MOLLY CRISP


ARTIST & ART DIRECTOR

BIO
ARTWORK & SCULPTURE
SET INSTALLATION & PUBLIC WORKS
GARMENTSCV

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BIO


MOLLY IS AN ARTIST & ART DIRECTOR. HER WORK, WHETHER IT BE ARTWORK, SCULPTURE, SET INSTALLATION OR GARMENT,  EXPLORES AFFECT IN BOTH THE VIEWER & THE PIECES.

CENTRAL IS THE IDEA OF THE EARTH’S CENTRIPETAL FORCE; EVERYTHING,  ALL OF US, AS BEING PUSHED TOGETHER & CHANGED BY ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER WE ARE AWARE OF IT, OR NOT.

THE SENSES ARE THE MAIN ACCESS POINT FOR THE WORK. EXPLORED VIA EARTHLY, OFTEN SEEMINGLY DISPARATE, MEDIUMS & IMAGERY, ALL WHICH APPEAL TO OUR SENSORY SELVES.




ARTWORK & SCULPTURE
Erotic Like Earth Exhibition (2023), Sidecar, Elephant & Castle, London
Halibut Dreams; NICKEL, HALIBUT BONES, RESIN, LEATHER CORD & BLACK BAMBOO
Exhibition programme
Eye Orchid, Horndog, Bees Above, Collage Ray & Margritte, Earth Mark & Vivid collage; pigment transfer, muslin & Bamboo


Berlin Whirl; Pigment Transfer, Muslin, Black Bamboo


 



Poppys Forever, Pyrite Dice, Luck, Liverpool;  Dried poppys, steel, resin; engraved pyrite; steel, peacock feather, resin, black  bamboo;  

NICKEL, razor clams, resin, leather cord, black bamboo




SET INSTALLATION

CO-FOUNDER OF THE DESIGN COLLECTIVE: MILK

MILK CREATES LOUD SYSTEM CHALLENGING STRUCTURES; DEVICES DESIGNED TO COLLECTIVELY ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE KNOWLEDGE AROUND UNSUSTAINABLE ATTITUUDES & ACTIONS.


Space Sucks (2023), Glastonbury Festival; GEODESIC DOME; upcycled polycarbonate, timbeR

Space Sucks represents the abandonment of Earth and all its wonders. Debuting in the Shangri La district of Glastonbury Festival 2023.

Space Sucks is an abandoned Space Station. A long-forgotten relic from the race to Mars between Space X, Virgin Atlantic and Blue Origins, all companies owned by the world's billionaires. Space Sucks is a cautionary tale of hubris, greed and capitalism. Lo-fi earth footage, projected nostalgically on the dome walls. What was once cordoned to our blue planet has been transposed to the red planet fuelled by illusions of limited resources, greed, competition and privatisation for financial gain. As the billionaires shed the histories of earth off of their shoulders like a silk smoking jacket and start all over again on Mars, to them we say SPACE SUCKS.
In situ - what we value is what we see outside the dome and projected onto its walls - human connection, plant kind, dance, music, nature, community, touch, trees, anarchy - Shangri-la. The powers of humankind working circularly within our planetary boundaries.




jPRIORITISE EARTH, SPACE SUCKS

Previous public works with MILK:

‘I <3 EU’, SEXYLAND, AMSTERDAM, (2019)

A night to declare our love for Europe one day post-(planned)Brexit. Exhibiting various forms of art, performance and music we communicated the love we hold for Europe. Hosted in a 300 capacity warehouse venue.
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‘Mr Rightswipe’, WEE RED BAR, EDINBURGH (2017)

A gender-blind speed dating night encouraging love irl, love in action, playing with multi-dimensional works of various artists, visual editors, actresses as hosts, locally-based DJs, celebrating love, love as love and inclusivity.
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GARMENTS
Future Archive Winter Fayre Tops, Reference Point; Pigment Tranfer, Cotton Jersey
A limited run of t-shirts, handmade & printed for Reference Point’s Winter Fayre (2023). Using their archive,  imageries associated with winter ; the retraction into self, the mystery In us, the mystery in others, the darkness, were gathered & printed onto the tops via  pigment transfer..
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