NYAB Event - Ann Torke "The Residue Series: Everyday Accumulation"

Ann Torke "The Residue Series: Everyday Accumulation"

AC Institute

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AC [Direct] II presents Ann Torke’s “The Residue Series: Everyday Accumulation”, a continuation of her interest in tracking the detritus of everyday life. Part Petri dish, part performance, part sculpture—this work is an examination of accumulation: of the traces of presence, of the mark making of everyday life. The work makes manifest the dialectic of entropy and order from various sites including the floors of her house, studio and the surface of the stovetop.

Collecting the residue becomes a series of ritual performances or “chores” conducted on a daily basis in month long units. These performances are methods of archiving, tracking and focused participation. Afterwards, the debris is cast into solid forms or sealed under epoxy. In House and Studio, the debris is suspended in layers of clear resin—molds from classically inspired forms. For the Stovetops the actual metal tops from the stove are removed after a month and sealed, while a new stovetop is put in place to continue to collect the organic spew from cooking.

For this exhibition, Torke has also included the work-in-progress accumulation of debris from all the AC [Institute Direct Chapel] galleries. Collaboratively collected with Holly Crawford, Sonya Hofer, Christine Licata, Eddy Villatoro and Pernell Blake the sweepings are the first in her exploration of public, non-autobiographical sites in which the debris reflects the intervention of others.

Media

• Sculpture
• Installation

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