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UID:calgary-natalie-gerber-load@canadianlocals.ca
DTSTAMP:20261031T154845Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261109
SUMMARY:Natalie Gerber: load
LOCATION:Esker Foundation\, 1011 9 Ave Se\, Calgary
DESCRIPTION:As an artist and a maker\, Natalie Gerber is interested in meta
 morphosis\, flux\, and endless cycles of becoming\, learning\, and unlearn
 ing. In this new\, site-specific installation\, Gerber brings together cer
 amic and textile to consider the transformative potential of weight\, grav
 ity\, and duration. load begins with a constellation of ceramic forms that
  alternately evoke rocks\, eggs\, or celestial bodies. The forms are slip-
 cast\, a process wherein liquid clay is poured into a mold\, forming a ski
 n-like surface which is revealed when the mold is released. Close inspecti
 on of the ceramics reveal the gradations within Gerber’s process\, parti
 cularly the slow deterioration of the slip-cast molds. Suspended above the
  ceramic forms is a sculptural silk lattice that cascades down the space a
 kin to a net\, veil\, or shroud. To create the lattice\, Gerber laser-cuts
  individual modules of fused silk with a pattern that allows the two-dimen
 sional fabric to expand into three-dimensions when pinned together and dra
 ped. In turn\, the silk lattice will evolve slowly across the duration of 
 the installation\, gradually expanding like a lung or a ribcage. While the
  body is not represented directly\, it imbues Gerber’s work\, appearing 
 in the dimpled flesh of the ceramics\, and the corporeal drape and fascia-
 like web of the silk lattice. Like the fallible\, malleable human body\, h
 er work is never fixed or static either. Rather\, it is continuously shape
 d and re-shaped by the unrelenting forces of gravity and time.
URL:https://canadianlocals.ca/calgary/events/natalie-gerber-load
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