SHE WORLD
[ A participatory collection project }
The archive – relics, ephemera and detritus of lost and then found objects from the lives of women – is a source I use for close observation of the energy held in personal residue. Collected and cataloged over many years the archive is a mystery of feminine objects that hint at the life of a woman.
I have invited other women artists (writers, musicians, visual artists) to engage with this archive as a way to understand the lives of women through their objects.
THE SHE WORLD ARCHIVE, top - as installed in Los Angeles, CA, 2007 - 2017
The archive was dismantled in 2018 although the objects continue to invite further
involvement with the nature of things.
CATALOGUE OF CONTENTS, bottom - detail 2010
EVENTS
left. HAIR IN SHRINE, video loop, cardboard, hearing tube, craft paper, right. SHRINE FOR ELAINE, 2019, archival print, cardboard, craft paper, soaps.
”These Creatures”, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, 2019
HOME-LIFE
Installation of forty photographs ( detail ) of demolished homes, She World artifacts, live recitation of text.
Many of the objects in the archive were found in homes belonging to displaced women.
Cypress College, CA, 2018
JELLY JAR COLLAPSE
HOME-LIFE, 16MM film screening, overhead projections and live reading. Vancouver BC. 2019
SHE WORLD PROJECTIONS
Sleepless, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
MARGURITTE:
A Demonstration for Overhead Projector, 16mm film, and Cake.
Sound - Julianna Snapper, Julia Lisztwan.
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
SHE WORLD LECTURE
Student participation with two overhead projectors, phonograph, personal objects and cake.
UC Irvine, CA, 2016
BESSIE LECTURE
Overhead projection, personal objects. Sound by Betsy Rettig. Porch, Domestic Projects, Los Angeles CA, 2015
CYRK, A Woman’s Own Story of Life Under the Big Top.
Performance, music, film and artifact exhibits from the She World Archive. Automata Chinatown Los Angeles, CA, 2014,
music by Laura Steenberge.
SHE WORLD.VIRTINES
Three vitrines, artifacts, flashlights, magnifiers, video projection. Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2013
SHE WORLD.OAKLAND
Immersive installation, artifact exhibits, flashlights, music by Emily Lacy. Krowswork Gallery, Oakland CA 2013