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Microchimeric Bodies: Exhibit by Mothercraft


  • Vander 626 Harper Avenue Detroit, MI, 48202 United States (map)

Microchimeric Bodies foregrounds moments of passage; thresholds where meaning shifts, boundaries blur, and new forms of relation come into being. This exhibition invites all who enter to consider how we are constituted through others, how traces of connection persist within us, and how meaning emerges not from singular authorship, but from the shared, transformative processes we inhabit.

Microchimeric Bodies is a group exhibition curated by Olivia Guterson and Amy Feigley-Lee, grounded in the scientific and biological phenomenon of microchimeris, the presence of cells from another individual within one’s body. These imperceptible cells unsettle the boundaries between self and other, with the most common natural occurrence taking place during pregnancy.

Never fixed but always in process, the artist caregivers featured in this exhibition practice through an ongoing circulation of call and response. Their works emerge in the margins of making: in moments found, borrowed, or reclaimed amidst the rhythms and responsibilities of caregiving. Created within the interstices of daily life, these works are shaped by proximity, not only to one another, but also to the children, families, and communities that surround them. Through this shared condition, the works absorb, reflect, and transform as they encounter new gestures, materials, and ideas.

Groups show including

  • Halima Afi Cassells

  • Lisa Alberts

  • Amy Feigley-Lee

  • Olivia Guterson

  • Jessica Wildman Katz

  • Addie Langford

  • Katie Shulman

  • Sarah Rose Sharp

The exhibit is open daily noon-6pm

Join us for a reception on Sunday, Sept 27th 2-5pm

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Microchimeric Bodies: Exhibit Opening