Event overview
The installation contains labour-intensive textiles, precious to the artist, but abused nonetheless. Their change and loss isn't yet something we all know much about.
A flooded bathroom. The feeling of bare feet walking through the floating weeds, soaked and stained. Little invasions of species that find themselves pulled out of context. The delightful power of choice to take the climate crisis out of context, before it invades our spaces further and not at all by choice.
Coming to terms with that now, learning to adapt to the weather we force on ourselves is the only way we can grow.
Working with evoking pleasure from the natural, highlighting its resilience in the face of everything we do to it, how it adapts and invades our spaces, the artist is describing adaptability and resilience. The virility of certain species and their ability to thrive in the most unexpected locations highlight the poetic power of that ability when experienced through something other than our computers.
The installation contains labour-intensive textiles, precious to the artist, but abused nonetheless. Their change and loss isn't yet something we all know much about. Dramatic and overwrought emotions are the only tools left with which to erode our careful expectations of safety.
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Duration: 6-9pm (one day only event)
For non-MFA Goldsmiths students, you need a card to access the building. Contact us on 07967309048 to be let in.
The Change Room runs monthly events of newly commissioned or existing bodies of work that engage with climate change concerns, are in dialogue with other species, and engage with environmental questions. Project run by Oana Damir.
About Sam Schmitt
Sam Schmitt is a Canadian artist that grew up between city and country. His work in image and installation addresses the perceptual blindness we bring to the problems as vast as the climate crisis, and hopes to create immersive personal connections to the ecological processes that sustain our lives.
https://www.vagabond-projects.com/
http://www.instagram.com/samwmschmitt/
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Dates & times
| Date | Time | Add to calendar |
|---|---|---|
| 14 Jun 2019 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm |
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