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Monika Drożyńska | Latte Capitalizm: Letters as a Source of Resistance
May 2, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT
Open Source Gallery is pleased to present Latte Capitalizm, a project by Monika Drożyńska.
For many years, Drożyńska has used hand embroidery on fabric as a means of writing, recording, transcription and documentation. Her textiles are devoted to social commentary from the contemporary to the personal to the political exploring issues such as economic, migratory and refugee issues in Europe. Her work deconstructs and expands the boundaries of words and language looking for a common area from seemingly unconnected grammars.
For her exhibition at Open Source, Drożyńska will create textiles embroidered with letters, words, signs and images. Her textiles will utilize various alphabets such as min Georgian, Hebrew or Cyrillic, Morse alphabet and Braille intermixed with phrases written in different languages such as Polish, Ukrainian, German, English or Afrikaans. In addition, she will also use iconography taken from sign language, road and evacuation signs, logos of corporations and social movements, referring to the symbolism of political systems, prison tattoo or graphic interpretations of star constellations. Through this collage of languages Drożyńska often creates new words, and sometimes whole phrases like the title Latte capitalism. The addition of one letter calls Latte Capitalizm the beginning of a new era of capitalism.
