You’re weird for building this
October 27–December 2, 2018

Royal NoneSuch Gallery
300 Jefferson Street
Oakland, CA

With Stephanie Rohlfs

All photos by Graham Holoch

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You’re weird for building this was a collaborative two-person exhibition with Oakland artist Stephanie Rohlfs. Inspired by “animal enrichment devices,” the objects provided by zookeepers and pet owners to reduce stress and improve an animal’s quality of life, we presented enrichment devices for human audiences. The utilitarian decisions made by industrial designers became generative springboards for sculptures that enclose, support, tease and soothe. Custom furniture, live plants, sound and atomized scents created a space for a playful investigation of the relationship between artist, viewer and object.

Installation view of You're weird for building this

Leaf Tease, 2018 Wood, cardboard, papier-mâché, wire, gouache, 52 x 30 x 55 inches

Step Ped, 2018 Cardboard, papier-mâché, gouache, 25 x 26 x 5 inches

On wall: Stephanie Rohlfs, Long, LongOn floor: Lemon Ped, 2018Cardboard, papier-mâché, gouache, 13 x 9 x 9 inches

Windchime Jellyfish, 2018Masonite, fabric, driftwood, shells, hardware, feathers, yarn, bells, plastic chain, nylon cord, gouache, 94 x 24 x 24 inches

Preserver Ped, 2018Cardboard, papier-mâché, gouache, wood 24 x 24 x 3 inches

First Maze, 2018Gouache on panel, 16 x 16 inches

Sarah Hotchkiss & Stephanie Rohlfs, Science Diet, 2018Paper bag, plastic clip, gouache, audio loop, 12 x 12 x 7 inches

Hamster Moon Bridge, 2018Wood and gouache, 5 x 10 x 3 inches

SARAH HOTCHKISS