“FOLD Gaḷri z plizd t priznt a sôlo šo v ny wrc bî Tim Elis, hiz frst at ɖ gaḷri. Ɖ xibišn cmprîzz a siriz v pêntñz n ʈrīdimenšnl c̣lāžz, ẇč yz a renj v swsz n mtiyrı̣lz. Ɖer apiṛns z sjstv v ttemic impwtns, reminisnt v ɖ relics v a loñ-fgotn ssayti.
In acwd wɖ Elis’z ātistc intrest n ričl, ɖ sculpčrz r cnstructd fṛm rīclemd man-md fragmnts fṛm a vrayti v invîrnmnts. Grezd n ošn-worn fwmz, dpozitd on ɖ šorz v Ōcni, r juxṭpozd agnst debri fṛm ɖ siti n ācitcčṛl eḷmnts swst fṛm recḷmêšnyādz. Ɖz fând fwmz r dstild n rīcnstructd t criet objcts ɖt cd ptnšli srv or ofr a prṗs. Phps sīn az ŕnz incapsyletñ ɖ unsrtnti v ẇt lîz bynd ɖ preznt or tôtmz ofrñ cumf̣t n rı̣šuṛns in ɖ uņon.
A siriz v pêntñz, č wɖ its ôn simbolic imijri, criet a bacdrop fr ɖ sculpčrz t pfwm in frunt v. Abstractd fṛm priixistñ dzînz n mnipyletd fizicli t sjst a funẋn, č pzesz its ôn intrinzic côd. Ɖ tru nêčr v ẇt ɖe repriznt or stand fr rmenz abstract bt sīmñli fmiłr ʈru ɖ reṗtišn v ɖ mtirı̣l dsižnz. Ɖ grafic šêps dmenšṇli n drctli rspond t ɖ sculpčrz, aludñ t ɖ psblti ɖt ɖe wr wns inttwînd n cmynicetñ az wn.
Ɖ xibišn invîts ɖ vywr t ptisipet in fiḷsoficl meditešn, pṛmôtñ qesčnz rgādñ ɖ qintesns v a ynivrsl siclicl. In a bginñ……lîz an end….ɖ end z ẇr w stāt fṛm……”
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Lorena Mŭňoz-Alonzo, ĀTNET, 31 Octobr 2014
Tom Ft, CAMDN NY JRNL, 30 Octobr 2014
Rwri Brigstoc-Baṛn, Đ IZLÑTN GZET, 29 Octobr 2014