Hatch

Hatch
Jesse Harrod

December 9, 2019– 2020
The Bowtie Project

Hatch is a site-specific installation by artist Jesse Harrod. A previous iteration of this installation was originally conceptualized during their fellowship at the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York. For this installation, Harrod hand-knotted paracord—a material commonly used to mark a path on a trail or to make friendship bracelets—onto the Bowtie’s abandoned transmission tower to encapsulate and honor the multiple realities and temporalities of the site.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jesse Harrod has an MFA in Fibers & Material Studies from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University. Currently, they are the Head of Fibers & Material Studies at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. Their solo exhibitions include LowRopes Course at NurtureArt in Brooklyn, ToxicShock and Hotdog at Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and the forthcoming exhibition OnStage at the Leslie Lohman Project Space in New York. Harrod’s work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions throughout the United States. These include Repair and Mending at Fleisher Olman Gallery in Philadelphia, InPractice: Material Deviance at the Sculpture Center in New York, the traveling exhibition QueerThreads: Crafting Identity and Community, Flagging at Socrates Park in New York, and HapticTactics at the Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art. They have attended numerous residencies internationally, including the Banff Art Center, McDowell Artist Colony, the Textile Center Residency in Iceland, the Fire Island Artist Residency, and The Museum of Art and Design Artist Residency in New York.

SUPPORT
This project’s installation in Los Angeles is supported, in part, by the Pasadena Art Alliance, the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.