Schorr+DeHart, 2021 to 2023
BODY OF WATER
exhibition: holme kunstal & seb gallery
what happens to the body in water?
fear. pleasure. relaxation. healing. danger...
water alters the body‘s landscape. our skin textures rise and fall.
our oils repel water and yet our skin becomes delicate in water.
we see temperature on the body. the colors of our body shift in cold
and heat.
we train our bodies to move with water.
underwater, we have to manage our air.
in this collaboration, two artists visually explore their own
physicality in water. Through individual approaches that run in
dialogue between the united states and denmark, this exhibition
follows the body in water. Through installing work to emphasize the
tank-like installation space, Schorr and Dehart chart their
experience with the confines and expanses of the body above and
underwater.
ss: my project begins through examining my awe of diving. it might
be the most exquisite sport to watch. diving terrifies me
personally. my breath quickens when i imagine entering the water
headfirst. i take this heightened physical response as my point of
departure.
dd: through slicing our stills from my underwater adventures, i
return to the physicality of photography and the act of moving
through the landscape.
‘We are, I am, you are
by cowardice or courage
the one who find our way
back to this scene
carrying a knife, a camera
a book of myths
in which
our names do not appear.’
From Diving into the Wreck
by Adrienne Rich (1929-2012)
You can see more works and follow Schorr+DeHart's collaboration:
https://www.are.na/dennis-dehart/schorr-dehart
sLowlife 2003-2012
sLowlife is a traveling exhibition from a collaborative project of
the United States Botanic Garden, the Chicago Botanic Garden, and
Roger Hangarter. Based on an original concept by
Roger Hangarter, Indiana University, and
Dennis DeHart, Buffalo State, State University of New York
With original sounds by John Gibson, Indiana University
Additional financial support provided by
National Science Foundation
Indiana University
American Society of Plant Biologists
2015-sLowlife, The North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville, North Carolina
2012- sLowlife, Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont
2009-sLowlife, Traveling Exhibit, Chemical Heritage Museum,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007- sLowlife, Traveling Exhibit Chicago Botanical Gardens, Chicago, Illinois
Inflorescence, Videos from the sLowlife project, The Weinberg
Gallery in Chicago, Illinois
2006-sLowlife, The Museum of the Earth, (Brought by Cornell University) Ithaca, New York
2005- sLowlife, United States Botanic Garden, A multi-media
collaboration/exhibit created by Roger Hangarter and Dennis DeHart.
Sounds by John Gibson, Funded by the National Science Foundation,
(Traveling Exhibit/Catalog) Washington DC.
2003- sLowlife, A multi-media collaboration/installation by Dennis
DeHart, and Roger Hangarter, SOFA Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana
