INVITATIONS TO LET our SENSES LEAD PORTFOLIO
EXHIBITION :: FAIG AHMED :: TEXTILES ::OF:: CONSCIOUSNESS
An exhibition of FAIG AHMED’s elaborate, sculptural textiles at Art@Bainbridge, part of the Princeton University Art Museum. The show runs from March 28, 2026 to August 2, 2026.
ESSAY :: AN INVITATION TO FAIG AHMED’S PROCESS in TEXTILES :: OF :: CONSCIOUSNESS
For the Princeton University Art Museum Magazine, AVA SHIRAZI & MONICA HUERTA, founders of the::sense::archive, explore Azerbaijani artist, Faig Ahmed’s, neuroscience research about aesthetic perception.
ARTIST RESIDENCY :: ann ‘sole sister’ johnson :: MAKING IT::FINDING IT
Houston-based, multi-disciplinary artist, ann johnson led a series of workshops inspired by her series BLING CATCHERS. Participants from the Greater Philadelphia area created works that were exhibited in VCAM at Haverford College following her Tuttle Artist residency.
PRESENTATION :: the::sense::archive is a pursuit
Founders of the::sense::archive, MONICA HUERTA & AVA SHIRAZI, describe the collaborations - in making and thinking - at the heart of the::sense::archive at the American Studies Forum, Wesleyan University.
ARTIST RESIDENCY :: ZIBA RAJABI :: VISCERA::POETICS
For Tehran-born, Chicago and Minneapolis-based ZIBA RAJABI’s sense::archivist residency at Princeton University, participants composed “visual poems.” Visceral relations of their own memories were re-embodied through a visual dictionary of painted materials Ziba had prepared for us.
ESSAY :: GLITCH|STITCH :: SENSING SURVIVAL IN ZIBA RAJABI’S GLITCHED HOME
Ziba Rajabi’s refusal to stretch the canvas was first an aspiration of return. It then became a critique of the traditions and institutions that would misread her. Her overlapping refusals lend density to the compact rectangular shapes she cuts....
ARTIST RESIDENCY :: SHANNON ALONZO :: WET::DRY::STITCH
WET::DRY::STITCH was a series of multi-sensory workshops led by Trinidad-based artist, SHANNON ALONZO, during her Tuttle Artist residency at Haverford College. Participants from the Greater Philadelphia area explored how hands think in acts of washing, working with charcoal, and stitching.
ARTIST RESIDENCY :: RAÚL ROMERO :: Resonances
The RESONANCES workshops followed Philly-based, Puerto Rican-born, RAÚL ROMERO’s art practice during his Tuttle Artist residency. He invited participants from the Greater Philadelphia area to be open to the material aliveness of sound.