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clearing: a fertile exhale--a digital moodboard.

Hannah Ehrlich

curated by Makeda Lewis.

February 16 - March 23rd, 2023

Swan Couch House Gallery

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this page is a digital moodboard for the exhibition titled clearing: a fertile exhale, a solo show featuring Atlanta-based artist, Hannah Ehrlich. Here is a collection of media--essays, songs, videos, photos, etc.-- that informs the concept and work exhibited. Scroll, click, hit play--this is meant to be an interruption.

“Revolution isn’t about vanquishing the Darkness–it’s about carrying a light through the valley of the shadow of death. So someone else might see it. And they might join you.” - Timothy Hucks

click here to read the full curator statement.

A mid-century brown dining chair with intricate filigree set against a backdrop of a large piece of black, textile work hanging on a grey garage wall. There are tassels of dusty rose pink threads hanging over the side columns of the chair.

Red cursive handwriting on an offwhite piece of paper. The writing reads ""I want to get / I want to keep / I want to say /
I want to tell / I want to see / I want to learn /
I want to know / I want to know / I want to control
/ I want to hold / I want to feel / I want to remember
/ I want to go / I want to want / I want to find /
I want to finish / I want to forget / I want to get rid of
/ I want to clean / I want to be good / I want to be better
/ I want to do it / I want to out do / I want to top it
/ I want to accomplish mastery"

film photo closeup of an armful bunch of very thin sticks of bamboo wedged between three to four two by fours and a bookshelf.

closeup photo of a tree disease commonly called Brittle Cinder (the scientific name for this disease is Kretzchmaria deusta).

wide-shot film photo featuring several works hanging textile art, all placed at varying distances from the lens. A large, distorted, black macrame piece frames the right edge of the photo and drapes down the middle. A very small piece of stiff twine woven together is visible through the opening of the hanging black macrame piece. A large black and white woven work is against the left of the photo.

An extreme closeup of an eyeball affected by allergies. Half of the cornea is visible from the left side of the photo. Veins of the eyeball are visibly irritated, red and orange.

wide-shot film photo of an artists' garage studio. A large shelf holding various spools of thread is against the far back wall, beneath two windows. A box sits on the floor in front of the shelf, holding stacks of various fabrics, the fabric is slightly overwhelming the box. A table and chair are visible to the left of the photo.

A stylized image of a house with fire bursting through the roof and front, second-story windows.

A chest-to-upper thigh section of a white woman stands to the left of a film photo. She stands in a slight contrapposto pose with her right hand on her hip and her left hand bent up and towards her chest.

Closeup image of a bruised and veiny closed right eye.

screenshot of a tweet written by Timothy Hucks, aka @am0ebarepublic. The tweet reads "It's not only that joy we're moving towards -- it is ONLY that joy that will sustain us on the journey. Revolution isn't about vanquishing the Darkness -- it's about carrying a light through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. So someone else might see it. And they might join you."

closeup photo of a grey concrete sculpture of a pair of hands holding each other. The sculpture appears to be decaying slightly.

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