Self Portraits / 1998-Current
Various Sizes / All Images Shot On Film
All photographs made at Lucas Artist Residency, Montalvo Arts Center. 20 x 24 inches, Light-jet C-print, 2016
11x14 inches / paper, glue / 2015
11x14 & 9x12 inches / paper, glue / 2014
Pilgrimages: 2012-Current
Various sizes from 6x4 to 9x12 / paper, glue / 2012-2015
Color images: Czech Republic/2006
Black and white images: Morocco/2012
22x22 inch / Light-jet C-Print / Edition of 9
All images made in Lithuania
20x20 inches / C-Print / 2003-2005 / Edition of 9
I was asked by the co-writers of the incredible book Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births to contribute a series of photographs about the ‘pregnancy pillow’ for their publication, released in 2021 by MIT Press. An afternoon of sculpture-making followed in which I had to physically wrestle with, and at other times, gently nudge, this object into position/behaving. I was surprised at how quickly the pregnancy pillow became an emotive, anthropomorphized creature of sorts, which made me laugh at some moments, and made me lonely at others.
Amending is a collaboration between Airyka Rockefeller & Taylor Pollack; the second collection took place inside The Petaler in San Francisco in April 2017.
Amending No. 2 transforms a flower studio fragrant from it's history of housing plant materials. Transformed from an active workspace into an ephemeral shop, Amending gathers a curated group of timeless women's garments, Japanese suminagashi marble paper by Ruth Bosco, wearable, woven beadwork by _Feeler_, lasting kitchen-goods by ceramicist Zoe Dering, and LaFortuna's line of bags inspired by the old-school paper grocery versions.
Part boutique, part workshop, part community/conversation-zone, Pollack & Rockefeller explore the space between decorative and high arts while engaging with and highlighting five Bay Area women makers.
We consider the garments we wear and the vessels we use daily to be living-arts, and as such, key aspects of our lives. We believe that what we bring into our homes and wear on our bodies should be playful and sane, as functional as they are pleasing.
With this in mind, we’ve collected a group of women’s garments and domestically oriented objects inspired by the lineage of clothing-swaps and by the principle of parting ways with belongings as others materialize. Like a quintessential garment/notebook/letter exchange that is mailed between two friends over many years, we are drawn to objects with shared history, objects which compel a second/third/tenth life, and which have had, and will have, many owners over time. We believe in improving a well-designed, well-worn piece of clothing/furnishing rather than discarding it. We’ve made alterations to some of our collection: a raw cut here, new seam there, a change of button, or long dip in a dye bath; essentially these alterations are minimal, a mending of sorts.
We ask ourselves why we feel a powerful need to constantly bring things home alongside a parallel longing to let go of our varied possessions. Even as we simultaneously admire the tenants of minimalism, we sway again and again into ‘maximalism.’ Our response to this discrepancy in ourselves is to start a practice of collecting wherein our items are gathered only to pass along. We invite visitors to dismantle our collection and build their own.
Amending is a collaborative project by Airyka Rockefeller and Taylor Pollack; an ephemeral pop-up shop featuring garments and functional objects. The first collection debuted in March 2016 at The Thing Quarterly in San Francisco:
"Airyka and Taylor bring together a selection of clothing and functional objects in order to highlight the blurry zone between 'retail' and 'art' -spaces, high-art and living-art, and to consider the simultaneous, seemingly contrary philosophies of material-cravings and minimalist-longings."
Amending No. 1 features a selection of ceramic vessels commissioned from local potter Zoe Dering, flower arrangements by Rebekah Northway of The Petaler, as well as an afternoon of tea-tasting by Leaves & Flowers and tarot readings by local friends Sarah Coenen and Gillian Masland.
We consider the garments we wear and the vessels we use daily to be living-arts, and as such, key aspects of our lives. We believe that what we bring into our homes and wear on our bodies should be playful and sane, as functional as they are pleasing.
With this in mind, we’ve collected a group of women’s garments and domestically oriented objects inspired by the lineage of clothing-swaps and by the principle of parting ways with belongings as others materialize. Like a quintessential garment/notebook/letter exchange that is mailed between two friends over many years, we are drawn to objects with shared history, objects which compel a second/third/tenth life, and which have had, and will have, many owners over time. We believe in improving a well-designed, well-worn piece of clothing/furnishing rather than discarding it. We’ve made alterations to some of our collection: a raw cut here, new seam there, a change of button, or long dip in a dye bath; essentially these alterations are minimal, a mending of sorts.
We ask ourselves why we feel a powerful need to constantly bring things home alongside a parallel longing to let go of our varied possessions. Even as we simultaneously admire the tenants of minimalism, we sway again and again into ‘maximalism.’ Our response to this discrepancy in ourselves is to start a practice of collecting wherein our items are gathered only to pass along. We invite visitors to dismantle our collection and build their own.
Amending is an ephemeral pop-up shop taking place annually at various locations in San Francisco. The third collection was hosted in early June, 2018, at the lovely, airy boutique Anaise in San Francisco:
"Amending brings together a selection of garments, artworks and functional objects in order to highlight the blurry zone between 'retail' and 'art' -spaces, high-art and living-art, and to consider the simultaneous, seemingly contrary philosophies of material-cravings and minimalist-longings."
Amending No. 3 features a selection of vintage clothing and accessories, novels and lamps to read them by, glass and ceramic home-wares as well as paintings by local artist Daren Wilson, inspired by Italian painter Morandi’s shifting mid-century tabletop arrangements.
SCHEDULE:
Opening Reception: June 8th 4-7 pm
Pop-Up Shop Hours:
June 8th Friday 12-7
June 9th Saturday 12-7
June 10th Sunday 12-5
Amending considers clothing, art, objects and intentional spaces be living-arts, and as such, key aspects of our lives. Accordingly, what we bring into our homes and wear on our bodies should be playful and sane, as functional as they are pleasing.
With this in mind, Amending brings together a group of women’s garments and domestically oriented objects, including, in this incarnation, books, lighting and art, inspired by the lineage of clothing-swaps and by the principle of parting ways with beloved belongings, trusting others to materialize. Like a quintessential garment/notebook/letter exchange that is mailed between two friends over many years, Amending is drawn to objects with shared history, objects which compel a second/third/tenth life, and which have had, and will have, many owners over time. To amend is to modify, to improve, and in this spirit, to insist that a well-designed, well-worn piece of clothing/furnishing can be modified, tended to, and passed along, rather than discarded. There have been subtle alterations to some of the collection: a raw cut here, new seam there, a rewiring, re-grouping of sorts; essentially these alterations are minimal, a mending of sorts.
Amending asks why we feel a powerful need to constantly bring things home alongside a parallel longing to let go of our varied possessions. Even as we simultaneously admire the tenants of minimalism, we sway again and again into ‘maximalism.’ Amending’s response to this discrepancy in ourselves is to start a practice of collecting wherein items are gathered only to pass along. We invite visitors to dismantle our collection and build their own.
