System Failure is a solo exhibition which explores the complexities of failing patriarchal regime through immersive site-specific sculptural installation, video and performance. The exhibition investigates power and labor hierarchies that are the result of systemic oppression, greed and overconsumption. Against a backdrop of post-industrial debris, the invisible, absurd, grotesque and difficult aspects of contemporary female experience are explored. System Failure acts as a lens that examines social norms through the politics of protest, whilst employing analysis, experimentation and exposure. Exploring the daily battlefields of domesticity, relationships, desire, anxiety, ambition and failure in the capitalist society, the exhibition offers a deconditioned and decolonized vision, through a feminist perspective.
Interview in AUTRE Magazine
Exhibition Catalogue
System Failure, 2018, plywood, inflatables, store mannequins, acrylic, enamel, plaster, fabric, carpet, found objects, toys, HD video, TV sets. Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Photos Walter Wlodarczyk.
Caretaker (System Failure), 2018, 16 mins, filmed at Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Videography: Ariel Diaz.
System Failure, 2018, performance, beach ball, potato sack, swim caps, 60 mins. Performers: Christine Cimpian, Sarah Geisler, Paige Harrington and Katya Grokhovsky. Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Photos: Walter Wlodarczyk.
System Failure, 2018, live performance activation, 30 mins. Performers: Christine Cimpian, Sarah Geisler, Paige Harrington, Katya Grokhovsky. Accompanied by Muhlenberg College's all-female a cappella group: The Girls Next Door at Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA. Photos: Tom Amico.
System Failure, 2018, 1:51 mins. Performers: Christine Cimpian, Sarah Geisler, Paige Harrington, Katya Grokhovsky. Accompanied by Muhlenberg’s all-female a cappella group: The Girls Next Door.