A Playful Resistance | Lexy Ho-Tai

Residency
Written By Elsewhere Living Museum & Artist Residency

Lexy Ho-Tai (Queens, NYC) | November 2021

Materials are all from the collection / found at Elsewhere: fabric, ribbon, thread, mattress topper, bike tire rims, piece of bamboo chair. Built on Plush: The Ride

Dimensions Variable.

"Hope is a discipline" - Mariame Kaba

Feeding off the childlike wonder that Elsewhere inspires, Lexy Ho-Tai created an immersive, interactive puppet piece that serves as a playful entry point to larger conversations about safety, abolition, community care, mutual aid and world building. Weaving different messages of resistance and solidarity, Lexy invites you to imagine a more collaborative future and to consider your role within it. Using the fabric + markers provided, viewers are encouraged to leave their own messages of resistance into the piece. Culture is something we collectively create, and another world is possible!

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Lexy Ho-Tai
resident, Residency #110, 2021, Lexy Ho-Tai
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resident, Residency #110, 2021, Lexy Ho-Tai

Lexy Ho-Tai is a multi-discplinary visual artist and teaching artist, interested in the intersection between art-making and making the world a better place. She disrupts the exclusive and elitist tendencies of the art world by working in non-traditional art spaces, repurposing discarded and recycled materials, collaborating with artists working across multiple disciplines, and engaging with diverse audiences. Through soft sculptures, performance, installation, murals, and workshops, her public and participatory practice employs humor, play, and absurdity to invite viewers to contemplate pressing social and environmental issues. She believes that joy is a radical act of resistance, and that play forges a powerful space for audiences to envision and work towards alternative futures.

resident, Residency #110, 2021, Lexy Ho-Tai
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