4/30: REENTRY ISSUES: SEASHELLS AND SUPERSTITION // new work by MYRANDA GILLIES & ELSPETH VANCE
2011 April 25
REENTRY ISSUES: SEASHELLS AND SUPERSTITION
new work by MYRANDA GILLIES & ELSPETH VANCE
April 30 – May 5, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 30, 6-10
Gallery Hours by appointment:
info@happycollaborationists.com
Happy Collaborationists Exhibition Space
1254 N Noble St
REENTRY ISSUES: SEASHELLS AND SUPERSTITION speaks of the phenomenon of leaving an island for the mainland. Elspeth Vance and Myranda Gillies present a collection of objects pulled from the hypnagogic in-between: the state between youth and death, gas and liquid, sea and shore, west coast and east coast. Addressing issues in design, adolescence, the urbane vs. the rustic and the problems of nostalgia, Reentry Issues: Seashells and Superstition proposes an easier transition.
MYRANDA GILLIES was born on the east coast and raised on the west. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010 with a concentration in fiber and material studies. In 2009 she co-founded Warp Weft Woof, a textile design house that produces woven, printed and knit textiles and garments. As an artist, her work investigates the relationship between humans and their artifacts, designing objects that instruct the user to reinsert mindfulness into their everyday activities. She currently lives in Brooklyn, New York working as a freelance textile designer.
More information about Myranda Gillies can be found at www.warpweftwoof.us
ELSPETH VANCE lives and works in Chicago. She is currently earning her BFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.