Gabby Follett Sumney

Oscillating Sporadically

A conversation spread over time, distance, and hand painted film.

Frail Grounds

Waking up in a world unfamiliar to her, Margot questions, "how did I get here?"

Sorrow Halved

In 2019, Hogan Seidel and Gabby Sumney decided to tackle a yearly collaboration called Sorrow Halved–from the German idiom “Geteilte Freude ist doppelte Freude, geteilter Schmerz ist halber Schmerz.” or “A joy shared, is a joy doubled. A sorrow shared, is a sorrow halved.” The two queer artists took a shine to the idiom as they considered ways to subvert traditional notions of authorship and the experimental canon in their practice and their teaching. The “sorrow” of singular creative genius that is often hailed in the experimental world felt counter to the lessons they were bringing to their students and to their approach to making queer art. For one year, Gabby and Hogan took the same strip of 35mm clear leader and passed it back and forth every month. There were no restrictions on how to interact with the strip or limitations on materials. The artists were simply responding to each other through gestures.

Rainbow Dragon

A letter to a six year old artist who wants to make the world more beautiful with her art.

The House These Words Built

Gabby Follett Sumney’s The House These Words Built is a meditation on home, and the interior relationships of objects within it, set against a layered exchange of poem readings.