The work developed from a presentation she made at Fabrica, Brighton in December 2006 in reference to Catherine Bertola’s exhibition, Prickings, at Fabrica (for which Harper was also commissioned to write the catalogue essay). Pecha Cucha: Lace comprises a series of short ‘poems’ related to a range of lace-referencing work including Andrea Stokes’ Butter Net, Nan Goldin’s Jimmy Paulette on David’s Bike, and Annet Couwenberg’s Dutch Shotgun Chaps. It was blind reviewed and commissioned by Doran Ross of UCLA Fowler Museum, Los Angeles.
On bridal head…
On siren’s thigh…
On buttered window…
In my mind’s eye…
Powerful fabric.
Catherine’s recent essay 'I found myself inside her fur…' has been peer-reviewed and commissioned for the forthcoming special issue of Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture (Vol 6, No 3) due for publication in October 2008 and guest edited by Caryn Simonson of University of the Arts, London.
