Sydney Shen at Motel

Artist: Sydney Shen

Exhibition title: What’s Worse Than The Void is Matter

Venue: Motel, New York, US

Date: May 6 – June 4, 2017

Photography: images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Motel, New York

Note: Press release can be found here

Sydney Shen, A Blazing Misery That Rests Not for Matins or for Vespers (for Laurie Strode), 2017, Closet

Sydney Shen, A Blazing Misery That Rests Not for Matins or for Vespers (for Laurie Strode), 2017, Closet

Sydney Shen, SCP-2719 (Fortunato’s Revenge), 2017 Peephole, digital print, LED

Sydney Shen, SCP-2719 (Fortunato’s Revenge), 2017 Peephole, digital print, LED

Sydney Shen, Midnight Game, 2017 Chair, rope, honey, doorknob, wax

Sydney Shen, Midnight Game, 2017 Chair, rope, honey, doorknob, wax

Sydney Shen, Midnight Game, 2017 Chair, rope, honey, doorknob, wax

Sydney Shen, Midnight Game, 2017 Chair, rope, honey, doorknob, wax

Sydney Shen, Midnight Game, 2017 Chair, rope, honey, doorknob, wax

Sydney Shen, Security System (Nervous System), 2017, Video projection with sound, hospital screen

Sydney Shen, Security System (Nervous System), 2017, Video projection with sound, hospital screen

Sydney Shen, Plush Exoskeleton, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, meat hook, zoomorphic child safety leash, hardware

Sydney Shen, Plush Exoskeleton, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, meat hook, zoomorphic child safety leash, hardware

Sydney Shen, Plush Exoskeleton, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, meat hook, zoomorphic child safety leash, hardware

Sydney Shen, Plush Exoskeleton, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, meat hook, zoomorphic child safety leash, hardware

Sydney Shen, Plush Exoskeleton, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, meat hook, zoomorphic child safety leash, hardware

Sydney Shen, Object class: Euclid, 2017 Teddy bear head

Sydney Shen, Co-Morbidity, 2017 C-print, handmade paper (hornet nest, Tremella fuciformis, Nostoc flagelliforme, bean curd, vermin remains harvested from owl pellets, cellulose), artist’s frame

Sydney Shen, Hotel Cecil, 2017, Bird feeder, waxworm larvae, honey, bran, wax, leather cord