Molly Joyce

Gateways to Awareness explores the role of memory, perception and the five senses in our appreciation of art and the world around us. The artworks included in the exhibition engage the viewer in multi-sensory experiences across a variety of genres and media including disability, floral, olfactory, and sound art(s). This year-end show is a veritable tasting menu of the experimental and experiential forms of art the Museum is scheduled to present over the next two years.

Molly Joyce

Artist Bio

Molly Joyce

Molly Joyce has been deemed one of the “most versatile, prolific and intriguing composers working under the vast new-music dome” by The Washington Post. Her work is concerned with disability as a creative source, and her most recent album, Perspective, featuring voices and viewpoints of disabled interviewees, was praised by Pitchfork as "a powerful work of love and empathy that underscores the poison of ableism in American culture. For more information: www.mollyjoyce.com
Artist Statement

Artist Statement

My work is concerned with disability as a creative source. I have an impaired left hand due to a previous car accident, and since the accident I have journeyed from denying to embracing my disability. This progression has largely paralleled the expansion of my artistic practice, from one focus music composition to involving performance, video, community engagement, collaboration, research, and pedagogy. Through this multifaceted approach, I hope to shift disability from a fixed, static imperfection to a fluid, creative potential.
Joyce Perspective by Colin Conces

Molly Joyce
Perspective, 2020-present
Video/audio
18'