Good Citizen Gallery: Friday, 22 June 2013
Sage Dawson: On Streets Like Ours, In Rooms, Up Collapsing Stairs
May 24 - June 22, 2013
Opening Reception Friday, June 22 6 -10 PM
On Streets Like Ours, In Rooms, Up Collapsing Stairs examines the history of cartographic rendering: mapping to investigate the distinct identities of spaces, dwelling rights, and contemporary perspectives of nostalgia. The work draws from on-site dwelling rights research in India, radical cartography, and phenomenological approaches to documenting abandoned and forgotten sites. Most of the places and objects explored, such as the 1163 Mary Street house in Springfield, Missouri, are nearly invisible to the communities within which they reside, though they remain intact, collecting dust and mildew atop obsolete technologies, peeling tile, furniture, and architectural remnants-such as the bathtub, a part of the 1163 Mart Street house since its construction in 1941. The work examines the production and destruction of space, and its larger impact on the people who encounter it.
Sage will also present an exhibition catalog with an essay by Laura Mallonee and two poems by Andrew Deloss Eaton. Examples Of Sage Dawson's work can be seen at sagedawson.com
Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon - 5 PM and by appointment
Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis MO, 63104-2852
314-348-4587
May 24 - June 22, 2013
Opening Reception Friday, June 22 6 -10 PM
On Streets Like Ours, In Rooms, Up Collapsing Stairs examines the history of cartographic rendering: mapping to investigate the distinct identities of spaces, dwelling rights, and contemporary perspectives of nostalgia. The work draws from on-site dwelling rights research in India, radical cartography, and phenomenological approaches to documenting abandoned and forgotten sites. Most of the places and objects explored, such as the 1163 Mary Street house in Springfield, Missouri, are nearly invisible to the communities within which they reside, though they remain intact, collecting dust and mildew atop obsolete technologies, peeling tile, furniture, and architectural remnants-such as the bathtub, a part of the 1163 Mart Street house since its construction in 1941. The work examines the production and destruction of space, and its larger impact on the people who encounter it.
Sage will also present an exhibition catalog with an essay by Laura Mallonee and two poems by Andrew Deloss Eaton. Examples Of Sage Dawson's work can be seen at sagedawson.com
Gallery Hours Fri., Sat. Noon - 5 PM and by appointment
Good Citizen Gallery
2247 Gravois Ave,
St. Louis MO, 63104-2852
314-348-4587
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