Fox Egg Gallery
3730
Chicago Avenue South. Minneapolis, MN
612.656.9369
ARTIST
PAIGE TIGHE WILL FACILITATE HAND HOLDING AT FOX EGG GALLERY AFTER WALKING WITH
PEOPLE IN NINE CITIES THIS SPRING IN THE “WALK WITH ME” PROJECT, June 29, 2013
1-4pm
What does
walking hand-in-hand mean when the handholders aren't parent and child or
lovers? What could it mean? Los Angeles artist Paige Tighe will explore these
questions --and whatever other issues come up-- with Minneapolis community
members and gallery goers as she asks volunteer partners to hold hands together
from Fox Egg Gallery. Hopefully local volunteers can show gallery goers their
neighborhood.
Along with
the participatory element of the event, all of the writings, some photographs,
and Tighe’s newly published Artist Book about her project “Walk with Me” will
be on display.
A Desire for Connection
"I began
the project in LA out of a sense of frustration about the terms of everyday
touch in America," says Tighe. "I was having a massage, and as the
masseuse began working on my hand, all I wanted to do was hold her hand. Not our of a romantic impulse,
but from a simple desire for connection.
"What
does it mean to live in a culture where people hug hello only rarely, almost
never kiss each other on the cheek in greeting, and hardly ever take one
another's hands unless they're sleeping together? And what would it mean and
feel like to hold hands in public with people who've volunteered to experience
that connection? I decided I was going to hold hands with as many people
as I could." In LA, people
spoke of dreams and aspirations, worries and plans, while holding Paige’s hand.
The Itinerary
Tighe quit
her job, put all of her belongings in storage, and is hitting the road to
continue her handholding quest, which she's funded via Kickstarter. Here's the
tentative schedule:
Boston, MA, April 16-21
Gloucester, MA April
22-24
Providence, RI April 25
NYC April 26-31
Pittsburgh May 1-4
Washington DC May 5-8
Durham, NC may 9
Asheville, NC May 10-13
Greenfield, SC May 14-15
Athens, GA May 16-June 5
After the
tour, she continued the project making posters at Double Dutch Press in Athens,
GA, in Pittsburgh, PA, in Minneapolis—where she will working with Fox Egg
Gallery--and in Half Moon Bay, California. Paige Tighe will be an artist in
residence at the Half Moon Bay Residency this September.
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