ByDesign 2018 – aitu
This event took place on Apr 14, 2018
Festival -
ByDesign 2018
Visiting Artist
** Lobby installation and Q&A with artist Mario Lemafa! **
About
The ghosts that haunt us like to clean, are prodigious administrators, and have passports stamped till the pages are indistinguishable. The ghost is Eden is shampoo bottles is others’ posts is tourist is land titles is language is condo is debt is…
“aitu” is a work presented by Samoan artist and Stranger Genius Award nominee Mario Lemafa, which will include experimentation with fabric and textile repurposing. The work imagines the future(s) of resort culture, and native land-sea relationships.
Mario Lemafa
“I am interested in language because it wounds or seduces me.”
what Roland Barthes said.
Mario Lemafa (1990) resides in South King County. Lemafa’s work includes group and solo exhibitions, performance, poetry, and the occasional curatorial effort.
Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
SHORE
https://madebyshore.com
Supporting Sponsor
SMARTHOUSE CREATIVE
http://www.smarthousecreative.com
Print Sponsor
NORTHWEST POLITE SOCIETY
http://nwpolitesociety.com