Join us to hear from jewelarae and ArtLab Youth about their process and the making of chewing on the wires, an exhibition featuring conceptual sculptures and wearable artworks.
the work imagines machines and materials as beings with appetites, memories, and relationships. it is silly to think that the apex of sentience is human. industrial infrastructures—wires and cables—are things extracted and processed: intensely transformed nature, disconnected from their origins but not severed from their spirits.
to play with jewelry means working in radical proximity: direct contact with skin that embeds an object into lived experience. precise boundaries become less certain, more difficult to locate. machine debris moves inside our flesh as our flesh rests on machine parts. dead skin cells catch between surfaces; microplastics swirl inside veins. the work sits somewhere in between, making it difficult to determine where one material body gives way to another.
Accessiblity and Parking:
PlatteForum's Address: 910 Galapago Street, Suite C, Denver CO 80204
Street Parking: There is lots of street parking around the neighborhood. Keep in mind, street parking fills up on First Fridays.
Lot Parking: There are a few paid lots around the neighborhood. West High School usually offers a paid parking lot during First Fridays. This lot is directly adjacent to PlatteForum.
Public Transportation / Biking: PlatteForum is a 7 minute walk from the Kalamath Street & 10th Avenue bus stop, and a 15-minute walk from the 10th & Osage light rail station. Bike racks available on site on the west side of the building.
Accessibility: PlatteForum has reserved one accessible parking space on the east side of the building (marked with a cone). There is also a ramp with a handrail from the east side of the building to PlatteForum's door on the 2nd level. Once inside, you can move throughout PlatteForum's spaces and to the restroom without steps. One restroom is ADA accessible. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requests or questions. Contact: info@platteforum.org, 303-893-0791.
Exhibition graphic by David Grajeda Gonzalez