Wilson's upcoming show, “Slinkies and the Window Frame,” opens Friday at the Alaska State Museum.
Tamara Wilson sets up her exhibit “Slinkies and the Window Frame” at the Alaska State Museum on Feb. 3, 2025. .
For the exhibit, Wilson built accordion-like creatures covered in orange ceramic tiles. They will be unfurled throughout the gallery space with nameplate necklaces that say things like “George.” Those are the Slinkies.This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.They’re totally useless, right? Like the only thing that they do is bring joy, which I think is kind of wonderful. It’s a little presumptuous of me to say that the work will bring joy, but if it does, that’s great.
One of Tamara Wilson’s slinkies named for “Slinkies and the Window Frame.” Courtesy of the Alaska State Museum. So this right here is a frame, like a kind of classic oak frame, and it’s going to go in this wall here. And so the people experiencing the installation that’s going to be on the other side of the wall will be framed in this when they’re inside it. So you will view them from the more traditional side of the gallery as if they were in the painting.
Juneau Tongass Voices “Slinkies And The Window Frame.” Alaska State Museum Fairbanks First Friday Installation Art Tamara Wilson
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