Artist Statement
14/11
Deciphering the Plentiful and Abandoned is comprised of three parts that investigate and delve into different modes of perception. These three parts support one another holistically, one cannot be understood without the other, they come together to reflect a result greater than the sum of its parts. Within the works presented, they each have a way of systemising randomly occurring encounters, a way of keeping track of life and the fleeting moments that go by. This is a showcase of sentimental attachments to the minute moments that add up to something greater.
These works aim to make connections and to understand the things that are often overlooked. The act of sorting seeks to bring attention to the trivial through detail-oriented observations, amplifying the staying power of things scattered amongst our peripheral experience. I bring an act of transformation through the translation of Shower Clusters, the elevating of Street Dwellers into treasured artefacts and the reconstruction of banal text into poetic structures through Walking Words.
This is an invitation to follow along the subtle and unpronounced: a place where the mapping of flows, evolution and value are given a home.
Shower Clusters, shower hair formations sorted from simple to complex, Graphite and fine-line pen on paper.
Street Dwellers, 65 found objects displayed chronologically (anti-clockwise), Collected between July 25th and November 3rd.
Walking Words, a series of 4 poems containing 12 syllables each, Digital video without sound, 40 seconds (looping).