Dirty Time, a queer artist duo focused on dirtiness and time, announces a weeklong popup exhibition and participatory activities related to their campaign to add an emoji for dirt to the official catalog of emoji.
Dirty Signs runs from September 23 - October 1, 2023 with a rousing closing event including live performances by Sarah Dahlinger and Ed Woodham on September 30 from 1-5pm, at Colonels Row House 404A, Governors Island.
Dirty Signs is an exhibition of international artist responses to the idea of emojifying dirt, featuring works by B a r b a r a Schneider, Daniel S. DeLuca, Ed Woodham, Gustavo Gómez-Mejía, IPRAMENE, Lee Tusman, Liz Nofziger, M Greenwald, Maia Liebeskind, Noelle Salaun, Renée Crowley, Sarah Dahlinger and Vidya Giri in 2D, 3D and 4D formats. Dirty Time will also be collecting visitor suggestions for a potential dirt emoji through a “think tank” installation within the exhibition, and several participatory activities on September 30.
Even though dirt is where our food comes from, is where our bodies get buried when we die, and is literally everywhere we go, it is not represented yet in the emoji universe. Somehow we have emojis for unicorns, pufferfish, poodles and Santa Claus, but not dirt! Dirty Time is planning to try to correct this oversight and will be submitting a proposal for a dirt emoji to the Unicode foundation in 2024.
Join us for Dirty Signs at the Flux House on Governors Island from September 23 - October 1 with think tank activities, performances and artist reception on Saturday, September 30 from 1-5pm.
This exhibition is part of Flux Factory’s 2023 residency on Governors Island.
About Us:
Dirty Time (https://dirtytime.us/) is Hey There Kapplow (http://heatherkapplow.com) and Walker Tufts (http://walkertufts.com). We have been investigating the impossibility of cleanliness since 2021 and we’ve dug up a dirty little secret: there’s no clean that’s not dirty.
Dirt feeds you and eats you. Dirt is your companion and your portal to the past and the future. We’re here to help you recognize your glorious, delicious dirtiness and your connection to all time through dirt.
For more information see: https://dirtytime.us/dirtysigns.html