Jacklyn Brickman

Jacklyn Brickman: ARRIS | a vestige

On view June 20 – August 22, 2026

ARRIS | a vestige explores care, memory, and the relationship between humans, plants, and place. Inspired by the interstitial space, or the in-between corridor, between The Sculpture Center and Lake View Cemetery, the project brings weeds gathered from East 123rd Street into a constructed environment where sculpture, sound, and projected video respond to visitors’ touch in real time through a collaborative biofeedback system. Referencing the architectural term “arris,” the edge where two surfaces meet, and “vestige,” a trace of what once remained, the project considers the threshold between cultivated and wild, past and future, permanence and decay. By centering weeds, plants often dismissed or removed, the installation questions how ideas of value, belonging, and care are shaped, inviting visitors into a contemplative space that reflects on coexistence, attention, and the layered histories embedded within the landscape.

About the Artist:

Jacklyn Brickman is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work entangles science fact with fiction to address social and environmental concerns by employing natural entities, processes, and technology. Her work spans installation, video, and performance, with a special interest in cross-disciplinary collaboration and social engagement. Fellowships include The National Academy of Sciences, Chaire arts et sciences, the Folger Shakespeare Library, Jentel Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Erb Family Foundation. She has exhibited her work internationally. Brickman resides in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the ancestral and contemporary territory of the Council of the Three Fires – the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi. She is an Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Western Michigan University.

Learn more about Jacklyn Brickman here.