New Mutations: Carnival

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA artist and Kolaj Institute Solo Artist in Residence invites members of the New Orleans community to bring throws and other Carnival ephemera to Kolaj Institute Gallery on Friday, 16 January from 4PM to 7PM and help build a miniature landscape that will be used in a locative collage reflecting on the New Orleans Carnival celebrations. The goal is to incorporate materials left over or left behind after the celebrations. Denlinger will give ideas on how to transform found elements to construct a dream-like landscape. The landscape will be used in locative collage photographs created during her residency. Analog collaged figures made of fragments from fashion and vintage National Geographic magazines will be photographed in the ethereal, amorphous, other-worldly landscape.

ABOUT THE GAIN OF FUNCTION PROJECT

Gain of Function: New Mutations/Old Traditions/Collective Effervescence is a project led by Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA-based artist Emily Denlinger that speaks to the role of art, ritual, and resilience. The project intersects with Folklore, Photography, and Motion and is realized as a zine published by Kolaj Institute; a short film produced by Denlinger that will debut at Kolaj Fest New Orleans in 2026; and a folio of photographs available for exhibition.

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