Works shown as part of Ribbon, Bell, Emerald, Stamp / Ruban, Clochette, Émeraude, Timbre, a 5-person exhibition held at Livart January 15 - March 1, 2026.
The exhibition brings together works by Émilie Allard, Ioana Dragomir, Christy Kunitzky, Laurel Rennie, and Kuh Del Rosario that reflect on our connection to objects in a world increasingly intangible and disconnected from material experience.
As images and data displace objects, their meanings thin. Objects continue to surround us, but our connection to them is tenuous. Images and data rapidly circulate, replacing direct and embodied encounters with things. Meaning is not lost because objects disappear, but because attention does.
This exhibition considers the displacement of objects by information, our relationship to objects and the physical world, and how this affects our personhood. We live amid a mass accumulation of objects, where precious resources are pulled from the earth to create objects that quickly become worthless. How do we qualify our relationships to objects as they continue to both accumulate and lose meaning? What is preserved, what is lost, and who gets to decide?
-curatorial text by Laurel Rennie
Mask, 2025-26, baseball hat, embroidery thread, glass beads, found objects
Stack (squish - (1953-2024)), 2025-26, tarps, nylon cord, my mother’s clothing, handwoven textiles, ratchet strap, condolence cards, my mother’s various belongings and personal effects
Time Study Two Ways, 2024, cotton and wool yarns, sand, wheat paste, on wood frame
Untitled, 2024, cotton, linen and wool yarns, tarp, on wood frame
Dead Stock, 2023, suede work gloves leftover from my father’s failed business, waxed linen thread, ceramic and metal beads, newsprint, metal bar
-exhibition photos by Katya Konioukhova