Unusual Timeline
Motion PicturesÉtincelles: Leyla Majeri, Nadia Moss, Emi Honda
Étincelles
Leyla Majeri
Nadia Moss
Emi Honda
May 7th – May 29th, 2010
Opening Reception: May 7th 7pm – 10pm
Space 10261026 Arch St. 2nd FloorPhiladelphia, PA 19107www.space1026.com
Emi Honda is a Japanese-born artist who has lived in Canada for over a decade. Her delicate and intricate work utilizes materials scavenged from the excesses of daily life. Dusty fake flowers, broken toys, pieces of luxurious fur coats and electrical parts from old VCRs… These once beloved possessions end up in her collection through friend’s hands, thrift shops, or found in the streets and back alleys of Montreal. Carefully chosen materials and calculated compositions bring a gentle order to her work, yet an underlying darkness trickles through even her most whimsical works; a fungus that eats away at its edges. Honda is a member of Montreal-based band Elfin Saddle currently on Constellation Records (