In Seeking Visions for a Better World, Ryan Fedderson employed crowd-sourced images and aspirational sentiments that invoked constructive visions of the future to counterbalance the preponderance of dystopic visions presented in pop-culture, literature, and media. Inspired by traditional pictographs and contemporary graffiti culture, this collection of visions created space for a dialogue, building on ideas, reflecting on our culture, and imagining better outcomes for humanity.
Community-sourced contributions were translated into graphic treatments that progressively saturated the gallery from July 12th to 23rd, 2019.
Ryan Feddersen, Seeking Visions for a Better World, 2019. Image courtesy of Meg Yamomoto.
RYAN! Elizabeth Feddersen (b.1984) Confederated Tribes of the Colville (Okanogan /Arrow Lakes /German /English) is a mixed-media installation artist who specializes in interactive and immersive artworks that invite audience engagement. She was born and raised in Wenatchee, WA.
Feddersen received a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Cornish College of the Arts in 2009, graduating Magna Cum Laude. She remained in Seattle for approximately ten years while working as an artist, studio assistant, and arts administrator, before relocating to Tacoma, WA, where she is now based with her husband and two cats; Brock, Gonzo, and Gamma Ray. She was inspired to create interactive and temporary artworks as a way to honor an indigenous perspective on the relationship between artist and community. Her approach emphasizes humor, play, and creative engagement to create opportunities for personal introspection and discovery. Cultivating engagement with the contemporary indigenous art world has been a transformative way that Feddersen has connected with her cultural heritage and dismantled her American cultural indoctrination. Through residencies, gatherings, workshops, and community, Feddersen has been inspired, educated, encouraged, and mentored by indigenous artists, culture-bearers and activists. These relationships have influenced and reinforced her approach to art, culture, and community.
For more information on her work, visit RYAN!’s website here.
