Erinn Kathryn, Lands of Enchantment

August 4th, 2023 – Sept 29th, 2023
Opening Reception/Artist Talk: Aug 4th, 2023 6-8pm

PUSHDOT STUDIO
2505 SE 11th Avenue, Suite 104
in the Ford Building, enter on Division Street
Portland, OR 97202
503.224.5925
www.pushdotstudio.com
Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri. 8:30am to 5:00pm, free admission

Lands of Enchantment (2019-present), challenges the glossy, picturesque mirages of America found on postcards of the 20th century.

Postcards are talismans of tourism. They memorialize ones experience in a place. They idealize the place itself. But what if they revealed truths? In these dioramas, the idyllic postcard imagery is obscured by truths: black text listing the indigenous tribes who have stewardship over the land (https://native-land.ca/) and red text revealing an unspoken truth about the condition of that land. These overlays elucidate the cost of progress. Viewers toggle between fore, middle, and background– future, present, past– as text casts shadows on the postcard imagery, indicating that layers are coexistent.