Stretch
The Space Between
Your Nostrils
The Space Between Your Nostrils | RESORT Baltimore
Opening Saturday, June 5, 2021 from 4 -8pm
Masks required in the gallery
RESORT is pleased to present two solo exhibitions:
Ground Swell, a show of new works by Sophia Belkin
and The Space Between Your Nostrils, an installation and material study by Sasha Fishman.
The Space Between Your Nostrils
Sasha Fishman explores the byproducts and aftermath of the cicada emergence in her installation, examining the discarded shells as a source material that overlaps her existing biomaterial development inquiries. Typically situated in the excess and waste stream materials from the commercial fishing industry, Sasha’s work compares toxicity and sustainability in sculptural material, while considering ethical questions around extraction and long-term impact.
The installation encourages viewers to collect and contribute cicada shells which can be deposited into a door slot at Resort. These shells will be used for a community bioplastic extraction at The Timekeepers Workshop July 9 at The Shed Space. The shells will gather in the installation where biomaterials are growing and decaying at different rates within synthetic containers which will outlast their organic contents. Consisting of casts of the artist’s jawbone, replicas of a deceased hagfish, and growing algae, the installation is a circular investigation of biomaterials, corporeal collapse and its inevitable relationship to our own bodies.
We may observe the abundance of cicada shells as discarded material, but how is the ecosystem deprived by removing this substance for our own use over time? These questions, material investigations, extractions and cultivations are part of Sasha’s perpetual, and potentially futile hope of replacing resin, a toxic material that is vital to the evolution of her sculptural work.
The exhibitions are on view through the end of July, 2021 and open Saturdays 12 - 4pm and by appointment.
PRESS - BMORE ART: Rupture and Regeneration: Sophia Belkin and Sasha Fishman in Resort’s Final Shows
Kiln cast uranium glass from CT scan, vinyl tubing, water, reclaimed clay, cicada wings, glass slides
5.5 in x 6 in x 4.5 in
2021
Water, resin, fiberglass, flex seal, flex seal, flex seal, flex seal, pigment, pump, mister, acrylic, silicone and resin hagfish casts, tubing
41 in x 41 in x 7 in
2021
Iodine, plaster hagfish casts
2 in x 2 in x 2 in (varied)
2021
Bismuth hagfish cast
2 in x 2 in x 2.5 in
2021
Spirulina algae, hand blown glass, tubing, airstone
Dimensions vary
2021
Holographic chitosan (shrimp shells), vinegar, resin, copper, chain
Dimensions vary
2021
Resin, image transfer, melted styrofoam, steel
37 in x 40 in x 35 in
2021
Hagfish skin, egg yolk, oil, General Electric collectible fan, wire, alligator clip
Dimensions vary
2021
Community collected cicada shells, reclaimed clay
Dimensions vary
2021
Wine, paper, plastic grapes, cement, PVA, tape, newspaper, wax, spirulina, salt, water
Dimensions vary
2021
Sasha Fishman © 2024