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“A child possessed an object she could not name. It was intricate,

Published 8:00 am Thursday, November 8, 2012

Wyn Bielaska takes a photo of the beehive doll as his companion Mark looks on.
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Wyn Bielaska takes a photo of the beehive doll as his companion Mark looks on.
Wyn Bielaska takes a photo of the beehive doll as his companion Mark looks on.
A video installation titled aEœHysteriaaE (1997), by Sam Taylor Wood, was projected onto the outside of the building, depicting a woman crying hysterically on loop.
Levi Higgs, Eric Fredericksen (director of Western Bridge), and co-founder Bill True talk shop.
Erin Whitney and Mike Breeden hang with other viewers.
Colleen, Emily, and fellow SU student Kristina Moravec take in the exhibit over some hors d'oeuvres.
The show felt completely different when viewed from different angles.
Lexi Lee wanders amongst the dolls.
They felt less creepy when viewed from behind, when their eyes couldnaE™t look at you!
Some dolls were more visibly aEœlovedaE than others.
Each doll had its own individual personality and charm.
Ellen Forney and Jacob Fennel thought the little dolls' strict formation was creepy, but enjoyed their interplay of humanity and uniformity.
Rachael Faust and Sean McElroy practice their ballet positions.
The piece was highly interactive, and allowed viewers to wander throughout the dolls.
A young girl is almost lost amidst the visual onslaught of tiny girls.
Some dolls were just too wacky for words. The right hand one was repeatedly dubbed aEœAmy WinehouseaE for her massive beehive.
Seattle University senior visual art student Colleen Clement and Emily Frost recoil at the creepiness of 113 dollsaE™ faces looking up at them.
Some took on an almost demonic quality.

“A child possessed an object she could not name. It was intricate, brownish, hard as a tooth. It had a kind of hinge, like memory. Most of the ways she touched it were forms of pleading. She breathed on it and when it fogged up she called that talking. One day she realized her possession looked like her. But whether she had altered it or it had altered her was by now impossible to say.””Repossessed” features a collection of 113 vintage dolls by artist Zoe Leonard and is showing at Western Bridge.Photos by Victoria HoltPublished on September 16, 2011