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Editor’s note:I know it’s New York but the little creatures look snaargly!! and not sure if they ship but the Art books and tee-shirts are neat…
Meredith Dittmar, Emily Gobeille & Theodore Watson have taken the Riviera Gallery space and transformed it into miniature worlds containing invented fantastical flora and fauna.
Viewing portals bring visitors into a world where they can interact with the animated creatures who live there. Visitors can use their voice, cell phones, keys – any object – to communicate with and ‘feed’ the creatures. They will react differently to the various sounds that are made, learning and building a sound memory over time. When people are not interacting with the creatures they carry on with their normal behaviors.
Surrounding the portals, a larger world has been created, invading the space with vines and plants that guide visitors through Dittmar’s world of polymer creatures, great and small.
Curated by Tatiana Arocha
Riviera Gallery – Williamsburg / Greenpoint / Bushwick 103 Metropolitan Avenue, corner of Wythe, NY (USA)