CATAGENESIS
Globe Dye Works: Sept 9 – Oct 21, 2012

Elizabeth Mackie was on of 17 artists in an exhibition of site specific installations at Globe Dye Works, a former manufacturing facility in the Frankford section of Philadelphia that bleached and dyed textiles from 1865 - 2005.
Article and video:
www.newsworks.org/index.php/component/flexicontent/item/43994-globe-dye-works-cast-as-venue-for-ambitious-sculptural-installations?Itemid=1

Headpiece-detail

The Globe Wedding

Archived Globe Dye Works in-house newsletters from the 1940’s inspired the original proposal and final work. The 12’ high suspended wedding dress became the viewing screen for a video loop of farm animals, illustrating the Globe custom of sending off brides with “prize” animals to accompany them to their new homes. Incorporating a headpiece with a flowing veil, sound work mixing wedding reception sounds with clips of live recordings of period wedding songs and animal sounds, the installation connects the current condition of the factory with grander times.

Photographs of the Installation

Entrance to the exhibition space

Installation photographs showing selected views of video projection

Project Details

Project proposal