Sarah Paul

Fiber Chamber 1, 2022

wool, silk, projected video
~ 13 ft x 20 ft x 16ft

Through media installation, I’m addressing the precarious state of being out-of-body in order to consider how we manage physical and mental trauma. In Fiber Chamber 1, a large handmade felt textile formed from undyed wool and silk drapes from the wall into the gallery, creating a small chamber from which to experience the work. Viewers are encouraged to enter, sit, and allow their minds to drift as the lush video projection saturates the walls, floor, and fibers, creating a surreal intersection of surfaces and light to expand a space of meditative transport. The video content is composed from footage of the seductive curves of a mylar weaving draped on a green grape arbor wet with dew and blanketed with sunlight. The visual oscillates between tangible representation and abstraction in an effort to reassure someone as they are gently drawn to release their physicality. Though the exterior surfaces are beguiling to regard, the important space is the underside. At a time of perpetual shared trauma, I see this work as creating a space of healing amidst a beguiling bliss. 

Curated by Thea Spittle.
Commissioned by CAN Triennial 2022.
Installed at Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH.

Little Miss Cleveland & the Flaming Sunset #11, 2011

Little Miss Cleveland & the Flaming Sunset #11, 2011
mylar, multi-channel video, sound
26 feet x 38 feet x 28 feet

Site-sensitive commissioned installation at UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY.

Little Miss Cleveland & the Flaming Sunset #3, 2010

Little Miss Cleveland & the Flaming Sunset #3, 2010
single-channel video, sound, wood, glass, metal
16 feet x 16 feet x 30 feet

by Sarah and Suzannah Paul

Site-sensitive installation at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY for Beyond/In Western NY 2011.

Captain Firepants and the Pretty Ponies, 2007

Captain Firepants & the Pretty Ponies, 2007
mixed media, 3 channel video, sound
10 feet x 20 feet x 10 feet

Installation at UB Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY for Beyond/In Western NY 2007.