6 July - 29 July 2022
Every Time the Needle Fits
Con Cabrera
Kat Medina
Presenting an ensemble of used representations that are (re)imagined, (re)drawn, and (re)captured to resuscitate meaning, Every Time the Needle Fits attempts to (re)trace familiar terrains in materials as extension of social lives and finding atonement in form of domestic gestures. The use of thread in the exhibition signifies a process of looking through an object by enveloping it and acknowledging thoughts bound to the everyday as a loom. Thus, to highlight an object, is not to create a departure but rather expose the distance of a thread.
Con Cabrera (b. 1981) is a visual artist and independent curator. She embeds her current projects into the navigation of her state as a woman enclosed by the politics of housework, parenting, the private space, and ideology while gradually expanding to cultural work in the larger society. In her recent works, she mindfully bonds her art production and conceptualization to writings on art, culture and history.
Kat Medina (b. 1984) makes paintings and installations that are informed by the sentience of the hand and negotiations of looking. She explores the performative aspects of objects through the development of its interaction in contemporary society. She graduated from Far Eastern University and is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in Archaeology at the University of the Philippines. Medina was an artist-in-residence at the Programa de Residencias Matadero Madrid (AECID) (2017).
Selected Works from Every Time the Needle Fits
Con Cabrera, Telex Moon Soft Zine, 2022, Thread drawings on found fabric, fiber fill, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in; 20 pages (21.6 x 14 cm; 20 pages) (COCB004)
Kat Medina, Thoughts bearing a body, 2022, Cotton thread, glue on plastic crate, 13 3/4 x 16 7/8 x 6 3/4 in (35 x 43 x 17 cm) (KAME004)
Con Cabrera, In dying she lives, 2022, Thread drawing on found fabric, approx. 18 x 22 in (approx. 45.7 x 55.9 cm) (COCB001)
Kat Medina, Pattern sifter, 2022, Cotton thread on stainless steel and wood, approx. 16 1/8 x 7 1/2 x 2 in (approx. 41 x 19 x 5 cm) (KAME003)
