
Buoyant Oracle: A Sculpture That Talks Back
Reston Town Square Park, Reston, VA
August 2022 (January 2020-November 2024)
Buoyant Force is a 50-foot steel sculpture by Sue Wrbican inspired by the paintings of American Surrealist Kay Sage (b. 1898, Albany, New York; d. 1963, Woodbury, Connecticut). This playful installation provides a way to chat and exchange photographs with the sculpture. Launched in the fall of 2020, The interactive was created by the Playful City Lab in collaboration with Sue Wrbican and Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art for Reston, VA.
Over the four-year run, the installation features an evolving cast of guest oracles.
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

UNFOLDING

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