On Saturday, October 17, MF members escaped the chilly autumn
winds for a cozy breakfast chat with artist Anne Lindberg. Anne, whose work "shift lens" is on view now at1414
Monterey Street as part of the 2015 Factory
Installed exhibition, shared delightful anecdotes ranging from her
experiences at the Mattress Factory to the genesis of her striking
thread-installation works.
Members learned that "shift
lens" was the first time Anne worked with daylight as an active component of
her artwork. The installation process, which took a team of three people and
only five days, involved responding to the ever-changing quality of light in
the space, through choice of color and placement of thread. Barbara Luderowski
and Michael Olijnyk, co-directors of the Mattress Factory, also shared
insights into the building’s domestic history.
In between donut bites and sips of pumpkin-spice flavored
tea, members peppered Anne with more questions regarding her previous works. One
member asked Anne specifically about her 2005 piece Democracy, which drew from the political climate surrounding the
Iraq War. Another person asked about her two-dimensional graphite drawings (which
actually involve a custom-built 10-foot drawing board!).
Yet another member brought up the synesthetic qualities of "shift lens," which was well highlighted
by the recent Art + Conversation, where
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra cellist Mikhail Istomin played a unique
accompaniment to Anne's piece.
Interested in asking Mattress Factory artists your own
questions? Check out the upcoming Coffee Date with John Morris this coming Saturday,
October 24! RSVP by emailing caitlin@mattress.org. For more information or to become a member, please visit www.mattress.org.
Coffee and tea was provided courtesy of Zeke’s Coffee and
Arnold’s Tea.
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