"Oh, Yesterday" Jennifer Henry
In June 2021 we welcomed artist Jennifer Henry to transform ASAP. She curtained off the space to create an intimate performance as well as feature NFT’s and photographic prints.
“I like to remember things better than they really were... brighter, braver and briefer. And I've never been sure it's all that important to tell the whole joke, if the punchline hits hard enough. So, as I dream up my performances - when I envision my players in their place - it's always a short and straight forward spectacle.
Glitter and glamour are the beguiling glue that holds the whole thing together, at least for a little while. And though the performance is as fleeting as the paper and plastic materials from which it is made... it's the experience that you're meant to take away.
Like the afterimage left on the inside of the eye when you're done looking but the mind still sees. It's not an exact copy of what you saw but an imperfect memorial of sorts. Cast with opposite colors, floating out before you as it fades.
“oh, yesterday” was loosely inspired by American playwright Samuel Beckett’s “Happy Days” and British pop stars The Beatles’ “Yesterday. " But really, it's its own riff on the quintessential existentialist exploration: how to understand the end is unavoidable and what we'll do until it gets here.” - Jennifer Henry
An ever-evolving exploration in transforming the everyday materials of plastic, cellophane, paper, ribbon and tape into otherworldly performative artworks, artist Jennifer Henry began making wearable pieces on a whim in 2009. Since then, her creations have been showcased in a wide array of venues including New York Fashion Week, SXSW (South by Southwest), Art Production Fund NY P3Studio, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) Costume Council, Las Vegas City Hall, The Clark County Rotunda Gallery as well as numerous galleries and public spaces including recent shows in Ontario, Canada, Palm Springs, CA, Santa Fe, NM, Philadelphia, PA, Joshua Tree, CA. Jennifer's work has frequently been featured in national and local art, fashion, entertainment and news publications, radio and television programs. Born in Philadelphia, PA, Jennifer has been a resident of Las Vegas, NV since age 8 and credits the city's bombastic persona for her love of all things bold, beautiful and a bit over the top.
