Bartha_contemporary presents News and Weather, an exhibition featuring works by Jill Baroff, Susan Morris, and Mike Meiré, conceived in close collaboration with Susan Morris. Echoing the familiar radio announcement, the title connects tidal movements and bodily rhythms with recurring patterns in the news media.
Jill Baroff’s installation of 21 Tide Drawings: Pacific (January 1 – January 7, 2008), 2008 - 09, charts tidal movement on the Pacific coast over seven consecutive days, from 1 to 7 January 2008. Completed in 2009, each day occupies three drawings within an expansive grid. Their fine lines resolve into shifting densities, giving an absorbing visual presence to movements usually experienced only in passing. Related installations belong to the collections of Museum Folkwang, Essen, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Susan Morris presents two works recently exhibited in Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich. In her large Jacquard tapestry SunDial:NightWatch_Activity and Light 2010-2012 (Herringbone Weave), 2017, 1,096 days of activity and light recordings are translated directly into woven thread.