NEW YORK, NY – From September 22 to October 1, the multidisciplinary design studio and showroom café Hudson Wilder in DUMBO, Brooklyn, will act as a sanctuary not only for contemporary home goods, but also for the curated art and design exhibit “Playing House”.
Playing House is the debut exhibition of three emerging curators: Angela Yang, Clara Leverenz, and Sophie Taylor, whose backgrounds span architecture and art history.
Each time an opportunity presented itself to intertwine two neighboring wires, she deftly ascended a stepping stool and fused the ends together with a cigarette lighter.
Disorder, entanglement – these are the themes of every day life that we seek to extrapolate meaning from. From watching the artist repeat this motion (ascend, identify, fuse), we come to understand how the disparate entities pose as nodes that we repeatedly (just as the artist herself does) attempt to create connections between.
This performance is the epitome of the exhibit itself – even something as simple or overlooked as adapters (or lack of the country-appropriate ones) can force us to reimagine the mundane. Playing House poses the following question to viewers:
“What might happen if we play house?”
Indeed, spending just thirty minutes in this space allows attendees to depart from their accepted version of reality. Even the amalgamation of the contemporary home goods that it is known for with the mix of artistic styles fosters a dissonance that keeps viewers on their toes.
Viewing hours are Wednesday – Saturday from 11am – 6pm.
Selected pieces are also available for purchase; prices upon request.