Magic Carpet
Magic Carpet began in October 2008 as the collaborative online studio of Aylor Brown, Bailey Salisbury, and Carson Fisk-Vittori. In March 2009 a physical archive was presented in the Sullivan Galleries as part of a larger exhibition including other works by students of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, IL. The exhibition space entitled Magic Carpet included works by Arend deGruyter-Helfer, Aylor Brown, Bailey Salisbury, and Carson Fisk-Vittori. http://magiccarpet.tumblr.com/
Guides: Seth David Hoekstra and Liliana Lewicka.
Poster and brochure design by Seth David Hoekstra.
A guided cell phone audio tour of the exhibition at large accompanied the works of participating artists. A Google search for each artist was done previous to the viewing of their work. The result was a loose narrative of factual and fictional information that either complemented or contradicted the viewing process.
Epson fx-286 dot matrix printer, continuous computer paper
During the exhibition, the content of magiccarpet.tumblr.com
printed onto a continuous sheet of paper. This simple act of
materializing information mimics the physical output of textile
production.
The research table acts as a bulletin board displaying found objects, designed objects, and art works as an attempt to bring the group's online project space into a physical reality.
C-print, wooden lightbox, cinder blocks, 36 x 48"
Lightbox designed by Jasper Whang
Industry-woven cotton, 11 x 5'
(standard outdoor poster size)
C-prints, 19.5 x 27.5"
Jacquard-woven cotton and viscose, five pieces, 16 x 20"