Laurie Cinotto

Some Facts in Nature
and Other Stories

April 1 – May 1, 1999

Location / 310 1st Ave. (Elliot Bay Books Underground)

Some Facts in Nature and Other Stories was built from many years of collecting wall-paper scraps, doilies, crochet squares, illustrations from books, artificial birds, photos, plastic flowers, and fruits, trinkets, and treasures. They were all assembled in small 4-by-6 inch collages and sealed in long, compartmentalized plastic bags. Some collages were little stories or secrets, some were decorative patterns, some were objects embellished with embroidery and jewels. There were many images of flowers, birds, trees, water, and weather. All were protected, frozen in time, and made static in plastic. On the floor, personal and domestic objects such as handbags, quilts, afghans, lamps, candelabras, and vases with fresh and fake flowers were similarly sealed in plastic and displayed on paths of pink linoleum tiles.

Some Facts was about the subtle language of personal evidences that may be conveyed by one's mundane belongings. It illustrated the patterns that we create or that surround us in nature and in life.