# @marie_watt_studio on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CxtEZCox4sn
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34772819-marie-watt-studio-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-09-27T17:47:59.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Marie Watt Studio (@marie_watt_studio) — https://gondola.cc/marie_watt_studio

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Sky Dances Light closes Saturday, September 30th at Kavi Gupta Gallery!

In 2022, I set out to make a series of sculptures I had long dreamed about. These sculptures would be interactive, engaging touch and sound and sight. I imagined how they might live alongside and be activated by other artists and communities. To that end, we worked with our friends at Portland Garment Factory to create sixteen jingle sculptures ranging in size from the modest to the monumental to debut together at Kavi Gupta Gallery. The exhibition became an immersive environment, an open invitation to connect. Visitors of Sky Dances Light were encouraged to touch, hug, spin, and interact with the clouds to produce sound and movement.

Sky Dances Light also marked the beginning of my collaborations with performers, a long-held ambition. I've had the honor of connecting with two incredibly talented dancers, Ji Hae Yepa-Pappan and Acosia Red Elk. Both have brought athleticism, intention, and grace to their generous exchanges with the sculptures. Their performances have affirmed that these materials are alive, and part of their life is the way they’re activated by dance and touch and sound. I am incredibly grateful to Ji Hae and Acosia for their generosity.
@balesofhae 
@acosia_ 

Thank you to Kavi Gupta Gallery for their support in the exhibition and programming. We would also like to thank the @portlandgarmentfactory, our continuing collaborators, for their work in creating this exhibition.

Photos courtesy of Kavi Gupta and Marie Watt Studio. Photographer: Kyle Flubacker.

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