Mariel Harari: The Ballad of Cocoon Baby
@ Ignition satellite space
Mana Contemporary, 2233 S. Throop St. Studio 421 Chicago, IL 60608
Opening Saturday, April 26th, from 2PM - 10PM
On view through Friday, May 16th
The Ballad of Cocoon Baby (Part 1) is a new installation by Mariel Harari featuring sculpture, fiber, drawing and photo based works. This ongoing series considers ways to untangle what is nourishing in past and passed down experience, from what calcifies in memory to create holding patterns in and around us. The work follows the titular character as she breaks open to heal and build agency, by softening, rooting, adapting and learning from trees.
Each Cocoon Baby figure is made up of delicate materials, reframing vulnerability as something strong. Materials include sewing thread, used to hang and bind sculptural forms, walls of sheer printed silk, hand painted cotton, tracing paper, and Alganyl, a translucent algae-based material that Harari cooks in her studio. Drawn memories are interspersed with imagery of the body and environment in varying opacities. These layered surfaces hold the nuances of a body filled and moving with memory.
Mariel Harari is an interdisciplinary artist working in fiber art, biomaterial, installation, performance, photo, video, drawing, and sculpture. Grounded in laborious processes and bright, tactile surfaces, her work explores and mimics relationships between memory, agency, environment and embodiment. Harari is a recipient of the Chicago DCASE Individual Artists Program Grant. She has attended residencies at Chicago Artists Coalition, Annas Projects, High Concept Labs, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been featured in publications including Brooklyn Magazine, Sixty Inches From Center and Surface Design Association. Recent projects include exhibitions and performances at Co-Prosperity, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago Artists Coalition, Roman Susan, Comfort Station and Ignition Project Space. Harari was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and currently lives and works in Chicago, IL.
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