Second Order Consequences (XII), 2006
Vellum, Pencil, Acrylic, Ink on Canvas, 20" diameter
Elaborate Mythologies, 2005, Slip Cast Porcelain, Beaded Glass Tubes, Thread, Acrylic, 3 x 4 x 4'
Elaborate Mythologies is an investigation into information placement, memory, and response, created through the repetition and alteration of a unique form based on studies of nudibranchs and tunicate filters. Elaborate Mythologies is an interpretation of relationships: object to object, movement and intentionality, repetition and anomaly. The image is a culmination of studio experiments based on distinct biological forms that I associate with memory filtration, and the consequent movement through a space and time. The hundreds of slip cast porcelain forms with beaded glass tubules areresiduals of experience, sedimentary objects, markers of time and ritual.
Palimpsest (excerpts), 2005, Cast Paper Tiles, Beaded Glass Appendages, Thread, Plastic, Wax, Acrylic, 88 x 88 x 79”
Palimpsest (Excerpts) is an exploration into histories of information; the sources, translations, and inevitable continuation of communication we inherit and develop--be it in the form of biology, experience, or esoteric action. The development of Palimpsest began with a focus on the histories of a space; the gallery, like any environment or individual, is an accumulation of memories and experiences. I associate the gallery with a palimpsest, a document whose history is of numerous writings, with previous texts partially erased though still legible. Palimpsest (Excerpts) is a means to discuss the pull between a marked space and the facade of a sterilized environment, the relationship between human experience and the histories we isolate, both consciously and unconsciously. The cast paper tiles erupt with the flow of information of beaded glass appendages cascading onto the floor. The source of information cannot be traced back to one initial thought, moment, object, or point and begins to put forth a notion of circular information and experience. The expansion of the appendages is equivalent to the ebb of information through synapses. A constant flow can be inferred, through both the construct of the gallery and the work,bringing to question the origins, destination, and effect of the information.
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