Celebrate our 1st Science + Art Residency

Sep 14 Sat
Reception
6:00 - 9:00pm @ the IFF
Giant plastic crochet sculptures curated  by Christine Wertheim - IFF Science + Art Residency, 2013. Left: Plastic Bag Dreaming. Right: Plastic Silurian.

Giant plastic crochet sculptures curated by Christine Wertheim, with special contributions from Evelyn Hardin, Pate Conaway, Gina Cacciolo, Clare O’Callaghan and Margaret Wertheim. IFF Science + Art Residency, 2013.

Please join us to celebrate our summer resident, Christine Wertheim. On view is her “Silurian Age” series of  large-scale crocheted sculptures constructed from plastic bags and other plastic detritus, with contributions from IFF workshop participants.

Please Join Us:
Saturday, September 14
6:00 – 9:00pm
@ the IFF

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Silurian Age sculptures @ the IFF, September 2013.

"Plastic Silurian", large-scale plastic crochet sculpture by Christine Wertheim, from IFF Science + Art Residency, 2013.

“Plastic Silurian”, large-scale crochet sculpture curated by Christine Wertheim, with cable-tie anemones by Evelyn Hardin and blue New York Times plastic wrapper tube worms by Clare O’Callaghan.

Plastic-bag crochet workshop participants: David Orozco, Sarah Orozco, Skye Moret and Roz, Domina Piumetti, Mary Jo Cysewski, Jake Dotson, John Rome, Samantha Rome, Silvia Schablowski, Kate Bergh, Peggy Sublett, Cathy Perlmutter, Riva Weinstein, Becky Goodman, Janice Ogata, Natalie Welts.

Construction Assistants: Anna Mayer and Christina Simons.

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“Plastic Silurian” sculpture – detail. Photo by Christina Simons.