Exhibition: Scatter and Heap

Scatter and Heap Exhibition

An exhibition where the junk of man literally became the art to see. It featured the works of photographer Paho Mann and of sculptor Lauren DiCioccio. The exhibition itself was their way of portraying how junk in the modern age had become so bad that it has fused itself with society, essentially becoming something of the norm where if we did not see junk of some sort, be it trash or useless knickknacks, it would be considered abnormal.
The works of Paho Mann were various photos of junk drawers that showed the mass waste creation that we create even in our own homes. It basically shows that we have become pack rats, refusing to throw anything away for fear that when we do, we will need whatever was thrown out as soon as it is in the trash. However, to me this seemed a little too easy to do. Just take a few pictures of random junk drawers and you are done. I just wish there were more than only about 12 pictures of junk drawers shown. Like a massive collection of junk drawers that filled the wall from end to end, that would have been intimidating.
Lauren DiCioccio’s works were fabric and sewn replicas of junk. Items like crushed water jugs, bottles, cans, etc were recreated with fabric and make to look like the trash she was portraying. I did not notice that the items were made of fabric in the beginning and only found out until I really looked closely. I really enjoyed looking at the pieces, it scratched my curiosity of how she made them and I thought that the sculptures were just beautiful.
Nice exhibitions from both sides, not my favorite subject but still it was nice to see work that tried to be different.