To Touch It Is To Know It
duo exhibition by Elizabeth Johnson & Anne Dahl.
McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC. Dec 17/24 - Jan 25/25
duo exhibition by Elizabeth Johnson & Anne Dahl.
McClure Gallery, Montreal, QC. Dec 17/24 - Jan 25/25































This duo show expands upon the material translations of our hyper-paced virtual world, marked by the slow testament of Elizabeth and Anne's respective weaving and metalsmithing processes. A hybrid body of collaborative sculpture and independent works, they translate their own tensions and questions surrounding the rapid growth of AI and technology, including its role in capitalism, colonialism and militaristic warfare. Anne’s metal sculptures explore grounding and critical reflection in relation to these technological overstimulations, while Elizabeth's weavings include self-referential moments to the tools they're created with, magnifying the similarities and history between the worlds of weaving and computing. Their differing material starting points converge with their nuanced desires to simultaneously understand, employ and reject technology.
Exhibition documentation by B. Brookbank.