~TD SIDELL, MONICA MIRABILE, HAMTRAMCK CERAMCK / TURN ONZ, DETROIT / NADA House 404A

I turned a corner, and voila !!
more !! artist-made / light switches from TURN Onz, DETROIT.
these 3 were all fashioned from: clay.
curated by . . . JEFFREY TRANCHELL.

NADA House 404A / NADA House on Governors Island
. . . up weekends thru AUG 1.


TD SIDELL, ceramic with colorful shiny glaze & a pair of candelabra candlesticks, 2021.
light switch for TURN Onz, 2021.
(in the background to the right, light switch by MONICA MIRABILE).


TD SIDELL, ceramic light switch / TURN Onz, DETROIT.
glazed ceramic with (real) wax candles, so .. yes !!
(sort of) totally functional, but use – only . . with an abundance of caution & care.
totally a potential fire starter, this light switch is gorgeous, but s-c-a-r-y.
just . . like a leopard ?


MONICA MIRABILE, clay light switch, 2021. TURN Onz. DETROIT.
well if, this isn’t – the most biblical, baroque, fertility scenario, ever !!
well, then you can, bite my . . tongue.
ps: note the eggs.


HAMTRAMCK CERAMCK / CERAMIC STUDIO COLLECTIVE, DETROIT / light switch, 2021. TURN Onz, DETROIT.
glazed clay & metal hardware.

oh, oh … clamping down on the danger & the erotic fertility outburst, obviously !!
but, probably in all ways totally – unconnected.
except by medium: clay, & . . . mindset: imagination !!
and, the curatorial decision to hang them – in proximity of each other . . ???

imagination . . . RULES !! / or, I guess: RULEZ !!
at . . . TURN ONZ !!!

JEFFREY TRANCHELL. . . makes sure of that.
“make me a light switch” – is all the direction, you get.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH