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My work explores communication in the digital age: the
near misses, the crossed circuits, the fragmented information, the
jammed connections, the over-wired technological possibility
which, paradoxically, can lead to misunderstanding, passivity,
invisibility and alienation.
As a "wired" public, words are heard and
images are seen constantly through sound bytes, advertisements, news
flashes, all competing for the public's attention. Consequently,
physical interaction with others - and with nature - has been minimized,
digitized, hyper-realized and hyper-reproduced so that the individual's
image – our voices, our selves – have been rendered blank. As trivial,
disconnected information dominates the public conversation, our impetus
to action is diminished.
These paintings mirror this overwhelming
conversation in the form of letters and found images, cut from written
media – collaged – which then burst from natural maple bases and
illusory mylar sheets with volcanic force, forming a mountain of
reconfigured information that the individual is challenged to
circumnavigate while also exploring all that is left unsaid, unheard and
unseen amidst such forceful competition. |
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