Dream | group exhibition | Hyde Park Art Center | Winter 2021
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from left to right - artworks by Cydney Lewis, Mayumi Lake and Monika Plioplyte -
I for Nested Pattern series (No.3, No.1 & No.6)
108 in x 58 in each
printed on photo tex adhesive paper
by Monika Plioplyte
2021 -
Memories Through an Infinite Canon
sound piece 5:12 min
by Monika Plioplyte
2021
Dream / group exhibition / Hyde Park Art Center / Chicago / 2021
Dream comprises new work from artists participating in the Hyde Park Art Center’s Center Program. From conceptual multiplicity to the body as monument, this year’s cohort of twenty artists collectively and boldly proposes their artistic authorship of a better world. The program and exhibition are led by Program Curator Asha Iman Veal and Coordinator Tulika Ladsariya.
Participating artists include Cecilia Beaven Gallegos, Dorothy Burge, Cathleen Campbell, Teresita Carson, Jonathan Castillo, Jason Dunda, Sarabeth Dunton, Tanya Gill, Brooke Hummer, Janis Kanter, Mayumi Lake, D. Lammie-Hanson, Percy Lam, Cydney Lewis, Frances Lee, JeeYeun Lee, Susannah Papish, Monika Plioplyte, Monica Rickert-Bolter, and Allison Svoboda.
*Images by Mayumi Lake and Tom Van Eynde
I for Nested Pattern (No. 3, No.1 & No.6) photo works and Memories Through an Infinite Canon sound piece
Questioning the current conditions of our time and our collective future, I have turned to my ancestors to look for answers. A focus of my research is the occult and symbolic nature of Baltic Paganism and traditional folklore art, central to my upbringing. I make paper based wall works using drawings and risograph-printed-cut-outs of my body that mimic the ancient Pagan goddesses of Eastern Europe, adapting traditional Lithuanian textiles and decorative symbols in the process. I activate collage works and paper textiles by wearing the pattern and photographing myself in natural environments that resemble landscapes where I grew up. Carrying sentimental longing for a place or a past, I aim to connect with the knowledge that's been lost. The works are intimately linked to storytelling through ancient symbology, my physical body, personal rituals, and the processes of the hand made.
The sound piece Memories Through an Infinite Canon was specifically created to accompany the photo works. The style of the songs heard throughout the piece, is called ‘rounds’ or ‘infinite canons’, in which a minimum of three voices sing the same melody in unison, and may repeat it indefinitely. Each voice begins at a different time so that different parts of the melody coincide with the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. The theme of the music is sunrise and sundown. I found these songs on a Lithuanian folk record which was recorded in 1971 during the USSR era. For Lithuanians, rounds are archaic, mostly used for ritual purposes, and contain elements of pagan faith. These rounds used to be sung during fieldwork, harvesting, herding animals, weaving, and other daily activities.
Dream comprises new work from artists participating in the Hyde Park Art Center’s Center Program. From conceptual multiplicity to the body as monument, this year’s cohort of twenty artists collectively and boldly proposes their artistic authorship of a better world. The program and exhibition are led by Program Curator Asha Iman Veal and Coordinator Tulika Ladsariya.
Participating artists include Cecilia Beaven Gallegos, Dorothy Burge, Cathleen Campbell, Teresita Carson, Jonathan Castillo, Jason Dunda, Sarabeth Dunton, Tanya Gill, Brooke Hummer, Janis Kanter, Mayumi Lake, D. Lammie-Hanson, Percy Lam, Cydney Lewis, Frances Lee, JeeYeun Lee, Susannah Papish, Monika Plioplyte, Monica Rickert-Bolter, and Allison Svoboda.
*Images by Mayumi Lake and Tom Van Eynde
I for Nested Pattern (No. 3, No.1 & No.6) photo works and Memories Through an Infinite Canon sound piece
Questioning the current conditions of our time and our collective future, I have turned to my ancestors to look for answers. A focus of my research is the occult and symbolic nature of Baltic Paganism and traditional folklore art, central to my upbringing. I make paper based wall works using drawings and risograph-printed-cut-outs of my body that mimic the ancient Pagan goddesses of Eastern Europe, adapting traditional Lithuanian textiles and decorative symbols in the process. I activate collage works and paper textiles by wearing the pattern and photographing myself in natural environments that resemble landscapes where I grew up. Carrying sentimental longing for a place or a past, I aim to connect with the knowledge that's been lost. The works are intimately linked to storytelling through ancient symbology, my physical body, personal rituals, and the processes of the hand made.
The sound piece Memories Through an Infinite Canon was specifically created to accompany the photo works. The style of the songs heard throughout the piece, is called ‘rounds’ or ‘infinite canons’, in which a minimum of three voices sing the same melody in unison, and may repeat it indefinitely. Each voice begins at a different time so that different parts of the melody coincide with the different voices, but nevertheless fit harmoniously together. The theme of the music is sunrise and sundown. I found these songs on a Lithuanian folk record which was recorded in 1971 during the USSR era. For Lithuanians, rounds are archaic, mostly used for ritual purposes, and contain elements of pagan faith. These rounds used to be sung during fieldwork, harvesting, herding animals, weaving, and other daily activities.