I thought if I let time pass - it would become easier to write about Ashley Snook’s work. It’s not. The power of her work is what I imagine a shaman or female diety to encompass and distribute. Living with her work for a month brought me intense dreams. For the years I lived in apartment #208, I think I forgot to dream. I felt closed in, contained... without being able to move. The crystals reflected back to myself my hopes for the present. I returned to truly feel like I could live in the moment. I was not left yearning for what would possibly not be... I was living then. Snook’s sculpture intensified the feeling of presence, awe, fear and acceptance. Please read her MFA Thesis, Intraspeciation Within the Ontological Biosphere. It can be found online here: http://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/ eprint/545/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thank you Sarah Scope Bill Nace Rene Vandenbrink Ashley Snook Kimberly Barton Rod Stanley Noah Becker and to everyone who visited the shoe box gallery Jan - May, 2017
Keep an eye out for The Pink Door Gallery The second series for Epi&Gus Projects