Mo Costello
Mo Costello is an artist and educator drawn to the social life of images. Mo lives and teaches in Athens, GA, where she’s worked out of a unit in a local flea market for the last several years. Mo's working practice revolves around the maintenance of small-scale, community supported infrastructure for the visual and performing arts. Curatorial and studio-based efforts emerge - and often converge - from within this ongoing commitment to place-based inquiry and infrastructures of care.
Untitled (Reader), 2023. Ongoing circulation of 'Readers', made up of combination of text and image-based reproductions and found materials. Circulated locally in Jackson, Clarke and Fulton county (GA) among a circuit of convenience stores, gas stations and pharmacies as well as the flea market where Mo has maintained a working studio for the last several years. 11 x 9 x 4 inches. Xerox Reader: Xerox Text; Xerox Images; Toner; Ink; Gelatin Silver Contact Prints; Exposed Ortho Film (Kodalith Type III); Comb-binding; Foil Tape; Self-Inking Stamp (J & J Library, Building Three, Unit 27); Stamp from Found Object (ROTC Recalled Footwear from J & J Flea Market); Found Magnus Speaker (J & J Flea Market).
Untitled (100 Broad), 2022. Gelatin Silver Print in Aluminum Artist Frame, 8.5" x 6" Print in 11" x 14" Frame.
Untitled (Score), 2022. Gelatin Silver Contact Print made from paper negative (xerox copy of ink rubbing made with recalled ROTC footware on sheet music). 8 x 10 inches.
Untitled (Dia Art Foundation), 2021. Soot Rubbing on Museum Tri-Fold, 8.25 x 16.25 inches.
Untitled (Dice), 2021. Soot and Found Objects (Rolaids (2) in Krystal's Styrofoam Take-Out Container). 7 x 4 x 2 inches.
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