Kelley Meister

Over the past few summers, as wind has brought in heavy smoke from wildfires north and west of us, I have been reminded of how powerful the wind can be at both dispersal and concentration. These windsocks call attention to the wind that moves particulates, smoke, dust, pollen, seeds, insects, and more through our environment. The wind disperses what is here, while also depositing small artifacts from along its route. This installation of windsocks is part of a larger body of sculptures, participatory events, and other investigations entitled Hot Zone. See more at hotzone.kelleymeister.com.

Kelley A Meister is an interdisciplinary artist whose work combines drawing, video, and performance into installations and stand-alone films. Kelley’s work has been shown around the country and abroad in galleries, theatres, film festivals, libraries, infoshops, squats, collective houses, online, outside, and in the streets. Hir work has been supported by the Minnesota State Arts Board, the Jerome Foundation, and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council. Ze was a founding member of BenchPress Burlesque, a radical multi-gendered, sex-positive, queer-positive, feminist political performance troupe. Ze is also one-third of the experimental multimedia performance trio Wreck Family Productions. A commitment to social, racial, environmental, and economic justice is a through line in Kelley’s work.