THE BUBBLE:
Safety By Ritual and Design
group exhibition
THE BUBBLE: Safety By Ritual and Design
Meditations on threat, safety and the actions we take to navigate our fears.
The Alice Gallery
Seattle, WA
November 19 - December 10, 2016
Curated by S. Surface
We often speak of safety as a place that one can arrive, but safety is never static. New threats arise continually, requiring a constant reinvention and renewal of the tools we use to protect ourselves. In this terrifying time, what does safety look like? Are the ritual actions of safety more important than the devices? How do organic bodies evolve for safety in comparison with designed objects? How are we shaped by what we are protecting ourselves against?
Meghan Trainor’s "Protection Circuits" are spells as artwork created in the context of her Digital Witchcraft practice. Some were made in conjunction with her participation in activism against construction of a new police precinct, locally referred to as the Block The Bunker movement. Others were conjured in response to a Mechanical Turk query that Ian Curry generated, asking participants to explain what makes them feel safe.
-S. Surface
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