ELEVATOR MONDAYS
In February 2017 I launched ELEVATOR MONDAYS, a social exhibition space built inside a decommissioned 4ft x 6ft freight elevator in my shared studio building. This project developed out of “Working Class Mondays” a social initiative I organized with John Drue Worrell from Summer 2015-Winter 2016, the project revolved around weekly Monday night community BBQs at our studio building. These pot-luck events were social opportunities for members of the LA art community to come together and hang out once a week with friends and food. Following in this tradition, ELEVATOR MONDAYS functions as a social space for art and dialogue. The intimate scale and discrete location of the space allows for a more personal, conversational experience for both the viewers and the artists.
Curatorially, each exhibition is organized around the conversational potential of the works, I consciously bring together works and artists that might not otherwise be in dialogue in order to see what might happen when they are exhibited together. These juxtapositions often create exciting conversational moments within the space, and given the size of the space, the viewer is directly immersed in these moments.
As a sculptor interested in the histories, relationships, and phenomenological dialogues around objects I understand ELEVATOR MONDAYS as a uniquely exciting platform for the display and consideration of objects. The scale of the space in relation to both the art objects and the body of the viewer creates a viewing experience that highlights the relationship between the body and the object, and the space between. By starting the conversation within the space, ELEVATOR MONDAYS functions as a jumping-off point for connections, relationships and dialogues that continue beyond the limitations of a gallery.
