Dreamsong is pleased to present Touch Detection, the gallery’s first solo exhibition with Ilana Harris-Babou (b. 1991, Brooklyn NY), an interdisciplinary artist working across sculpture, video, and installation. Exploring the gulf between our corporeal realities and the aspirational lifestyles marketed to us by the wellness industry and the home décor market among other sectors, Touch Detection inserts pathos and humor into objects otherwise intended to facilitate a seamless and streamlined existence. Customizing mirrored video screens, smart light fixtures, occasional tables and tesserae, Harris Babou transforms these signifiers of modern refinement with ceramic objects and moving images to cultivate tactile reflections on 21st century life.
Ilana Harris-Babou. Test Tile 8, 2024. Glazed ceramic, cement, grout, glass tile, aluminum frame. 6 x 15 in.
