Letticia Cosbert Miller

I know about hidden things (January 7 - February 19, 2022)

I know about hidden things is a collaborative project which foregrounds artist Juliane Foronda’s ongoing research concerning feminist hospitality, radical care, and traditions of gathering, and is framed by writer/curator Letticia Cosbert Miller’s exploration of the role care plays in the relationships formed between artist, curator, critic, and artwork.

Through a collection of objects, textiles, video, and text, Foronda considers the role of physical support structures such as weighted blankets (in the silence of growing things) and tableware (unit of measure), alongside emotional and ephemeral systems of healing (coping mechanisms and heirlooms). Surfaces, clusters, and lists challenge perceptions of time, language, and gravity, revealing the often concealed labour of care and hospitality in spaces and inanimate objects. Foronda contemplates the anonymous showings of care through the utility of a support pillow (of lack and surplus), or a makeshift wedge (valuable and flawed) – pondering the kind of care these items provide, whether it is imparted through their shape or material, and who cares for them, in return.

Accompanying the exhibition are contributions from writers Danica Evering, Camille Georgeson-Usher, Karina Griffith, and Ronald Rose-Antoinette who Foronda hosted in regular studio visits while developing work for the exhibition, and to whose observations she was able to respond and incorporate into her process. This intertwined approach to exhibition making investigates what hospitality and the generosity it imparts makes possible for the often disconnected processes of curation, art making, self-editing, and criticism. As a result, embedded within every aspect of I know about hidden things is a matrix of relationships fostered contemporaneously, a collective dialogue probing the boundaries of these factions and underscoring their symbiosis.

Photo Documentation by Darren Rigo, courtesy Trinity Square Video