Sanzi Kermes: Hummm Thrummm
On View: October 6 - November 9, 2025
Closing Reception: November 4 | 4 PM to 6 PM
In Hummm Thrummm, Baltimore artist Sanzi Kermes transforms repurposed wedding dresses into living testaments of memory using techniques that are ubiquitous in her art practice. Kermes has added layers of visual appeal that include fabric, beads, and origami memorabilia. The multi-channel audio, with cicadas, crickets, traffic noises, and Lorraine’s recordings of her own haiku set to her rhythmic music, adds layering to the visual cues at hand.
Painted, screen printed, beaded, and layered with whispered stories, each dress hums with ancestral echoes — the thrum of thread and heartbeat runs through its seams. This immersive installation invites you to move among altered artifacts of love, ritual, and expectation—listening not just with your ears, but with your whole body.
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