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Gallery 263 presents ‘it feels like a memory i never had’, a solo exhibition of Elizabeth Hatke’s work featuring a collaborative performance between Hatke and Maude Fujii. This hybrid will explore cross-genre and how art can have multiple lives through sculpture, printmaking, photography, performance, and collaboration. ‘It feels like a memory i never had’ is driven by a belief that art can exist simultaneously in more than one time and genre. Through a time-based event; past, present, and future will be reflected in this Gallery 263 hybrid.

The past is represented by pre-existing sculptures, installations, and prints. The shift to present will be orchestrated during the opening reception via a collaborative performance between Fujii and Hatke.  Fujii will photograph Hatke as she moves among her sculptures, creating and capturing new relationships between Hatke’s body and her work. This brings the viewer into real time and demystifies the artistic process. Finally, the photographs taken of this interaction will be displayed two days after the opening.

This layered show brings up relationships between cross-media and time based events, as well as hopes to envelop the community in the process, breaking down the barrier between gallery-finished work and its making (a witness to the practice).

Visitors are invited to enjoy the opening reception while standing witness to the performance between Hatke and Fujii.  Fujii will be capturing raw images of Hatke as she interacts with her sculptures.

Performance: 5/26, 5- 8pm
On View: 5/26- 5/31, 12-7pm