Sphagnan: Ink & Logic
Collaboration by Meghan Elizabeth Trainor & Sarah Lypstk
Frontier Home
Seattle, WA
June - July 2023
Sphagnan: Ink & Logic is a meditation on gravity, electromagnetism, bog ecosystems and sigil-making that explores bog rituals, Green River mythos, predation, living outside, space-time travel, ink making, digital witchcraft, logic symbols, adventure, and transformation; Gravity’s Rainbow for Girls.
“Frontier Home is best known for its intimate musical performances and community events in Ian Curry’s log cabin and backyard on North Beacon Hill.
In July, they begin with what will hopefully become the first of many visual arts shows to come with a two-person exhibition, Sphagnan: Ink & Logic. Featuring the enigmatic collaborative works of Meghan Elizabeth Trainor and Sarah Lypstk, this show casts an esoteric light on gravity, electromagnetism, sigils and logic symbols, transformation, space-time travel, and bog ecosystems; as well as the mythos of Pacific Northwest dangers, outdoor living, adventure, and mysticism. I like how Trainor and Lypstk’s works are both unequivocally transparent and straightforward while also entirely mystifying, captivating us in wonder about the interconnectedness of signals and transmission throughout our surrounding world.”
-Sharon Arnold, Washington picks from Sharon Arnold, Cliff Notes, Variable West, June 15, 2023
Photos by Steven Miller
except ink on fabric pieces: SL & MET
Effaced Prints 1-5
Ink on fabric, Sarah Lypstk
The Bog Tattoos Eternity
Tent, Sarah Lypstk and Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
Choreography & performance by Kaley Hansen
Spacetime Machine with Bog Batteries [Negative Energy is Anti-Gravity]
Seaweed Einstein-Rosen Bridge (wormhole) powered by the negative energy of the land of druidic sacrifice, Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
Logical Connectives 1-16
Ink on paper, Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
1. TRUE
2. Joint Denial (NAND gate)
3. Converse Implication
4. Material Implication
5. Disjunction (OR gate)
6. B (the other negation)
7. Negation (NOT gate)
8. Exclusive Disjunction (XOR gate)
9. Material Equivalence (XNOR gate)
10. Amplifier (BUFFER gate)
11. B
12. Joint Affirmation (NOR gate)
13. Converse Non-Implication
14. Material Non-Implication
15. Conjunction (AND gate)
16. FALSE
Veil & Mask Series
Mixed Media, Meghan Elizabeth Trainor
1. Elektron Veil
2. Mask of the Whale Road
3. Elektron Mask No. 2
4. Elektron Mask No. 3
5. OR
6. Hedge Communion
7. Core Memory Veil No 2
8. Mask of The Blood Moon
9. Veil of Apollo’s Sister
10. Mask of Lygia
11. Veil of The Earth Motor
12. Veil of Cybernetic Organs
13. Mask of Lillth
14. Mask of Selena
15. Faraday Mask
16. Metabolic Veil
