Ruby Rumi茅: Divine Breath NYC
For her project Divine Breath NYC, artist Ruby Rumi茅 conducted 100 ceremonies with NYC women survivors of domestic violence. In the individual ceremonies, they exhaled their pain - Divine Breath - into a vessel. The results of these ceremonies will be exhibited at La Mama New York opening on October 3rd.
The project, first realized in Cartagena, Colombia in 2013 by Ruby Rumi茅, is being recreated in New York thanks to a group of NYC women who felt the experience intended would be positive and transformative for the women. The exhibition is meant to bring community awareness to the escalating threat of domestic violence, and to help create a hopeful future for the survivors.
Seven ceramic artists from the NYC area have each created one unique prototype vessel, which has been slip-casted to produce the 100 vessels used by Ruby Rumi茅 in the ceremonies of Divine Breath NYC. The prototype forms represent the diversity of NYC survivors, and the similar glazing conveys the universality of their experience. The artists include Rana Amirtahmasebi, Will Coggin, Paula Greif, Eleni Kontos, Ben Peterson, Biata Roytburd and Mia Schachter.
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For her project Divine Breath NYC, artist Ruby Rumi茅 conducted 100 ceremonies with NYC women survivors of domestic violence. In the individual ceremonies, they exhaled their pain - Divine Breath - into a vessel. The results of these ceremonies will be exhibited at La Mama New York opening on October 3rd.
The project, first realized in Cartagena, Colombia in 2013 by Ruby Rumi茅, is being recreated in New York thanks to a group of NYC women who felt the experience intended would be positive and transformative for the women. The exhibition is meant to bring community awareness to the escalating threat of domestic violence, and to help create a hopeful future for the survivors.
Seven ceramic artists from the NYC area have each created one unique prototype vessel, which has been slip-casted to produce the 100 vessels used by Ruby Rumi茅 in the ceremonies of Divine Breath NYC. The prototype forms represent the diversity of NYC survivors, and the similar glazing conveys the universality of their experience. The artists include Rana Amirtahmasebi, Will Coggin, Paula Greif, Eleni Kontos, Ben Peterson, Biata Roytburd and Mia Schachter.
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