One Wall, One Work: Amy Stacey Curtis

In 2014, Amy Stacey Curtis presented “Matter,” her eighth solo-biennial exhibit of interactive installation. “Matter” consisted of nine participatory works installed over 24,000 square feet at Robinson Mill in Parsonsfield, Maine. Each of the nine installations was accompanied by instructions where the audience was challenged to activate, perpetuate, and/or complete Curtis’ concepts in specific ways. In conjunction with the exhibition, Curtis made 18 drawings, rendering the outlines of all the matter in her home, including herself and any object at least 1/8″ (including individual food items, i.e. each pea, cracker, ice cube, etc.). The objects are organized by their room/location at their time of drawing. The drawings on view represent 104,564 objects in 18 spaces. For further info on the entire “Matter” project, click here: https://www.amystaceycurtis.com/matter2014.html Amy Stacey Curtis (born 1970, Beverly, Massachusetts) is an installation artist focusing on participatory works. The Maine Arts Commission’s 2005 and 2017 Individual Artist Fellow For Visual Art and the recipient of over 25 grants in the past twenty years including those from Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Maine Arts Commission, supported by National Endowment for the Arts, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, Curtis has exhibited interactive art internationally.