Sonya Berg, Receiving Blanket: Colorado (detail), 2016. Collected photographs, archival tape, 30 x 24 in.
Swing by the house to see Sonya Berg’s work in progress in the studio. Then at 6:30, you’re invited into the living room for a presentation by the artist. Beverages and snacks will be served on the porch.
During her residency, Berg has continued her recent work of collecting and composing imagery of nature in interior spaces. Gathered as casual snapshots over years of traumatic life events, the quick shots are then translated into photographic prints, collages, and textural paintings. For Berg, the imagery acts like map coordinates for her memories, reminding her of the people, places, and feelings that made up a particular moment in time. By processing the imagery through a series of removals and physical reframing, Berg explores not only how we might reconsider our stories, but also why we nurture natural life in our built spaces, and what that means about us.