New Work by Lauren DiCioccio explores what happens when objects of mass-media, often take for granted, fade into obscurity. Mass-produced products are made precious, one-of-a-kind objects: newspapers, 35mm slides and plastic shopping bags are all memorialized by DiCioccio through meticulous handcrafting, given a less ephemeral life in fabric, thread and wood.

 What are the consequences, individually and as a society, when the physical process and sensation of relating to these materials is removed? DiCioccio addresses the advantage of informational efficiency, while pointing to the conceptual downsides of this physical detachment from our information systems and objects in our daily lives: “The tedious handiwork and obsessive care I employ to create my work aims to remind the viewer of these simple but intimate pieces of everyday life and to provoke a pang of nostalgia for the familiar physicality of these objects.”