What The Hands Remember Exhibition Opening
About this Event
What The Hands Remember
the exhibition
In What the Hands Remember, the gallery transforms into a living, breathing archive of thread, memory, and motion. This deeply immersive exhibition blurs the boundaries between documentary cinema and material art, creating a space where floating, large-scale films live alongside physical artworks — allowing the screen’s light and shadow to immediately meet tactile reality.
Captured through the nuanced lens of Emmy and Pulitzer Prize-winning visual storyteller Taimy Alvarez, the exhibition centers on six distinct documentaries. These projections envelop visitors in the intimate, rhythmic worlds of masterful fiber artists Yochi Y. Avin, Marina Font, Karla Kantorovich, Magda Love, Aurora Molina, and Lisu Vega. Bound by their shared experiences as South Florida-based women with diverse international and immigrant roots, these artists speak a unified, unspoken language.
As the films surround the space, viewers are invited to follow the hypnotic movement of the artists’ hands as they stitch, pull, layer, and weave. It is an exploration of how memory lives within the body, translating homelands and histories into physical form to reveal deeply wrought stories of identity and cultural lineage. Standing within reach as tangible extensions of the rhythmic practice unfolding on screen, the physical pieces offer a stunning, textured echo of the cinematic narratives projected onto the floating screens.
Made possible with support from the Broward County Cultural Division.
Support has been provided by the following Funds at the Community Foundation of Broward:
- Helen and Frank Stoykov Charitable Endowment Fund
- Mary and Alex Mackenzie Community Impact Fund
Marc Aptakin and the MAD Arts Team
Admission to What The Hands Remember is FREE during the Opening Reception on July 16 at MAD Arts. Guests attending the opening will also receive 25% off admission to explore the rest of the immersive exhibits at MAD Arts.
Regular MAD Arts admission is currently $24.99 for adults and $19.99 for Florida residents, seniors, students, military, healthcare workers, and children.
We hope you'll join us for an evening of art, film, memory, and storytelling!
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