The Loser Show
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave.
Sep 5, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Loser Show is the latest installation in this ongoing body of work by artist Laura Quattrocchi. Blending sculpture, performance, and community engagement, Quattrocchi transforms discarded lottery tickets into poignant reflections on hope, chance, and loss.

What began in 2013 as a simple act of collecting discarded scratch-off tickets evolved into a decade-long investigation spanning neighborhoods in Jersey City and Detroit. The Loser Show exposes the deep emotional, economic, and sometimes addictive stakes hidden in everyday gestures of gambling. It also alludes to how state-run systems of chance disproportionately target low-income communities. Through thousands of gathered, torn, and even preserved tickets and stubs, the project invites viewers to consider the energy and dreams bound up in each small, scrap of paper. Through Quattrocchi’s work figments of personal loss assemble into a powerful shared narrative where many private hopes become a massive record of loss and collective memory. Learn more here.

Laura will be joining us on First Friday for a conversation around addiction and loss. Learn more here.