Endless Junkmail Scrolls by Vernita Nemic:
The Rowan University • 201 Mullica Hill Road • Glassboro, New Jersey 08028
THE WEIGHT OF PAPER: ENDLESS JUNKMAIL SCROLLS
Vernita Nemec a.k.a. N’Cognita
Exhibition Dates: October 18 - December 17, 2021
Opening Reception: October 28, 5 - 7 pm
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The Weight of Paper: Endless Junkmail Scrolls is a response to the complexities surrounding the paper industry and the production of junk mail waste. Junk mail waste continues to be a problem for our landfills and contributes to deforestation. Reducing unwanted mail helps to conserve natural resources and decreases reliance on landfills and incineration.
Vernita Nemec a.k.a N'Cognita began the Endless Junkmail Scrolls project in 2006 as an environmental statement about the oppressive amounts of junk mail produced every year. It has now grown to over 400 ft long. As a feminist and activist artist, recycling has become an important component of her practice. In 1969-70, she co-curated “X12”, an important early feminist group exhibition, and worked with Art Workers' Coalition (AWC), Women Artists in Revolution (WAR), and Artists Meeting for Cultural Change. She began to use the pseudonym N’Cognita, to honor under-recognized artists. She is currently the director of Viridian Artists, an artist-owned contemporary gallery in New York City.