ShoeboxLA Presents
Michelle Carla Handel: Heart on Top of My Head
Saturday, February 16, 2013 from 6-9pm
MorYork, Highland
Park
4959 York
Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90042
ShoeboxLA is pleased
to present Michelle Carla Handel: Heart on Top of My Head. Ancient Egyptians believed that the heart,
rather than the brain, was the source of human wisdom, as well as emotions,
memory, the soul and human personality. Descartes believed that the body and
mind represent autonomous systems, while his contemporary Spinoza believed the
body and mind are different aspects of specific biological processes.
Philosophers and scientists have long been trying to determine where the
physical body ends and where thoughts and feelings begin.
In this installation
Handel attempts to reconcile her skepticism and sentimentality, her internal
tug-of-war between trying to understand human emotion (particularly love)
through science, while simultaneously describing its mystery and magic. To
investigate these ideas, she creates an intricate internal environment within
the gallery – a soft, mysterious arrangement of parts that exist somewhere
between our physical bodies and intangible emotions.
Michelle Carla
Handel earned her MFA from Claremont Graduate University,
Claremont, CA
and her BFA from Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY. She lives and works in Los Angeles.
Email: shoeboxla@gmail.com for more info or press images.
MorYork is a not-for-profit, artist-run space dedicated to enabling
local artists through shows and special events. MorYork supports and encourages
non gallery-represented artists, and facilitates exchange with the Highland Park community:
www.moryork.blogspot.com
