Whither the Waterfront?

Cathy Miranker

56.5 x 40.5 inches

2018

ARTIST STATEMENT

With sea level rise already remaking shorelines and cities worldwide, this quilt offers a deliberately alarmist vision of what might happen to San Francisco’s iconic downtown. It deconstructs images of real buildings that hug the water’s edge and reconstructs them … in different places, akilter, even partially submerged. Machine embroidery hints at an additional, ever-present threat: seismic upheaval.

MATERIALS

Commercially available polyester wall tapestries, 12wt variegated threads, 30wt cotton and polyester threads

GUIDE BY CELL NUMBER

To hear the artist speak about the artwork, call (703) 520-6404 and enter 2198 followed by the # sign.