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SUMMARY:EXHIBITIONISTA: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space at 18th Street Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:Debra Disman: “Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space\n\n\n\n\nNovember 14\, 2025 – January 2\, 2026\n\n\n\n\n18th Street Arts Center\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Sanctuary” / Know Safe Space will expand upon Disman’s 2023 piece\, K no W Safe Place with the addition of a hanging roof surrounded by an inverted “forest” of knotted colored cords hung from the ceiling in various arrangements allowing pathways to the suspended black sanctuary space. The installation will grow and change over time with the addition of these hanging elements. \nSanctuary: Know Safe Space\, 2025\, 10′ x 48″ x 48″\, canvas\, netting\, burlap\, cord\, lace\, ribbon\, paint\, wood\n \nSanctuary: Know Safe Space\, 2025\, 10′ x 48″ x 48″\, canvas\, netting\, burlap\, cord\, lace\, ribbon\, paint\, wood\nThis installation draws upon Disman’s ongoing study of the groundbreaking practices of artists Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse using artmaking to transcend trauma; research into sanctuary movements and spaces and the use of textiles within these; exploration of the“quipu/khipu”\, a record-keeping device made of knotted cords of assorted colors used in various cultures in the central Andes of South America; and investigation into the work of artists who have used fiber-based materials to create environments\, structures and shelters including Do Ho Suh\, Chiharu Shiota and Tracey Emin. \nDisman will also engage in dialogue with others inside the Sanctuary space\, informally videotaping these participants’ response to the installation and their immersion in it\, as well as offering “interviewees’ the opportunity to share about their own practices\, projects and practices\, especially as they relate to 18th Street Arts Center. These short-form videos will serve as an informal archive of our present moment\, the role of the creative process in it\, and the support and sanctuary 18th Street Arts Center is offering to the community by allowing us to Know Safe Space. \nAnyone wishing to be interviewed/dialogue in the Sanctuary can contact should contact Debra at debra@artifactorystudio.com \nAbout the artist \n \nDebra Disman is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her work inspired by the book\, which traverses textiles\, installation\, sculpture and performance to push the familiar into forms that arrest and baffle\, while simultaneously offering places of contemplation and solace. She creates work and projects which investigate states of being and connectiveness through intensive interactions with materials while attempting to fully explore and exploit their haptic properties. \nHer work is widely shown in museums\, galleries\, art centers\, universities and libraries including The Torrance Art Museum; Art Share LA; The Irvine Fine Arts Center; The New Bedford Art Museum; The Brand Library and Art Center; ReflectSpace Gallery in Glendale\, CA; Craft Contemporary in LA: The Long Beach Museum of Art; The University of the Arts in Philadelphia; The Cape Cod Museum of Art; and The Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA\, as well as through social practice and community endeavors. \nDisman was the featured artist for the 2016 Big Read in LA and recipient of an 2016-17 WORD: Artist Grant / Bruce Geller Memorial Prize. She was commissioned by LA’s Craft Contemporary to create the interactive book “Chromatic Interactions” in 2017 and 18th Street Arts Center to create the artists’ book\, “Unfolding Possibilities” in 2021. Her book “CONCURRENCIES Charlotte Salomon and Eva Hesse: Genius\, Trauma and the Creative Imagination” was published by ReflectSpace Gallery/Glendale Arts and Culture in 2023. \nShe was a 2018 Studio Resident at the Camera Obscura Art Lab at 1450 Ocean in Santa Monica\, and has served as an Artist-in-Residence for the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs since 2017\, directing the “We Write the Book” project. A Santa Monica Artist Fellow in 2021-22\, she has been a local artist in residence at 18th Street Arts Center since 2018.
URL:https://debradisman.com/event/exhibitionista-sanctuary-know-safe-space-at-18th-street-arts-center/
LOCATION:18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus\, 1653 18th Street\, Studio 1\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90404\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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