josi smit

Installation views of We should be dancing at Forest City Gallery
June 17 - July 29, 2023

“It was almost like you were there. I could hear you, I could see you, smell you. I could hear your voice. Sometimes your voice would wake me up. It would wake me up in the middle of the night, just like you were in the room with me.”

Barcelona chair frames, Italian chrome etagere, vintage charm bracelet, topstitched vinyl, vertical blinds mechanism, lace, tulle, nickels, zip ties
2019

Documentation by Polina Teif and Philip Ocampo.

Hand-painted silk chiffon, laser print on rice paper, white steel grid walls, peace lily, fire flash chlorophytum, red bromeliad, glass tile, plywood, white steel display pegs, curtain rod, painter's tape, zip ties

2019

collaborative window installation with Cleo Halfpenny and Sangmin Lee

2019

vinyl window clings, lace, vertical blinds mechanism, brass, light fixture, laminate floor tiles, carpet
2018

(from looking up… an airy sense of order…)
digital print on silk georgette, steel
2018

Documentation by McKenna Gray.

(from looking up… an airy sense of order…)
digital print on silk georgette, steel
2018

(from looking up… an airy sense of order…)
digital print on silk georgette, steel
2018

(from looking up… an airy sense of order…)
digital print on silk georgette, steel
2018

2018

(from looking up… an airy sense of order…)
laser print on rice paper, thread
2018

enamel pins, crushed velvet, fringe trim
2017

Documentation by Polina Teif and Philip Ocampo.

velour, sewn vinyl, moisturizer, soap, shampoo, body towel, facecloth
2016

painted steel, brass, vinyl, steel basket, colour mesh, lace, white glass orb, dry bean curd
2016

second-hand objects, tulle, painted steel display grid and pegs
2016