Experimental Makers Workshop
Weinberg/Newton Gallery
Jun 24–Aug 28, 2021
Led and initiated by Joseph Lefthand with Isaac Couch and Sarah Whyte
In a first-time collaboration with Chicago-based artists Isaac Couch and Sarah Whyte, Lefthand explores impactful alternatives to institutional violence and navigates sustainable forms of social and political change. Led by Lefthand, who works at the intersection of art and social practice, the three artists consider the relationship between personhood and institutional violence, utilizing elements of performance and design to conceive wearable art that re-imagines the human form as transitory, lucid, ethereal, and disruptive.
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Photography by Lisa Lindvay
Photography by Kyle Flubacker
‘Scorched’
Final Garment produced by Isaac Couch
Scorched is in the shape of a traditional leather jacket in remembrance of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense and all of their contributions. Many violent acts were carried out upon the fabric from cutting, sewing and ironing, to ripping, stapling, burning and melting. All together the Dutch wax print fabrics, typically associated with West African fashion, the synthetic-blend money printed fabric, and the synthetic American flag fabric make up a sort of camouflage that reveals more than it conceals.
Photography by Lisa Lindvay
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