The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs
A multimedia installation by Stephanie Schlaifer and Cheryl Wassenaar
September 7, 2018 – September 22, 2018
The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs is an immersive, site‐specific visual installation that explores the inner voices of the mind and their distinct, authoritative manner of telling us what to do. Merging sculpture, sound, video, text, and design, the installation is based on a series of Schlaifer’s poems that imagine the brain as a collection of governing bodies, operating as a bureaucratic institution.
opening reception: Friday, Sept 7, 2018 from 6-8pm
Artist Gallery Talk: Thursday, Sept. 20, 6:30 pm
gallery hours: Wedesday, Friday & Saturday from 1-6pm
This project is generously funded by Mid-America Arts Alliance, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the state arts agencies of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Schlaifer greets with well-wishers during the event. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
Visitors gathered at the Washington University in St. Louis Des Lee Gallery for an opening reception for “The Cabinet of Ordinary Affairs” featuring work by Cheryl Wassenaar, associate professor of art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, and WUSTL 1999 alumna Stephanie Ellis Schlaifer in downtown St. Louis Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. Photo by Sid Hastings / Washington University
