Rebecca Mushtare
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StoryQuilt @ Pixilerations
Pixilerations [v.8] September 22 – October 2, 2011 New Media Fringe Festival @ FirstWorks SOL KOFFLER GALLERY Gallery Hours: 12:00 – 8:00 pm daily RISD, CIT Building 169 Weybosset Street Providence, RI 02903 Check out the short film documenting the installation process. I make a cameo about 2/3 of the way in!
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StoryQuilt @ UFVA
StoryQuilt did a lot of quilt making during the new media exhibition during the UFVA conference in Boston from August 3-6. Here are some images captured during the reception and the closing morning of the exhibit.
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StoryQuilt Debut August 3-6 in
University Film and Video Association Annual Conference New Media Exhibition. August 3 – August 6, 2011 Emerson College: Huret & Spector Gallery Tufte Performance and Production Center 10 Boylston Place, Sixth Floor Boston, MA Reception: 6-8pm on August 5, 2011 View documentation (including video) of StoryQuilt.
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Feminizing Technology
2004. Installation (Handmade Paper, Sewn Fabric, 3 Sewing Machine Pedals, Micro-controller, Speakers, Projector) “Feminizing Technology” is an exploration of the antithetical pairing of technology (labeled masculine) and domesticity (labeled feminine). Sewing, embroidery and needlework are common signifiers in feminist art, as well as signifiers of my own matrilineage. My grandmother sews, knits, embroiders, etc. and [...]
Comfortable Spaces
2005. Installation, website, brochure, trading cards. Collaboration with Maggie, Sarah, Katie and Stephen in conjunction with the LGBT Resource Center. “Comfortable Space” was a collaborative research project with three undergraduate students, one graduate student (me) and the LGBT Resource Center at Syracuse University. The project was facilitated through the Boundaries in Syracuse course taught by [...]
Do You Know Her?
2005. Installation (Mannequin, Projection, Screen, Trading Cards) “Do You Know Her?” is an exploration of “female archetypes” that appear in women centered magazines from the 1930s to the present. The semiotics that surround advertisements marketed towards women include: home appliances, detergents, beauty products, personal hygiene products, feminine hygiene products, grocery items, children, household products, wedding [...]
Borders
2005. Installation. (Cotton Fabric, Wood, Concrete) Collaboration with Nick Durr, Aaron Silver and Sarah Howell. “Borders” is a fabric hallway that existed for a week in the Quad of Syracuse University. The hallway brought attention to ways of seeing, ways of framing, and ways of blinding within our space. The walls blocked our normal physical [...]
Childhood Truths
2004. Installation (8′ x 8′ Baby Blanket with Interactive Toys, Micro-controller, Speakers) “Childhood Truths” is a reactive environment that challenges adults to relocate themselves to the “baby blanket” (proportional to an adult) on the floor. The blanket consists of four baby toys that flip, open, close and move. That movement triggers a sensor in the [...]
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