Resurrectura

November 9, 2024 - February 23, 2025

Murmurs LA
1411 Newton St.
Los Angeles, CA 90021
info@murmurs.la

Press

MOLD Magazine: Resurrectura: On Sasha Fishman’s Material Alchemy and Corporeal Landscapes
The Daniel Docs Interview: Sasha Fishman
Sasha Fishman ‘24 Debuts ‘Resurrectura’ At Mur murs

I’m hypersensitive to blue, 2023
Fiberglass, epoxy resin, wood, flex seal, staples, water, chlorine tablets, pond dye, acrylic, LEDs
84” x 48” x 16”

When it’s humid I melt, 2023
Reishi mycelium, firewood, rye, wood, mold, epoxy resin (Mycelium material developed in collaboration with Lera Niemackl)

18” x 23” x 15”

And don’t stop your body cavitation
2023
3D printed flowforms, electroformed copper, steel, tubing, water
10” x 4” x 7”

New tits
2023
Ceramic, uranium glass, hot spring glaze, steel, tubing, water
10” x 20” x 20”

I want to be wet, 2024
Douglas Fir, shellac, beer, salt, dried fish collagen, marshmallow, salmon eggs, glycerin, salmon scales, tanned salmon skin, egg yolk, Dawn, monitors, media players, speakers, beeswax thread; 7 channel video, color, sound
11 x 12 x 9 ft
5m30s

Fabrication support: Kenny Sale, Carol Yuan, Lolo Dederer and Ray Barsante
Sourcing: Salmon skin donated from Acme
Filmed by Kenny Sale + Matthew Genecov + Sasha Fishman
Sound by Miles Scharff + Sasha Fishman
AV support: Pierre Briet
Installation support: Ian Riccardo, Jorge Mujica, Sam Shoemaker, Lera Niemackl

Detail of egg yolk tanned salmon skin

Hearing Dryness Longing for Wetness, 2023
Ceramic, tin, nickel, copper mesh for wildlife control, uranium glass, spirulina, paper pulp, flour, corn starch, glass syringes, polyvinyl acetate, steel, test tiles, PLA, photographs of presence and absence of water, sound from a fountain to be, resin, pumps, water
81” x 120” x 81”

Installation support: Ian Riccardo, Jorge Mujica, Sam Shoemaker, Lera Niemackl

discarded glass syringes, solder, nickel, copper, tubing, 3d printed spouts, water

detail of water falling into ceramic basin

glazed ceramic, solderd rodent mesh, spirulina, paper, glue, steel

Water Cap, 2024
Copper, inkjet print, preserved salmon eggs, fish hooks, insect pins, plywood
16.5” x 19.5” x 2”

Woodpecker Signals, 2024
Steel, beeswax thread, cyanotype on cheesecloth, Chitosan, vinegar, LEDs
20” x 20” x 13.5”

Installation view

ceramic glazes developed from collected soil at hot springs

If you trap me in resin will I ever dry out, 2023
Ceramic, hot spring glaze, resin encapsulated chemically preserved and manually spawned salmon, preserved salmon eggs, salt
11” x 19” x 17”

Sourcing:
Salmon donated from the Salmon River Fish Hatchery
Lab Support: Campos Lab

Pick Me, 2023
Reishi mycelium, firewood, rye, wood, mold, epoxy resin, ceramic, hot spring glaze, blown glass, copper, solder, collected mica (Mycelium material developed in collaboration with Lera Niemackl)
5” x 10” x 13”

Waiting to be saved, 2023
Ceramic, hot spring glaze, aluminum, copper, hot spring earth, thermoplastic, super glue
20” x 12” x 10”

My seams, 2024
Inkjet print, salmon skin, fish glue, copper nails on panel
43” x 23.5” x 2.5”

detail of salmon skin frame

There she was, 2022
Resin, acetate, bismuth cuttlefish casts, inkjet prints, electroformed copper, sand, copper mesh, nickel, solder
26” x 5” x 4”

Gestating, 2023
Inkjet print, fiberglass, resin, steel
22” x 30” x 4”

(left) Some days I’m edible, 2023
(right) And really good at transporting, 2023

Reishi mycelium, firewood, rye, wood, cardboard, Egg yolk tanned salmon skin, chitosan (Mycelium material developed in collaboration with Lera Niemackl)
93” x 21” x 21”

Reishi mycelium, firewood, rye, wood, mold, epoxy resin, preserved salmon eggs, water (Mycelium material developed in collaboration with Lera Niemackl)
34” x 53” x 8”

Installation support: Ian Riccardo, Lera Niemackl

Learn more about this material here

Chlorine, 2023
Ceramic, solder, glaze, glass, photograph, electroformed copper IUD
9.5” x 7” x 2”