View 1 Closed Box
View 2 Closed Box
View 5 Open
View 5 Objects outside
Humanity, cardboard, lighting, paper, tissue, cloth, paint, spraypaint, clay, felt, feather, wire(18 x18)
In Process
Artist Statement:
This piece is complementary to humanity, and how we are constantly evolving. The first box shows a Kanji, a sign meaning origin in Japanese art. This captures the idea that we start from nothing as people until born. The outside is a cityscape with electronics in it. We show our need to survive by always pushing forward, such as through AI. As we take off another layer, though, we find the truth of who we are. Cut-up vintage textiles show age on the inside. Flowers show how we all must die. The sculpture is a hand grabbing onto a peer from behind, holding a cigarette, showing humans' ablity to throw away love for vices. Another piece is a bear showing childhood, someplace we all must leave and return to. The note means things left unsaid, showing people will put aside dreams in order to find a false purpose. I designed the box to visibly show how at our core, no matter where we go, we share the same dna as those who learned to live before us.
Research:
Artist Inspiration:
George Maciunas, Your Name spelled With Objects, c. 1972-1978, left to right: Kund Peterson, Ben Vaulter, George Brecht, Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles. Courtesy The Gilbert and Lila Silverman Fluxus Collection Foundation.
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Notes:
Movie: Blade Runner
I was inspired by the idea of texture. In the movie, they use futuristic imagery with 80s fashion. The director calls back inventions from the 60s to show disarray. A character has a lepord print coat with another print as a skirt. This inspired the inside of the box.
When making the box, I fused lights together to call back the city scapes. Banji is a symbol used in the movie.
A final piece of imagery I saw and incorporated from the movie is the feeling of death vs life this is juxtaposed by the wildlife
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