Siren Filings
Exhibition Catalogue
Siren Filings is about the voices of women, beautiful and dangerous, in the form of documents submitted to reveal an unseen force. The Greek mythological Sirens stand for the patriarchal trope of the female voice as alluring but dangerous, even deadly. Much like the rhyming "iron filings" that encircle and point to invisible force fields, so these drawings are responsive and revealing of forces such as labor practices, patriarchy, the voices that shape politics and identity, and those that are absent.
Published on the occasion of Siren Filings a group exhibition at C for Courtside in Knoxville, TN curated by painter Eleanor Aldrich. Siren Filings showcased the work of : Tatiana Istomina, Judy Ruskin, Barbara Lahr, and Mona Sharma.
Risograph printed by Striped Light, wire bound, 6.25 x 10 in
