ENGAGE Projects is excited to announce A Bird Song, our upcoming solo exhibition by Rob Fischer.Working in the areas of sculpture and installation, Fischer patches together bits of debris, mending discarded material from America’s industrial past into shed-like structures. Much like a bird’s nest, his structures emit an essence of home; evidence of the comings and goings of daily life, the residue of repurposed materials, a makeshift place of rest conjured by a will to live and a sense of belonging. With a history of transplanting his industrial sculptures into natural environments and gallery spaces, Fischer recontextualizes the overlooked waste of decades past into something intimately familiar yet unknown, a feeling much like walking into another’s home.

A Bird Song, whose title comes from Victorian era poet Christina Rosetti, speaks of longing for companionship through life’s obstacles, longing for a shared home to return to: “Oh happy swallow whose mate will follow / O’er height, o’er hollow! I’d be a swallow, / To build this weather one nest together.” Botha song of persistent survival and a song of kinship, Fischer’s exhibition creates a nesting place for that which could be.

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Extended Hours:

Oct. 4, 5-7pm

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