Self-Directed Practice #7: 6 Works
Mixed Media Installation
Dimensions Variable
For the final project, I set my goal to figure out an organic way to display all the works produced in class. I rearranged the pedestal of the first work(s) to have a better flow; used the ceiling tiles from a group project to display “Izbushki” piece; I revamped the metal magnet piece to have a bolt suspended in tension; hang the “No Work” on the black contrasting wall; exposed the ceiling, and used the lighting to set an atmosphere for viewing.
General statement (used at the Review):
I am interested in utilizing discarded goods, repurposing packing materials, construction by-products like wood, metal and styrofoam, and manipulating mundane industrial and household objects of personal or cultural significance reevaluating their meaning and using them in a non-traditional way thus commenting on classic trade and tradition but only use it as a starting point. I then create art, the artifacts of unknown origin and time, that are rooted in heritage, memory, iconography, ritual and are concerned with spirituality and legacy we leave behind to comment on the society with it’s system of values.