Space Without A Map
New Studio Gallery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
A “space without a map” is uncharted territory, and this certainly applies to contemporary life and our myriad, inter-related crises. Personal worlds and collective worlds, the inner and outer, are in massive flux in these deeply unsettling times. Yet paradoxically, the potential for transformation and revelation is also present, as things deeply buried come to the surface to be reckoned with.
Space Without A Map
Site-specific installation at the New Studio Gallery in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Space Without A Map is uncharted territory, and this certainly applies to contemporary life and our myriad, inter-related crises. Personal worlds and collective worlds, the inner and outer, are in massive flux in these deeply unsettling times. Yet paradoxically, the potential for transformation and revelation is also present, as things deeply buried come to the surface to be reckoned with.
What you see in Space Without a Map is a liminal, hybrid space of the everyday world and the dream world. Dreams have been my greatest teachers, and a potent dream I had as an adult is where my art started. This installation brings together all four of the sequential dreams that launched and subsequently evolved/is evolving my art.
Two of the cloaks (bear, frog) hang quietly and remembered against the curtained walls, while the third dream (bird) is still involved in the tension of wanting to cling to the now, while desiring the change that is latent. This cloak drapes over a large stack of my notebooks. Recently an octopus dream arrived which you will see coming into form outside the center window. With a threatening seduction it beckons and affects the world inside the room. Perhaps it is a call to go deeper into the unconscious, deeper into the primordial.
I see this work as deeply female: a nocturnal, domestic space made by trusting intuition, the body, and through the making itself. A “space without a map” may feel exhilarating or terrifying, as it asks each of us what we are taking with us or letting go of as we enter the liminal space of this point in time.
Materials: found, made, or altered objects: chair, rug, table, curtains, my own notebooks, feathers, netting, Mylar, paper, fabric, and mixed media.
Rebecca Krinke is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
