Im-ple-ment Archive
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
Image courtesy of Linda Tien
The Im-ple-ment Archive is a union of craft and tool, metal and earth, marrying the skills of Linda Tien and Ellen Kleckner playfully in the landscape of the uncanny valley. The archive is colored by a reinforcement of the perseverance and fluidity of individual and collective identity. One hesitates to define the objects or the archive in general - yet the archive extends a warm invitation into the dissonance of the urge, the attempt, and the guess. A joyous inquisition of convention and definition.
-Ian CarstensIm-ple-ment Archive
A joyous inquisition of convention and definition. The Im-ple-ment Archive is an evolving collaborative exploration of tools, utensils and other pieces of equipment used for a particular purpose between visual artists Ellen Kleckner of Iowa and Linda Tien of Indiana. Applying an intuitive consideration to the familiar visual vocabulary established by a lineage of makers - through both process and material - the IA questions the commonplace or recognizable. Through altering "domestic" forms, the IA acts as a documentation of the evolution of utility, form, function and maker through the employment of cooperative play and exploration tempered with tradition.
In addition to being a featured artist with Glass Breakfast you can find the work of the Im-ple-ment Archive at im-ple-ment.com and on Instagram, as well as their individual work at ellenkleckner.com and lindatien.com.