FutureOddities : artworks and wearables by ︎Emmanuelle Chammah︎ Contact: Email or Instagram
Artist Statement
I am an interdisciplinary artist working with sensation and the human body through textiles and digital media. My pieces are wearable sculptures that serve as prostheses for cognitive functions, metaphysical relationships and mental health. Central to my practice is the goal of cultivating compassion, primarily through the tactile nature of my work and insistent use of crafting traditions and techniques. These traditions and techniques are rooted in cultural multiplicity stemming from my americanized Egyptian culture and economically marginalized upbringing as a first-generation American. More recently, I use diagramming as part of my process, using 3D computer modeling and CNC fabrication, to assist in visualizing the liminal spaces of identity we all share.
Bio
(Emma)nuelle Chammah is a sculptor and designer based in Atlanta, GA.She earned a Master of Architecture I from Tulane University in 2007. Her early wearable artworks were exhibited and performed in New Orleans, LA and Brooklyn, NY. In 2010, she completed a Digital Sculpture Residency at the School of Visual Arts in NYC, and went on to work in New York and California for agencies in architecture, art fabrication, theater and fashion. While building her art practice and working in the cultural arts, she developed expertise in creative placemaking and community art. Currently, Emma continues her radical use of fabric in many forms including wearables, tapestries and sculptures. In late 2020, she completed a residency at The Hambidge Center, GA and one of her pieces traveled to the Oceanside Museum of Art, CA for a wearable art exhibition. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence in the Atlanta Contemporary's Studio Artist Program.
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Acknowledgements
This work would not exist if it was not for all the great organizations & people I had the opportunity to work with:
Trahan Architects Eyebeam Technology by artists MakeFun Studios and The House Of Yes e-flux The Brooklyn Guild Arch Production & Design Aggregate Architecture + Design A Reason To Survive (ARTS) The Pomegranate Center