There’s something about this time of year that asks us to begin again.
Not loudly, not all at once, but in the quiet ways. A window cracked open after months of stale air. A shedding of the winter coats. The subtle, almost imperceptible shift toward something lighter. Something new.
Welcoming a body of work titled Rewire by Taylar AKA Gothsloth, a collection that feels as much like a personal turning point as it does a seasonal one. At its surface, the name speaks to what many of us are already doing this time of year: adjusting our rhythms, our routines, and our spaces in preparation for what’s ahead. But just beneath that, there’s something more tender at play.
Rewire lives in the in-between.
In preparing for this show, Taylar found herself doing exactly what the title suggests, resetting. Cleaning her home. Rearranging her art space. Shaking off what she described as a kind of “winter depreshmode.” Not all at once, but piece by piece. Brushstroke by brushstroke. And perhaps most notably, each of those brushstrokes was created with her non-dominant hand.
The entire collection was painted left-handed, a deliberate act of disruption. Of slowing down. Of forcing the brain and body to communicate differently. The result is work that feels loose, gestural, and deeply present.
That physical rewiring mirrors something deeper, too. This marks the first body of work Taylar has created while experiencing a new sense of internal balance. After navigating a late diagnosis of ADHD, depression, and anxiety, and beginning a path that includes medication, therapy, and support.
There’s a steadiness here that wasn’t there before. Not perfection, but clarity.
A sense that the ground beneath her feet is a bit more solid.
While Rewire is deeply personal, it doesn’t exist in isolation. It’s impossible to ignore the weight of the world we’re all moving through right now. From global conflict to local concerns. Taylar speaks to this:
“Beyond the personal, Rewire speaks to the world we inhabit. In times when the world feels heavy—facing war, genocides, the crisis of ICE and immigration in our local community, the drying of the Great Salt Lake, and the ongoing fight for social and racial justice—we are all called to rewire our patterns.
Dismantling these systems requires support and a radical belief that a better world is possible. When hope is a discipline, coming together for a night of art feels collective. It is a chance to gather, breathe, and support the rewiring of our shared future, even just for the night.”
With Taylar’s Rewire, this space becomes exactly that. A place to come together. To breathe. To witness. To support not only a local artist, but a shared desire for something better.
After six years of growing within Salt Lake’s creative community, Taylar’s work has traveled far beyond it. But the roots remain here. In the people. In the support. In the quiet, consistent encouragement that makes this kind of evolution possible.
This show is a reflection of that journey.
Of change—both chosen and necessary.
Of learning how to begin again.
