Mary Mattingly Life Of Objects

The covid diary started because etty yaniv asked me to write something for her interview series.

Mary mattingly life of objects.

Art works for change oakland united states. A para noid still life. Life of objects mary mattingly 2013. Ecology nomadic living and community participation are central to mary mattingly s collaborative projects.

Photo of the artist lying naked beneath a tied up bundle of personal possessions. Mary mattingly is a brooklyn based artist whose work explores issues of sustainability climate change and displacement. It follows the flock house project 2012 which included a series of spherical living structures that migrated around new york and the waterpod 2009 a barge based ecosystem with five living. The piece i have chosen to analyse is life of objects by mary mattingly part of her series house and universe created in 2013.

Triple island her next collaborative work will open july 20 on pier 42 in lower manhattan. Prior to that i barely got out of bed. Triple island her next collaborative work will open july 20 on pier 42 in lower manhattan. Mattingly combines photography performance portable architecture and sculptural ecosystems into poetic visions of adaptation and survival in her work we encounter nomads laboring under the weight of their possessions.

Ecology nomadic living and community participation are central to mary mattingly s collaborative projects.