Elizabeth Orr, "Straightedge III"

Elizabeth Orr, "Straightedge III" 10 inch diameter Stainless steel and cork ruler Artist Bio: Elizabeth Orr lives and works in New York and Livingston Manor. Recent and forthcoming solo exhibitions include VIN VIN, Vienna (2023, 2021); 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022); Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC), Troy, New York (2016); and Bodega (Derosia), New York (2017, 2015). Group presentations, screenings, and lectures include Kunsthal NORD, Aalborg, Denmark (forthcoming, 2023); Sharp Projects, Copenhagen (2022, 2021); Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2019); CAC Brétigny, Brétigny-sur- Orge, France (2018); The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2017); Artists Space, New York (2015); Anthology Film Archives, New York (2018, 2016); and The Swiss Institute, New York (2016). In 2018, she received a Public Affairs Grant Program from the US Embassy, and in 2016, she won the MAAF NYC award for her video MT RUSH (2016). She has taken part in various residency programs, including EMPAC at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY), Shandaken (New York), Bemis Center (Omaha, Nebraska), Real-Time & Space (Oakland, CA), and Recess (NY, NY).Orr manages the estate of her late father, artist Eric Orr (1939-1998), and is on the board of KAJE, Brooklyn, NY. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and graduated with Honors from the Bard MFA program in 2015. Artist Statement: Elizabeth Orr’s work references architecture, blinds, fences, and ready-mades, constructed from modular sheet metal, glass, construction and found materials. Orr’s exhibition places architectural interventions throughout the gallery, affixing a window to a wall, begging viewers to ponder what’s behind the liminal surfaces. Joined by a new body of work utilizing Swiffer cleaning mops and neon lights, the exhibition explores themes of speculative technologies, climate change, queerness, and the body in relationship to digital space. Closely attune to the environmental implications of creating new work, the panes slide together and can be flat- packed, offsetting their carbon footprint, amount of material used, and shipping resources.