A magical conversation with Emma Witter and Krista Mileva-Frank about Shells and Grottos.. I first came across Emma’s work a couple of years ago.. Emma is an artist who makes work from found and waste ephemera. Looking back at heritage craft, she combines ancient materials with relatively recent scientific processes such as electroforming and kiln forming. When I asked Emma a few months ago to be on the podcast, she wanted to take her time to pick the right guest. Which brings us to our second guest, Krista Mileva-Frank..

Krista Mileva-Frank is a fourth-year PhD candidate in the History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art program at MIT. Her dissertation examines grottoes and rock landscapes in nineteenth-century France and Latin America in the context of environmental transformation, labor, and racial politics. Krista is the curator of the group exhibition Objects for a Heavenly Cave, on view at Marta Gallery in Los Angeles, 7-12th October.. The show features work by Emma Witter..

Links

Emma: https://www.instagram.com/emma_witter_/?hl=en & http://www.emmawitter.co.uk/

Krista: https://architecture.mit.edu/people/krista-mileva-frank

The Exhibition: https://marta.la/exhibitions/various-artists-objects-for-a-heavenly-cave

here is a link to the exhibition.

The exhibition catalog, along with the GROTTO hat, can be purchased from the Marta Bookshop.

Other artworks in the exhibition referenced:

James Naish (Corycia bench)

Lily Clark (superhydrophobic fountain Dew Point III)

Emily Endo (scent-based piece Nymphaeum)

Masaomi Yasunaga masaomi_yasunaga (Melting Vessel 熔ける器, 2024)

Marta Gallery on Instagram

Fumi: https://galleryfumi.com/ & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gallery_fumi/?hl=en

Mater on Instagram

The Mater website

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