Gabby Miller

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Gabby Miller

11/08/17

Listen to Episode 17 of Weston Teruya's podcast (un)making featuring Gabby Miller.

"In this episode of the podcast, we talk with artist, educator, and cultural organizer Gabby Miller. Gabby’s work often utilizes remnants from the global transportation of goods--including the corrugated sides of steel shipping containers and crude oil--to examine imperialism, climate change, war, family history, and the movement of capital and people. In her recent projects, she also occasionally juxtaposes this evidence of the international supply chain with spaces for contemplation and communal exchange, whether room for meditation or a shared gallery on a cargo ship. We discuss how she started creating work in Hanoi with the Nha San Collective, climate change, and how meditative practice intersects with her deconstruction of global capitalism." — Weston Teruya

Gabby's projects can be found at gabby-miller.com."

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