The Death Spa Experience takes viewers through an imaginary cosmetic spa procedure that is equal parts mindfulness and satire. Bringing together dream sequences, death meditation, funeral parlor and cosmetic spa advertisements, this experimental video connects our fears of aging and dying to consumption and unprocessed grief. Reed draws from their conversations conducted over the course of the pandemic with practitioners in the field of grief and dying. By offering a playful and at times absurd approach to death, The Death Spa Experience approaches our relationship to dying as a portal to how we can live more fully while we are here on Earth.
Reed’s immersive sculptural environments house extensive public programs and rituals within. Her work is structured through queer and feminist models of participation and centers engagement around a question or research discovery central to the project. The artist’s unapologetically bright colors and DIY aesthetic encourage joy and celebration and invite the public to experience difficult and complex matters in a new way.
Reed has shown in solo and group exhibitions at Museum of Art and Design, A.I.R. Gallery, Abrons Art Center, Recess Gallery, Knockdown Center, Wayfarers Gallery, and The Kitchen, all New York, NY; Museum of Craft and Design and CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, both San Francisco, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL; Center for Craft, Asheville, NC; Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Amherst College, MA; University of Southern Maine; Montclair Art Museum, NJ; and the ICA Baltimore, MD. Reed has also shown internationally in cities such as Sydney, Brussels, London, Berlin, Bologna, and Aarhus. Reed has completed residencies at Stoneleaf Retreat, Aarhus Art Museum, Real Time and Space, Abrons Art Center, Flux Factory, Wassaic Project, and the Vermont Studio Center. Reed attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Reed received her BFA in Sculpture & Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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3 окт 2024
