Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie: Regeneratus

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Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie "Regeneratus," 2017 Invite

Sunday August 13, 2 p.m. - Author Leanne Prain will join artists Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie to discuss curiosity, innovation, and reimagining the discarded.

Sunday August 20, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. - Exhibiting artist Michelle Sirois-Silver will pull pieces of material directly from the exhibition installation and hand-hook them into a new art piece during this in-situ performance.

Regeneratus

Works by Michelle Sirois-Silver and Katherine Soucie

Innovation and the transformation of waste materials are at the core of this exhibition, which includes five hand-hooked art pieces and two installations: Raisons D'etres, a series of wrapped sewing machines and Hosiery Wall, a site specific installation using 150 lbs of hand-dyed waste hosiery. The works all incorporate discarded materials from the manufacturing process of Soucie's clothing line. Bound by a shared passion for fibre as a medium, the artists also share a philosophy that challenges our notions about garbage.

Image credits: L – Detail of Extraction 7, Michelle Sirois-Silver, recycled waste hosiery and linen, 60 x 24” R – Detail of Hosiery Wall, Katherine Soucie, 150 lbs recycled waste hosiery, dimensions variable