Artist Talk by Linda Sok
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In this talk, artist Linda Sok (RISD MFA 2025 Sculpture) and winner of the 2024 Dorner Prize, will discuss the research and process of her provocative installation soft presence, hard absence. Sok’s installation plays with soft fabrics that are printed with images of historical documents. Threads are also draped over storage shelving to offer an alternative, more accessible way in which the museum collection can be accessed.
Free. Registration for this in-person program is requested.
The Dorner Prize is an annual juried competition that invites RISD student artists and designers to create new installations, performances, programs, or digital encounters that engage the public by using the RISD Museum’s object collections, public spaces, and digital platforms. The Dorner Prize, named for distinguished early 20th-century RISD Museum director Alexander Dorner, is made possible by a generous anonymous gift.