Shells for Teeth
Kate Jones & Lisa Saeboe
SVA Flatiron Project Space
New York, New York
March 23 - April 20, 2023
BFA Visual & Critical Studies presents “Shells for Teeth,” a two-person exhibition of work by Lisa Saeboe (BFA 2015 Visual & Critical Studies) and Kate Jones (BFA 2016 Fine Arts).
Saeboe and Jones began their joint practice in 2014 in Rome—while both were students in SVA’s inaugural semester in Italy—co-directing the experimental short film Satori. The piece is a sensuous take on sublime visual horror—themes that would prove prescient for their future creative endeavors.
While most of Saeboe and Jones’s collaborative work has been film and photography based, this is the first time the artists’ individual works are presented alongside one another. Saeboe’s meticulously composed erotic tableaux activate Jones’s daringly raw and explosive paintings and ceramics. Their contrasting approaches to art making present two disparate strategies for deconstructing the myth of the body and the perversion of the feminine.
"Satori” was filmed and directed by Lisa Saeboe and Kate Jones in Rome, Italy in 2014. Saeboe and Jones began their joint practice in 2014 in Rome, co-directing the experimental short film “Satori.'' The piece is a sensuous take on sublime visual horror– themes that would prove prescient for their future creative endeavors. Satori: a state of sudden spiritual enlightenment.
Directed by Lisa Saeboe and Kate Jones
Edited by Lisa Saeboe
Remastered by Jake Moore
"Night of the Tilberi” was filmed and directed by Lisa Saeboe and Kate Jones in Skagaströnd, Iceland. Inspired by the occult lore surrounding the fishing village’s founder, an arcane prophetess named Þórdís, the film is a tale of the local legend of the Tilberi, an enchanted milk-stealing worm created by witches. It depicts the sacrifice and trickery it takes to spawn the Tilberi, and how it meets a tragic end when a close-minded townsperson discovers the witch's secret. “Night of the Tilberi” is the absurdist visual retelling of a local folktale that subdues themes of the sacrilegious in an uncanny artifact. Lisa and Kate are visual artists and filmmakers based in New York and San Fransisco. The original score was composed by Brooklyn-based producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Rare DM, using all analog synths. It was mixed in Montreal by Margo Wildman.
Directed by Lisa Saeboe + Kate Jones
Edited by Jake Moore
Score by Rare DM Mixed & Mastered by Margo Wildman
Color by Tam Le at Sodalite Color
Costumes Provided by Museum of Prophecies
Starring:
Kate Jones
Lisa Saeboe
Louise Molesworth
Kevin Gilligan
Brita Kärner