Transformer 1404 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005
202-483-1102
March 21- April 25, 2009
Julia Mandle
Fabrication of Blindness|Fabricating Rain
Opening | meet the artist
March 21, 2009, 2 pm)
"This installation and interactive, community-driven intervention, created by New York based artist Julia Mandle, seeks to mend wounds caused by America's abuse of civil rights at a turning point in our country's policy on the detention camps at Guantanamo Bay.
As America begins to negotiate the aftermath of actions in Guantanamo Bay, Julia seeks to connect the actions of dissenters with the voices of detainees through the launch of Fabricating Rain at Transformer. This creative action of hand-embroidering detainee-written narratives and poetry onto hoods made of U.S. military issue sandbags, will expand the Fabrication of Blindness installation at Transformer. Audiences are invited to participate in scheduled Fabricating Rain embroidery circles, or stop by during regular gallery hours to contribute to the installation. Embroidery takes approximately two hours."
[Text and image from Transformer website. Caption: Images by J Mandle and Kevin Rogers.]
Fabricating Rain Embroidery Circles: Thursdays and Saturdays, 2 – 6pm at Transformer.
Exhibition Hours: Wednesday – Saturday, 1 – 7pm & by appointment.
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