Artist Statement

Each cyborg tells a story. I cobble discarded domestic and industrial artifacts into assemblage cyborg figures that populate an imagined future. In a society that discards objects and humans, creates war machines, and perpetuates trauma, these hybrid beings stretch upward to the sky and teeter awkwardly into an uncertain future.
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Pots and pans sporting the colors of the 50’s, shiny open mouthed kettles, and orange Home Depot buckets become anthropomorphic limbs, gaping orifices, and skeletal armatures. The objects strain against the bounds of their now defunct purpose. Tightly bound together with duct tape and thread, the sculptures alternatively reveal and conceal their vulnerable interiors. Genders morph and swap inside a single body; masculine columns are built from kitchen objects, hardware is adorned with delicate woven coverings. They grow internal structure and strength as they become newly autonomous characters. In my world, they embody fragmented and resilient figures of survival.
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Bio

Chason-Sokol is an artist living and working in Everett, MA. Her work has been exhibited in Massachusetts and nationally. She holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design. She is the Founder/Director of Arts for Everett, Inc, a nonprofit artist run community art space and nomadic arts organization, a past associate member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery and she serves as Chair of the Everett Cultural Council.