Session 9: Re-imagining Ephemerality
Ada Potter, Webcam Stills, 2012, digital prints in organza, sizes varies
Ada Potter
Material Qualities + Experimentation
Monday, April 26, 2021, 9 am EST
Webinar Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84592197420
Webinar ID: 845 9219 7420
In this lecture artist, Ada Potter will describe her fluid conceptualization of materials and mediums as it relates to her work, which oscillates between photography, sculpture, and installation. Her work often restages products such as screens and webcams; making these forms tangible by printing them on organza, mylar, and acetate. Her objects seek to perform a multiplicity of material realities that underline the anxieties technology can incite. This talk will also focus on human efforts to create permanence in the face of uncertainty and inevitable change.
Suggested Reading:
Hito Steyerl, The Wretched of the Screen
https://www.e-flux.com/books/66675/the-wretched-of-the-screen/
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, The Enduring Ephemeral, or the Future Is a Memory
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/595632?seq=1
Ada Potter is an artist and curator living in New York. She has an MFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute and a BA in Art History & Studio Art from Barnard College. She has participated in exhibitions at 20|20 Gallery at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, ArtHelix, A.I.R Gallery, The Boiler, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation. She curated a group exhibition entitled Future Touch at Hionas Gallery in 2016 and is the founder of SCREEN_, an email-based art "space" that produces monthly artworks, sent/received via email. Her work re-stages products such as screens and webcams; making these forms tangible by printing them on organza, mylar, and acetate. Her objects seek to perform a multiplicity of material realities that underlie the anxieties that surround technology.