Join Lexy Ho-Tai for an intergenerational workshop all about monsters, inspired by the multidisciplinary artist’s Kookerville Project, currently on view in the exhibition Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art. Ho-Tai and MAD's Teen Council will guide participants in creating and embodying monsters using upcycled materials, sound and movement. Feel free to bring old clothes and recyclables to transform!
Lexy Ho-Tai: Monster Play is part of a series of live performances and workshops for intergenerational audiences involving artists whose work is featured in the exhibition. There are a limited number of tickets available for this workshop.
Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art is the first global survey to examine the use of clothing as a medium of visual art. By either making or altering clothing for expressive purposes, the 35 international artists in the exhibition create garments, sculpture, installation, and performance art that transforms dress into a critical tool for exploring issues of subjectivity, identity, and difference.
About the artist
Lexy Ho-Tai'smultidisciplinary art and teaching practice explores imaginative and tangible world-building through craft and play. Working in a range of mediums, her collaborative and participatory work employs humor, imagination, and absurdity to invite viewers to contemplate pressing social and environmental issues. She believes that joy is an act of resistance, and that play forges a powerful space for audiences to envision and work towards alternative futures. A 2017 MAD Artist Fellow, Ho-Tai’s residencies also include the Watermill Center, Flux Factory, ARoS Museum, Everglades National Park, Art Farm, and Elsewhere Museum. Her work can be viewed at lexymakesthings.com.
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