Jacob Sorenson: the hazy void between Nature & Culture

Currently at Emerson Space Case, Jacob Sorenson's fantastic installation!  Electricity, nature, and patterns on paper.

I grew up, a once dedicated surfer in the chilly water of the American Northwest. In the paradise of my youth I took a hardline grasp on environmentalism. But I’ve become weary, and acquiesce that solutions are far more complex than simple monkey-wrenching with the destructive force.

The void between Nature and Culture is hazy. Life is created in laboratories, engineers control landscapes, and “wild” space is parceled into quadrants. Culture fights Nature, or Culture assimilates Nature, or Culture is Nature, or…

Through confused comparisons, domestic imagery, and designed thievery I explore my constructed landscape; wishing for authenticity, seeking distraction, while longing for the Idealism of Nature.

www.jacobsorenson.com

Coyote

In January, Emerson Space Case was home to four coyotes.  This show has come and gone for Emerson Space Case, but if you missed it, these critters (plus two more) will be on display at Palace of Industry until the end of March!

C O Y O T E

an installation by Stephanie Brachmann

This installation draws from my memories of being raised in a rural forested area, and surrounded by a seemingly endless mystery of wilderness.  We rarely saw the coyotes, but we knew they were there by the sound of their maniacal cackling in the distance on moonlit nights.  These sculptures are my personal tribute to the scavenging, predatory, invisible way of the wild.

Made from poultry wire, papier mache, found fabric, found paper, paint, branches.