Amber Ginsburg - "FLO(we){u}R" with Joseph Madrigal
FLO(we){u}R re-performs a World War One terra cotta test bomb factory. The dummies were used to train pilots in aerial bombing by filling these vessels with baking flour and dropping them from planes to see a white spot on the landscape.
FLO(we){u}R re-performs a World War One terra cotta test bomb factory. The dummies were used to train pilots in aerial bombing by filling these vessels with baking flour and dropping them from planes to see a white spot on the landscape.
Amber Ginsburg - "FLO(we){u}R" with Joseph Madrigal
Using the gallery as a site to both re-learn the craft of this little known history and a site to re-imagine these forms, the exhibition was a factory.
Using the gallery as a site to both re-learn the craft of this little known history and a site to re-imagine these forms, the exhibition was a factory.
Amber Ginsburg - "FLO(we){u}R" with Joseph Madrigal
During two shifts a day, we invited the audience to make Mark V Dummy Terra Cotta test bombs with us.
During two shifts a day, we invited the audience to make Mark V Dummy Terra Cotta test bombs with us.
Amber Ginsburg - "Tea Project" with Aaron Hughes
This project and our shared collaborative interest are in poetic moments in military histories. These cups are based on a love story, a love story between a Guantanamo Bay guard and the styrofoam cups he collected each evening, the cups beautifully inscribed with flowers.
This project and our shared collaborative interest are in poetic moments in military histories. These cups are based on a love story, a love story between a Guantanamo Bay guard and the styrofoam cups he collected each evening, the cups beautifully inscribed with flowers.
Amber Ginsburg - "Tea Project" with Aaron Hughes
During a residency at the Lawrence Arts Center, we creating 779 porcelain cast Styrofoam cups, one for every Guantanamo Bay detainee held since 2001. The cups have the national or native flower from the detainee’s country of origin, one flower for every detainee. Printed on the bottom is the name of the detainee and his country of origin.
During a residency at the Lawrence Arts Center, we creating 779 porcelain cast Styrofoam cups, one for every Guantanamo Bay detainee held since 2001. The cups have the national or native flower from the detainee’s country of origin, one flower for every detainee. Printed on the bottom is the name of the detainee and his country of origin.
Amber Ginsburg - "Tea Project" with Aaron Hughes
Production detail.
Production detail.
Amber Ginsburg - "Tea Project" with Aaron Hughes
The Tea Project is an ongoing series of performances and installations.
The Tea Project is an ongoing series of performances and installations.
Amber Ginsburg - "Past Present Perfect"
A cyanotype of a teacup slice and 500 potatoes lighting 100 diodes together with the shards from two columns of broken plates. This project reduces food to pure energy, which fades over two weeks.
A cyanotype of a teacup slice and 500 potatoes lighting 100 diodes together with the shards from two columns of broken plates. This project reduces food to pure energy, which fades over two weeks.
Amber Ginsburg - "Past Present Perfect"
Detail of the exposed potato/power mechanism.
Detail of the exposed potato/power mechanism.
Amber Ginsburg - "Past Present Perfect"
Projected on opposite walls, ever looping on 16 mm film, a person approaches a column, picks a plate and breaks it. The exposure of this multi-variant action of the break, from anger to joy, is visually linked by the exposure of the film slowly wearing away as it circles through the room between the images. I pair plate breaking and 16mm – materially fraternal twins in parallel cultural flux.
Projected on opposite walls, ever looping on 16 mm film, a person approaches a column, picks a plate and breaks it. The exposure of this multi-variant action of the break, from anger to joy, is visually linked by the exposure of the film slowly wearing away as it circles through the room between the images. I pair plate breaking and 16mm – materially fraternal twins in parallel cultural flux.
Artist Statement
Amber Ginsburg creates site-generated projects and social sculpture that insert historical scenarios into present day situations. Her background in ceramics orients her projects towards the continuities and ruptures in material and utopic histories. Engaging objects as collaborators and narrative instigators, her work positions the audience as participants. Her research-based multimedia installations have been shown in museums, galleries and side walks nationally and around the world. Amber teaches at the University of Chicago in the Department of Visual Arts.