Semester 4 - Spring 2020 Texas Tech University
Disclaimer: Due to Covid -19 and being locked out of my studio by the university for safety precautions I was unable to finish many of these pieces and take beautiful photos of them... Rest assured I will get this updated once I am allowed back and can finish these pieces. Thank you for continuing to follow my work.
Artist Statement
I am critiquing why certain materials are more valuable than others. As humanity continues on the path of being a throw-away culture, and the earth continues to be depleted of its natural resources, eventually we will run out of materials to make with. In the future, we could be forced to reuse what we have thrown away.
In this vein, I am ignoring materials accepted identities and using discarded items in an evidentiary way, de-familiarizing and re-contextualizing them, giving them new meaning and value. I am approaching this issue as a future artist in way an Archeologist would, or as I call it, an Arteologist.
I am re-evaluating the cultural value of trash and materiality.
In this vein, I am ignoring materials accepted identities and using discarded items in an evidentiary way, de-familiarizing and re-contextualizing them, giving them new meaning and value. I am approaching this issue as a future artist in way an Archeologist would, or as I call it, an Arteologist.
I am re-evaluating the cultural value of trash and materiality.
