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Themes and inspiration Though Hamilton studied textile design throughout her undergraduate career, she pointedly decided to focus on sculpture as a concentration in graduate school, as opposed to weaving. She claims that, when making that decision, she was “interested in the relationships between things in space. And more important than the things themselves is the way they come into relation.” [simon] The relationship she creates between sculpture and textiles is evident in her work. In addition to her educational background, her personal identity and interests directly inform her artistic creation. She identifies herself as a reader: of space, of objects, of people, and even of dictionaries; thus, the theme of reading and books often weaves through her installations and created objects.[simon] Her work also explores themes of humanity, from gender and the body to violence and power. {CITATION} As a conceptual artist working with video, sound, and interactive installation, the elements of time and change also play roles in her work. {CITATION}

Select Works suitably positioned- One of Hamilton’s first installations, suitably positioned, set the tone for her later works, encompassing many of her artistic methods: installation, object-making, and performance. For this piece, she constructed a suit made of a thrift-store men’s suit and toothpicks. She then stood, wearing the suit, for the duration of the installation within the studio with viewers walking around the artist without interacting with her. This work directly lead into her body object series. [simon pg 10]

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the event of a thread- In 2012, Hamilton exhibited her installation entitled the event of a thread at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.[cite NYT article] The title of the exhibition references the The installation featured a white curtain that spanned the 55,000 square feet of the space, punctuated by large swings. Much of Hamilton’s installations are interactive and involve the audience’s experience.{CITATION} For this installation, specifically, the artist involved the use of radios in paper bags that were available for viewers to carry around; the audio on these radios was broadcasted by two actors from the theater company SITI (link?) who read selections of text by various authors at one end of the room. [cite NYT article] On the other end, a writer sat at a desk, writing sentences. The artwork changed day to day; the murmurs, cell phone rings, and laughs of the viewers, as well as the sounds of reading, writing, and cooing pigeons filled the space with sound, while the viewers’ swinging swayed the curtain. The audience was able to experience the space in different ways: swinging, looking in through a window, lying on the ground, or simply walking through the exhibition. [cite NYT article]

Indigo Blue Myein

Sculpture Still Life Book Sculptures Indigo Blue

Photography Book Weights face to face body object series

Public Projects San Francisco Library LEW wood floor at the Seattle Public Library VERSE at The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library, Ohio State University

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