An interview between Cassidy Meurer and Sarah Melloy on student-led archival exhibition at UofL.
No Comply: 2020-2025 - A Paperhouse Magazine x Kudzu jelly Memorial for a Beloved Louisville Event
Working with what is likely the smallest spending pool in the region, House of Anguish sculpts in cobweb and bone a model for populist, public art. With experiential arts spaces, or selfie museums as derided, pumping blood into the contemporary gallery scene, the haunted house remains a silent type-O donor.
A patriotic mermaid, leather daddy Santa, and a drag queen easter egg all walk into an art gallery. The result? An overwhelming immersion into the world of Kentucky’s LGBTQ history, seen through the eyes of queer artist Feather Chiaverini.
The coastal aesthetic is shifting–like the barrier islands it is modeled after–from that of a reflection of the outdoors to merely a memory. The body, anonymous and in a state of stillness (whether by leisure or illness–reasons are unclear) is a reminder of our impermanence on this planet, and, oddly, it feels comforting.
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